Review: Steins;Gate Re:Boot (Switch 2) – The Timeless Visual Novel Gets A Fresh Lick Of Paint

El Psy Kongroo.

Want to know why life in a world without time travel is such a bummer? No matter when you decide to take the plunge or how many other games you play, you can only ever experience Steins;Gate for the first time once.

Even more than 15 years on from its debut, it is no exaggeration to call 5pb and Nitroplus’ quirky little character drama on the intricacies of time travel a touchstone of visual novels as a medium, and the bar by which many of its ilk continue to be measured. It is conceptually fascinating, hilarious, tragic, existentially horrifying, heartwarming, thrilling, and everything in between. It is a story where an anime catgirl at a maid café ponders whether it’s God or us who observe the flow of time, and it has my endless gratitude for that.

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