We’re showing previews of five titles including The Last Time I Saw You and Read-Only Memories! Visit the Chorus Worldwide booth[TGS2023]| Game*Spark

For four days starting September 21, I visited Corus Worldwide’s booth showcasing five titles at the Indie Game Corner at Tokyo Game Show 2023, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba.

The five titles shown this time are:『Undefeated: Genesis』、“The Last Time I Saw You”, “Read Only Memories: Nervous Diver”、『Plant Palace』、“Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and the Butterfly.”You can try each one of them, and the two I looked at this time are “Read-Only Memories” and “Last Time I Saw You.”

The cyberpunk adventure ‘Read Only Memories: Neurodiver’ is set in New San Francisco, and the main character ES88, who belongs to the organization ‘MINERVA’, uses the power of ‘Neurodiver’ to delve into the world and manipulate it. Memories of Targets.The story traces the whereabouts of the evil telepath “Golden Butterfly” and is a sequel to “2064: Read Only Memories” developed by MidBoss. However, despite the connection to the story, it seems that even users with no knowledge of the previous game will have no problem playing the game.

A love letter to Japanese gaming in the PC-88/98 era

The basic operation is to place the cursor on the part of the screen you are interested in and click on it. It is a visual novel in which you advance the story by investigating items and choosing conversations, and its main feature is a style inspired by Japanese games from the PC-88/98 era.
At the venue, a pre-distributed video was played by MidBoss’ creative director, John James, saying: “For us, this work is based on nostalgic Japanese adventures like ‘Famicom Detective Club,’ ‘Police Notes,’ ‘Police Notes.’ “, “Famicom Detective Club”. And “Crystal Dragon”. It’s a love letter to the game. You can also see the emotional message.

The only time you can play TGS is for the introductory portion of the game, which takes 20-30 minutes if you play the full game on day one. The game uses multiple endings, with the ending changing depending on how well the memories of characters who appeared in the previous work can be repaired.

On the other hand, “Last Time I Saw You,” which we did a theatrical report on at TGS last year, was unfortunately shown as a demo with exactly the same content.

This is a youth ADV film set in 1980s Japan, dealing with themes of first love, curses, and self-discovery as they search for the girl of their dreams. The development status is around 80%, but they were so busy that they didn’t have time to prepare a demo of the latest version of TGS2023. The release date is 2024, but we received a comment saying, “It won’t be that far off.”