Memories of East Coast
Roomah Gaming · 2021 · Immersive, Visual Novel, Atmospheric, Psychological, Philosophical
PC
6 user reviews67% · 6 📈 Making a comeback 76%
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About Memories of East Coast
Story
Experience the bittersweet emotion of the character Sam as he takes a meditative trip to a place he hasn’t visited in fifteen years, where a specter of his past unexpectedly emerges and forces him to confront old truths in new ways. Hand-drawn art and a carefully selected soundtrack of lo-fi music accompany you on this thought-provoking exploration of memories both fond and sorrowful.
Blending a heartfelt narrative with psychological commentary, Memories of East Coast challenges players to consider alternate perspectives on loss, grief, and sickness, layering complex themes for full immersion without any character art. This is a personal journey, colored by nostalgia and brought to full bloom within the player’s own mind.
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DEVELOPER'S NOTE: Memories of East Coast seeks to provide an immersive visual novel experience. The audios used were carefully selected which perfectly fit in with the art and storyline. Also, the character's images will not appear within the storyline, intentionally done to boost your creativity and imagination.
Features
- Steam achievements.
- Explore a heartfelt narrative presented in visual novel style.
- Learn the truth of Sam’s troubled and bittersweet past.
- Gain insight into real-world issues through alternate perspectives.
- Immerse yourself in nostalgic hand-drawn art.
- Enjoy lo-fi music selected to match the mood of each scene.
This visual novel aims to be played immersively.
Live streaming in front of a large audience is not recommended.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[i]Memories of East Coast[/i] is a visual novel developed and published by Roomah Gaming. You take on the role of Sam, a police officer from the city who is now on vacation. After a bit of contemplating, Sam decides to take a trip to the East Coast, where he once went on vacation with his parents many years ago. As he's traveling, Same reminisces on the memories that he had going there with his parents. Upon arriving, Sam meets a teenage girl named Lisa and upon Lisa's insistence, Sam spends time with her and they end up becoming friends. However, being with Lisa ends up eliciting specific memories from Sam, especially a certain tragedy that I won't reveal for spoiler purposes. ;) As for the gameplay, [i]Memories of East Coast[/i] has several choices presented, and many of them will unlock Steam achievements. The achievements won't count towards a user's global total, though, until the game is out of "profile features limited". In addition, there are no Steam trading cards at the time of this review. There are no CGs although lots of beautifully hand-drawn backgrounds. Also, there's a varied (mostly calming) soundtrack. Now that I've gone over the story and gameplay, I'l…8 found this helpful
I really wanted to like this visual novel, but no. I can forgive the weird English and the cringe additional commentary the developer makes but the story is absolutely way to unrealistic and so nonsensical that I just can't get behind it. I kept constantly thinking to myself "that is not how any of this works" the whole way through. The music is nice and the art is alright. Works without any issues on Linux with Proton (8.0-3).6 found this helpful
Pretty short story with poor English translation. The only good thing about it is it's ost5 found this helpful
There's suspension of disbelief and then there's this. I can't recommend this- it's a cringe inducing and often perplexing story that feels like it was written by someone unfamiliar with HIPPA laws and the expression of basic human emotions. I appreciate the art style though.3 found this helpful
bittersweet short visual novel2 found this helpful
If you can get behind the poor english and some parts of the story that seem to be sticking out, it's pretty good. I could be biased as i got the game for free though.
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