428: Shibuya Scramble
Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2018 · Visual Novel, Adventure, Mystery, Story Rich, FMV
PC
Very Positive95% · 3,673
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About 428: Shibuya Scramble
✦ AI summary
Guide five interconnected characters through a chaotic day in Shibuya as a kidnapping spirals into increasingly absurd consequences, where your choices ripple across parallel storylines with over 50 possible endings. This visual novel uses real actors and Tokyo locations to create a cinematic experience where every decision matters, wrong turns lead to hilarious game overs, and replaying reveals hidden connections between seemingly separate narratives.
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last. Can they—or the city itself—make it through the day?
Game Features
Game Features
- Real Actors and Locations
428: Shibuya Scrambleuses a mix of still photography and live action footage for a cinematic gaming experience that pulls you on a whirlwind tour of downtown Tokyo. - Tangled Fates
An innocent choice by one character can have disastrous consequences for another. Unravel the narrative threads, discover how they tie together and use the JUMP system to move between scenarios as five stories run in parallel. - Easter Egg Hunt
Sometimes the wrong decision can lead to the right outcome, or at least an amusing game over. With over 50 endings, multiple bonus modes and extra scenarios, there’s more to the city than there seems.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I've been streaming this and for one game, I've been asked to do the following: -- scream manically about a soba tab -- beg detectives tearfully to save my daughter -- describe with a straight face pulling a chainsaw from one's pocket -- meow x 300 times. 100% would meow again A++++3 found this helpful
praise the big yahu for localizing this masterpiece to english2 found this helpful
Genuinely a must-play game. There's so many things about this game that just transforms it into one of my favorite gaming experiences. The story I love to bits, and how it masterfully connects each route with each other is amazing to me. The plot blew my mind multiple times--although there is some obvious stuff, there's some really brain twisters that make you just go "Wow!" and an underrated part of this game to me is how each route (for the beginning for the most part) has it's own "mood." Some (way) more comedic than others, some (WAY) more horrific than others, it really makes the routes unique in a way. Also this game has one of my favorite antagonist of all time, they really surprise you almost every single time, and I just like their attitude towards the events as well. Another thing I really like is the abundance of side characters, it really fleshes out the world of Shibuya, even the ones that aren't really important, still do a great job of "existing," and feeling real. Also you just learn a lot about certain things, the flavor text they provide atleast try to help me understand certain topics that I'm not the most knowledgeable about, very useful part of the ga…1 found this helpful
dry-us ice-x machina the only game so far that could make you tear up over the story of a damn plastic bottle 😭
Very fun and well made. I love FMV (even if these were mostly stills) games and this one was definitely made with love. The translation was excellent too. Enjoyed the fun romps. The extra side stories got a bit odd but it wasn't a terrible journey getting the last few achievements for 100%.
One of the best mystery plots I’ve ever played in a game. Some of the twists were able to predicted and worked out but that’s half the fun feeling like you’ve solved something and nothing is ever fully spoon fed to you. All the Chekov’s Guns throughout were so entertaining too and Minorikawa is a joy of a character
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