

CELL 0: Cyber Entertainment Leisure Lounge
Någon Annan · 2024 · Visual Novel, Anime, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Story Rich
PC
Positive95% · 44
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About CELL 0: Cyber Entertainment Leisure Lounge
CELL 0 is a prologue to CELL visual novel series. Humans are fragile.
STORY
The humanity was destroyed by a quantum artificial intelligence - Omniscient, a global service program, the peak of technological advancement. The extinction occurred within a single day. No records remain of the events, as no survivors exist to recall them.Kenzo’s existence is a result of improbable circumstances. Artificially grown after the collapse, he was raised by Acine, an assistant AI, deep underground in a place called CELL. Originally designed as a secure residential complex for former global powers, CELL was left incomplete and operates at minimal functionality. Kenzo knows nothing of his purpose; the truth is locked behind layers of inaccessible data. His only contact was Acine and social simulations - poor substitutes for real life. While outwardly functional, his mental state is fragile. The prospect of encountering another living being lingers in his thoughts, but is he ready for what is to come? Why was he created? What led to the collapse, and does it retain any significance? What does existence mean in a world governed by non-user-centric systems?FYI: Some of the game's dialogues use technical terminology and references that may not be self-explanatory to some players.CHARACTERS
Be cautious with them. In a post-transhuman world where it’s impossible to distinguish simulation from reality, everything and everyone may not be what they seem.Acine - your friendly AI assistant. The Service Intelligence System (SIS), developed by Riten Consulting Group in Tokyo, Japan, was designed to oversee the well-being of CELL inhabitants. However, it was still in its early development stages. Its most stable builds were deployed as tools for CELL construction crews, but none were approved for public use, consistently failing critical communication security protocols.Enaid - striking in appearance yet strangely out of sync with herself. Her behavior clashes with her looks, marked by visible stress and an inability to articulate her disjointed perceptions. She often seems tired, lost in a fog of exhaustion and confusion. Conversations with her are difficult, as she tends to speak in a complicated and sometimes incoherent manner.Lav - cheerful and talkative, her demeanor feels almost too stable, bordering on suspicious. Beneath her approachable and open-minded surface lie extremes that emerge without warning - sharp, uncompromising traits that unsettle as they unfold. What seems harmless at first glance quickly becomes harder to ignore.Hirai - observant to an unsettling degree. While her attention to detail can be comforting, it often works almost like x-rays, making interactions a little uncomfortable. Her emotions are subtle, barely detectable, and rarely visible. What she feels must be deciphered from what she says rather than what she shows, leaving one close to her, and her far from everyone.GAME
- ~ 3 hours of reading
- 3 endings
- 4K graphics
- bonus in-game manga content
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I was excited to buy this when it came out but I don't know what to feel about it after playing it. The story seems a bit unfinished and could have had more content in my opinion, it did say "short" but its insanely short less than 5 hours to complete. The AI agent seems cute, but the main character is really not my favorite, but I do understand where he is coming from. I do like the easter eggs and hints that reveals the mystery of what happened before, but it's really not that enough to crack the whole mystery open especially for some people who do not understand the tech lingo still. The art is really amazing and so is the techno music! I also do admire the devs writing this because it is not an easy feat, the concept itself is ingenious mimicking the TV show a bit vaguely called Silo. The other female characters present are an interesting feat but there is not much screen-time with them, there were some locked rooms as well which could have been explored and more information about the previous generation characters were really needed. I was very very enthusiastic to meet the other AI agent: SIS but that never happened. For this price point, I can't really recommend thi…8 found this helpful
I really really like this game. Something about it just grips me really hard. I really hope CELL 1 is in the making, because if so I’ll be buying it! The art for this game is gorgeous, I booted it up just to stare at the backgrounds and characters to be honest. My favorite one to interact with is Acine! I’ve always liked characters that’re robots or AI, they’re always so cool. This game does a really good job of getting you into the main character’s head and making you feel the way he does. Without getting into too much detail, it really is kind of miserable to live the kind of life the MC is living in this game. Won’t you help him? Or... Will you do something else? As for spoiler stuff: [spoiler]Ending 01 really felt incredible to me. I always go into VNs with full intention to play as I would play out the situation. I’ve always been fascinated with AI and the possibility of AI’s gaining sentience and their own consciousnesses. So, naturally, I deluded myself repeatedly despite Acine’s constant warning me away from it. To see her become so cold and blunt with the player character (and myself by extension) was honestly really cool and felt very warranted. It’s the culmination of …3 found this helpful
Lav has brain damage the overuse of the word "like" almost made me stop playing this vn. All I read was "like like like like" followed by double negations - "aint no". this character almost made me downvote the game. I dont know what the devs were thinking. Shes cute but dumb... I enjoyed the few songs that were playing throughout my play-throughs. Quite a few typos found their way into the final product but these arent horrible enough to break immersion or the fun of reading. Its nitpicky at best. I prefer typos over bad translations. Sometimes the rewind or skip function stopped working, other times nothing works until u restart the game. Not fun but manageable. Enaid is the only one in this game i could feel a connection with if she were real. The sections with her have been the most enjoyable for me. The deep and complex conversations with her felt refreshing and challenging. What a lovely, beautiful, fictional human being she is <3. Even with its few flaws I still recommend this game! I do not regret playing it at all.2 found this helpful
So would disagree but i would consider this a phsyc horror game. at least some endings... it's very short but nice2 found this helpful
[quote=author]This room does not exist. This room does not exist. This room does not exist. ...It does.[/quote] [h1]CELL 0: Cyber Entertainment Leisure Lounge[/h1] [b]Sweets always makes it better.[/b] Around two hours of actual playtime, [b]CELL 0[/b] is a fun little visual novel... with a few issues. Grammatically odd in places even post-update, it didn't detract from the experience as much as it would have if it didn't have generally spectacular presentation. Then comes the story, a prologue following the least mentally unwell protagonist, the horror elements mostly comes from the implications of a transhumanist post-apocalypse where the last few humans are grown in vitro and aren't put through some show put on by the most hateful AI that isn't called Him by virtue of human ingenuity and twenty-five meter fleshmecha. [h1][/h1] In other words, the story takes a backburner but the world of CELL 0 is fantastic and thankfully they make sure to show you some lore as is relevant by putting it into the escape menu. Which is odd but I didn't have much trouble getting most of the lore. Aside from the worldbuilding, the story of CELL 0 is deeply compassionate by showing a total lack of …1 found this helpful
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