Kiss/OFF

Looks like a simple dating sim at first glance, neither audio nor video seem outstanding and the controls are more than a little finnicky - but hoo boy, the plot layers. Between lots of silly choices, meme references all around, characters that very much are not what they may be perceived as at first, and finally genuinely sophisticated underlying societal commentary, Kiss/OFF truly is a gem - if a somewhat rough one. (And, most of all, the content-vs-price balance is really good for the usually short genre that are VNs, even when it's not on sale.)

Wow, is Kiss/OFF CRIMINALLY underrated. I had a general sense of what this game was about going in and, yet, it still blew me away every time I thought I had it figured out. Amazing art, plenty of meaningful player choices, unique character designs, fresh gameplay loops, and, above all, incredible writing- meme-y and hilarious in the right places and substantive and emotional in equal measure. [spoiler]The doomed Vic/Kel relationship had me in SHAMBLES from the first episode.[/spoiler] And finally, the price being incredibly reasonable for the playtime and experience you get out of the game is just the cherry on top. If you love deep/meta visual novels, time-loops, and/or aliens, what are you waiting for?

This is a great game. The art style is really charming and the dialogue/plot offers a lot of gameplay without being clunky. I look forward to what this studio puts out in the future!

I love the art, the characters, everything! It's also super cool that every new playthrough can add to the story. It was very enjoyable and all the endings were super interesting. The partial voice acting also really added to the experience

A super easy recommend, because Kiss/OFF is a LOT of fun, I had a blast! After 11 hours I am missing one ending and half of the achievements. Accidentally spoiler'd myself for the "bad" true ending so I pursued that first and then the "good" one and the story of the game going from bad to good was super satisfying. I love the characters (literally all of them except the antagonist, that character is annoying...) and how different the dynamics feel with all of them! All dateable characters have moments I really enjoy, both in "good" and "bad" routes. Repetition is built into the story in a way that makes it so there's a reason you're going through the same scenes again and again, but while there's a skip button there's also plenty of moments where it feels like you've already seen it but the game won't let you skip (minor annoyance in the gameplay imo), but I liked the graphics, the music, and the writing a lot! There's a lack of guides on Steam but playing through it mostly blind was fun to me too, and I don't know if I want to go back and achievement hunt, because it ended on SUCH a high note I want this to be the "end" of the story. The "good" true ending is amazing!

I can't even get through the intro to this game. As soon as the show host shows up his sprite is bouncing all over the screen. Static sprites shifting around on static backgrounds cause massive headaches for me. I played for less than 20 minutes and ended up with a headache that lingered a couple days. If there's anyone else that also has this problem I recommend skipping this one.