VIDEOVERSE
Kinmoku · 2023 · Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel, Story Rich, Interactive Fiction
PC
Very Positive94% · 19890Metacritic
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About VIDEOVERSE
Relive the days of past social gaming networks in VIDEOVERSE\ – A decision-based narrative adventure focusing on character development, friendship and love, from the developer behind One Night Stand\.
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\As Emmett, a young video game fan and aspiring artist, dive into this fictional video game era, where the Kinmoku Shark\ gaming system and its online social network, Videoverse\, were still popular. Strengthen Emmett’s friendships, share fan art and browse the lively gaming communities. Make decisions that will change how Emmett grows, his approach to Videoverse and, ultimately, the final outcome!
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\Will your actions help Videoverse thrive, or will you get caught up in teenage drama, video game fandoms and corporate conspiracies?
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\VIDEOVERSE is inspired by Miiverse, MSN messenger, early internet forums and 00’s technology. The chill soundscape of the Kinmoku Shark, composed by Clark Aboud (\Slay the Spire, Kind Words\), will uncover memories of your favourite retro gaming consoles.
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\\Meet a huge cast of characters, unlock multiple side stories, enjoy the pixel doodles, and seek out the truth behind the troubled social gaming network! Personalise your Videoverse experience by choosing your avatar, personal quote and favourite theme.
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\\Accompany Emmett as he plays the Kinmoku Shark’s most popular JRPG, Feudal Fantasy. Swap theories and discover tips from other FF fans in its exclusive Videoverse community…and find out whether or not Hanzo will be able to stop the evil Nobunaga!
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\As Emmett, a young video game fan and aspiring artist, dive into this fictional video game era, where the Kinmoku Shark\ gaming system and its online social network, Videoverse\, were still popular. Strengthen Emmett’s friendships, share fan art and browse the lively gaming communities. Make decisions that will change how Emmett grows, his approach to Videoverse and, ultimately, the final outcome!
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\Will your actions help Videoverse thrive, or will you get caught up in teenage drama, video game fandoms and corporate conspiracies?
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Relive the Days of Retro Gaming\
\VIDEOVERSE is inspired by Miiverse, MSN messenger, early internet forums and 00’s technology. The chill soundscape of the Kinmoku Shark, composed by Clark Aboud (\Slay the Spire, Kind Words\), will uncover memories of your favourite retro gaming consoles.
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Browse Videoverse\
\\\Meet a huge cast of characters, unlock multiple side stories, enjoy the pixel doodles, and seek out the truth behind the troubled social gaming network! Personalise your Videoverse experience by choosing your avatar, personal quote and favourite theme.
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Join Feudal Fantasy Fans\
\\\Accompany Emmett as he plays the Kinmoku Shark’s most popular JRPG, Feudal Fantasy. Swap theories and discover tips from other FF fans in its exclusive Videoverse community…and find out whether or not Hanzo will be able to stop the evil Nobunaga!
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Videoverse is another in an increasingly popular genre of "fake OS" simulators that I think was really made popular by Hypnospace Outlaw. It's really a visual novel wrapped up in a retro computer interface, in the vein of the Emily is Away games. Like those games, this one was really relatable for me as a kid who spent much of the early and mid-2000s online. Videoverse is centered around a small community of fans of a fictional gaming console, the Shark, that is slowly being phased out in favor of the new console, the Dolphin, and the community is being shut down. You play as Emmett, and post in little forum communities and have friends you DM and even dabble into romance. It's a concept I think anyone who's between the ages of around 28-35 can really relate to if you were a fan of nerdy things as a young teenager. I myself spent a ton of time in gaming forums and in chatrooms like MSN Messenger, and while many of those services have shut down or are ghost towns these days, those memories are still important to me and I think have influenced my life and career choices as an adult. Videoverse does a great job of capturing that sense of nostalgia for me, maybe the best of all thes…2 found this helpful
Pretty decent game. It did take me back to when I used to hang around on Gaia Online and FF.net forums, talking with other people with similar interests and eventually losing contact with those people. The game balances out the bittersweet and frustrating moments with the more fun, jovial times.1 found this helpful
really touching story about being a teenager who loves video games on early 2000's proto-social media. Haven't played all the paths, but the writing is lovely.1 found this helpful
It feels like you're in the 2000s again and talking with ur online friends, i love this theme.
Keep far away from that game
https://youtu.be/T-iveZTaS9s Providing a borderline too sweet approach to the dead internet theory tied to a deprecated console in an alternate past does have it's charms.
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