Visual Novel

Rewrite

Single Player

2011

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateJune 24, 2011

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🏷️ Game Details

Genres

Visual NovelSimulationCasual

Playable on

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About this game

Rewrite is an all-ages rated Japanese visual novel developed by Key. The story follows the life of Kotaro Tennoji, a high school student with superhuman abilities who investigates supernatural mysteries with five girls from his school. This ultimately leads him into the middle of a conflict between familiar summoners and superhumans searching for a familiar girl named Kagari who is the key to intelligent life and its destruction on Earth.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Soundtrack and atmospheric presentation are major strengths.
Supernatural worldbuilding incorporates environmental themes.
Late Moon and Terra sections expand the story's scope.
Cast interactions provide both comedy and emotional moments.
Artwork and visual direction give the setting a distinctive identity.

Cons

Heroine routes vary in quality and length.
Mythology and exposition make the layered story difficult to follow.
The common route is lengthy before the main conflict emerges.
The story shifts abruptly between comedy, romance, action, and tragedy.

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