IN CELEBRATION OF THE ANIME COMING OUT TODAY, I DECIDED TO THIS LAZY ASS GENERAL REVIEW 8'D (May do a more in-depth one of the routes someday, but not sure)
(because I need otome breaks lol)
So since this is a general review, it'll pretty much be
spoiler-free, save for a couple important details that are needed to know to understand the story.
Gawd I've been wanting to play this game forever. XD But, not too shabby if I do say so myself; only about 2 years after the release date. 8D
(For some reason, I thought it was longer than that. Guess that's what happens when you try and play catch-up with Vivid Color)
I loved this game so much. This may come as a shocker to some, but I actually do thoroughly enjoy engrossing plot in my BL besides just frick-fracking all day lol. Despite its colorful art and upbeat music (especially for a Nitro+Chiral game), the exact reason that it
is a Nitro+Chiral game means it's not going to be some fluffed up game. I mean damn, half the reason I found it so intriguing was Aoba Desire's whole "I'll destroy/break you" (俺 が お前 を 壊してる) thing haha. On top of that, you could say it's sci-fi-ish in a way with it being futuristic.
Though if you think this is bad, you really ought to play Nitral's other titles LOL
Main Cast:
Aoba → Atsushi Kisaichi
Ren → Takeuchi Ryouta
Koujaku → Hiroki Takahashi
Noiz → Satoshi Hino
Mink → Miyake Kenta (Though for the anime release, it got changed to Matsuda Kenichiro)
Clear → Masatomo Nakazawa
PV1
Note: Although the video says "Noise", the official spelling is "Noiz"
PV2
*ahem* Anyway. DRAMAtical Murder (DMMd) is a BL R-18 game created by Nitro+Chiral (so if neither are your thing and you're just gonna bash, do click the back button)
In Midorijima, a plentiful island to the southwest of the Japanese islands, mankind and nature once coexisted.
However, due to being purchased by "Toue Company," a powerful corporation in Japan, one-third of the island has been changed into an extravagant amusement facility called "Platinum Jail". Equipped with the latest cutting-edge technology, Platinum Jail has gathered attention. On the other side, the islanders who became victims of forceful development are forced into the "Former Residents' District", and have no choice but to carry out their lives in a place that is by no means prosperous.
The protagonist Aoba Seragaki spends his days working part-time at a junk shop named "Heibon," inside the Former Residents District, living with his grandmother Tae.
Among the youth of the Former Residents District, a certain game has become popular. In "Ribstiez," teams are created and days of human-bullet turf wars unfold. On the other hand, "Rhyme" is an electronic brain online game using a virtual world as its setting. Aoba shows no interest in either game, thinking that it would be nice to just live peacefully with his grandmother. But naturally, a disaster is bound to shake up those peaceful days.