Each episode begins with the same opening and ends with the same ending song. Without going too much in depth about it, this will change in the second half of this game. In this process, there are certain interactions required which will result in the desired scenario. After you leveled up with collecting soul fragments from scaring them, you go on to the trick chain, to reach your goal. I enjoyed that almost every episode in the first half had the same course of actions, as our PS4 review already described, you mostly need to try to startle girls and get their attention with various of interactions - and trying to avoid looking at their panties at the same time. Additionally, the past of each girl was very heart wrenching and seeing them getting close filled me with happiness while seeing them argue tore my heart out, just wanting them to finally make up. Eventually, saving all of its great moments for the game’s final acts.Īlthough the story seemed so predictable at first, I totally didn’t see the twist and turns coming and was left shocked at how unpredictable the story was in the end. That said, Punch Line managed to successfully hint at its mysteries, without being too pushy about it. Every small hint was suddenly visible for me and everything that happened completely made sense. Punch Line starts off quite slow, with small hints here and there, but nothing was noticeable until I came to the second part of the game. While Punch Line seems like your everyday slice-of-life game which is anything but serious, that couldn’t be more wrong. I have to say, I was impressed by Punch Line‘s storyline and character building. With the guide of Chiranosuke, he is trying to find a book which will help him get his body back, although he has to be careful about avoiding to see someone’s panties twice a row - as a meteor will hit Earth then and humans will go extinct as a result. After falling in the canal with the villain, it’s Strange Juice’s turn to help Yuuta, although things just get a little complicated when he accidentally sees her panties as well - and with that, someone’s panties are shown twice in a row within the first 5 minutesĪnyway, he ends up passing out and after waking up, he finds himself in a quite strange situation where a flying cat, named Chiranosuke, explains to him that his spirit got separated from his body while he fell unconscious and more importantly, that someone else possessed his body. While apprehended by a mysterious villain, Yuuta happens to see a girl’s panties and gains superpowers and Yuuta ends up saving Strange Juice. Suddenly, a mysterious superhero, called Strange Juice, comes to their rescue. The story starts off during a chaotic scene where the main character Yuuta Iridatsu is riding a bus in the process of getting hijacked. So it’s a good thing that it wasn’t anything like that. I think I am just a too big fan of Zero Escape at this point to be able to turn away from Punch Line, no matter what it is about and am grateful that it finally received a PC release. The idea of panties mixed with a dark story in the tone of the Zero Escape series just didn’t sit well with me. That is exactly the thing that happened to me with Punch Line, a game written by the same creator of the Zero Escape series. I love it when I happen to prejudge a game at first, yet decide to give it a try and end up totally falling in love with it.
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