She used to be friends with Shinichi, but the two have long since drifted apart. One of the most popular students in school who excels at everything. She also seems to believe that everything is just a game. As he is supposed to be the lens of which the player views the game, his face is rarely shown beyond a few eye-less pictures. The titular bland protagonist, neither a loser nor a stand-out student. Though a lesser known studio, Nitroplus has done some incredible work, releasing Steins Gate in a collaboration with 5pb. It’s understandable it didn’t gain much widespread recognition in the states as it wasn’t localized until 2020, nearly seven years after its initial release. Nitroplus developed this particular hidden gem and released it in 2013. Saying that it breaks the fourth wall is not a spoiler, because this game proudly wears it on its sleeve right at the start.
Two games that are easy picks for this would be Undertale and Doki Doki Literature Club, but there was one visual novel that not only pulls off the archetype in its own interesting way, but did it before those two were even released: And while the first thought for many developers would be to use this as a one-time trick, if used correctly it could deepen immersion or evoke greater emotions from the player. In a medium where you are the one controlling the main character, moving them left to right or choosing which attack they’ll do next, a fourth wall break would undoubtedly be the most effective. Video games, however, is where this fun gimmick grows into a full-on effective tool. For hundreds of years, it’s been an often used trope in plays, movies, and books, doing away with the boundary between character and audience and instilling the idea to the viewer that what they’re enjoying may not be too distant from reality. Breaking the fourth wall is not at all uncommon.
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