VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

唱唱反调 不得不说这真是个看脸的时代，只要有优秀的美术和音乐，只要踩中几个热点主题，就能被称为所谓的神作 游戏开场的第一章体验是一个骗局，你刚打开了游戏，看到优秀的像素美术，看着各种neta和段子，听着 Every day is night，世界观刚刚展开，你的顾客会对你上的酒做出反应，你也能从顾客口中得知似乎城市某个势力在蠢蠢欲动，甚至你的同事也神秘地卷入其中...... 于是感叹道“这就是我想看的赛博朋克世界观的游戏!” ... 吗？ 赛博朋克式的世界观不难刻画，但很明显本作的剧情在每一个角度都是浅尝辄止，而且也一点都不赛博朋克。游戏的标题有“赛博朋克”几个字，封面是赛博朋克的经典配色，你的顾客也有机器人，似乎也会煞有介事地探讨自我意识，“黑客技术”和巨企控制垄断，但作者似乎认为这就足够了，也就是只要我把能更换的义体、抽象成玄学的黑客攻防，以及换到任意反乌托邦背景下都成立的刻板利维坦黑手塞进花边故事报道里，我就能塑造一个有深度的世界观。 在故事里底层人的苟延残喘和黑帮盛行只停留在背景板里，也没有什么深刻的牺牲，或者探讨资本主义对一切的物化，有的只是无穷无尽的青春伤痛文学。剧情的大半部分都在刻画一群角色的“原生家庭”创伤、青春恋爱过往、以及虎头蛇尾的无效信息。 尽管前言不搭后语的零散交流在现实里尤其是在酒吧里经常发生，但这并不代表做到一款游戏里就一定有趣。事实上每段剧情ctrl跳过3-5秒的量你依然能看懂或猜到讲了什么。事实是就算去掉了赛博朋克的外壳，套进如奇幻世界观这些样板戏也毫不违和。 好吧，那作为调酒师的玩法总会有趣吧？并非。首先除去个别需要记前几天的对话内容的选酒以外，其他上酒纯属重复劳动，要么是告诉你答案直接照着配方表一个个抄，或者笼统的“甜口味”的酒任选其一，然后照着配方表抄。而且配好酒后给顾客的互动也少得可怜，大部分是正确与否（几乎只有1句台词区别），或者是灌醉多出了一小段剧情，然而无非是发发酒疯，说几乎不痛不痒的段子，仅此而已，大部分顾客做的决定玩家无论怎么上酒都是无法改变的。 当然为了“体验”还加了所谓的角色结局，但总归也是做题式的 上对了酒->拉近关系 -> 亲密友谊 ，并无任何新意。除此之外还有营收/购买道具的玩法，但也跟没做差不多，无非是每一节需要你买一个道具，否则下一节会添加一点难度罢了。 最后再说说角色，放在当前的环境下游戏是绝对可以加一个 LGBT+ 的标签的，不过这块着墨并不是很多因此不太会损害观感，只是偶尔会看到流动兴趣向觉得别扭。尽管如此，角色设计/美术还是能看的，有巨乳黑客大姐姐，小号机器人等等，不过因为剧情刻画的无力，因此立绘再好看也无感 总结一下，虽然作为独立游戏做到了标新立异甚至引领了一类的游戏，我并不觉得这游戏值得花时间一玩，和其他同类型的游戏相比最多 6.5/10

Played this game for the first time almost 10 years ago, forgot to leave a positive review. I have replayed it several times since then, it's a perfect read just before Christmas. I don't celebrate it personally, but it's a perfect excuse to replay this game. Very pleasing setting, atmosphere. Charming cast of characters that you can treat differently and see new interactions and dialogue. Insanely good soundtrack, Garoad recently posted a new album for the 10th anniversary, please check it out. I just adore this game and everything around it. It's a unique and memorable experience, by the time it ends I feel so attached to the characters and want to see them more. The sequel N1RV Ann-A is probably never coming out by this point, and I think that's okay. No need to milk this franchise if the writers don't feel like it anymore.

在赛博朋克的世界里当酒保和顾客谈心的游戏

宇宙大爆炸地球被撞飞 所有人都变成粒子 我一定要找到你 紧紧地挨着你 因为我喜欢你 喜欢你

可能现实更多的就是这样，没有传奇，没有反叛，没有英雄，只有一些小人物的平淡生活，只有害怕交不上水电房租，只有眼前这一张小小吧台——结合上制作组此前所面临的境遇似乎更让人心生感慨。而抛开宏大的叙事后，这种小角色的漂泊感似乎更能让人去感受普通人的坚韧，去体味作者想要表达的“在灾难中寻找幸福”。 生活已经如此糟糕，V尚且无法改变，遑论普通人。既然没有“以我残躯化烈火”的选项，那就选择“调制饮料，改变生活”吧。

I got into this game late. As in, mere months ago late. Just in time for it to turn 10 years old, lol. But I also got this game exactly when I needed it. And maybe you need it, too. This game struck a very personal chord for me. Due to its cyberpunk setting and its implied high-octane-everything-is-happening-just-outside-the-bar nature, I expected the story to be some grand tragedy or the story of how Jill Stingray was secretly the most important person in the universe. Instead, I got exactly what I needed right now. A story about a queer woman whose life is falling apart as the world itself keeps moving, and how the only way to escape that pit of depression is to rely on the people you care about. I'm a trans woman (huge shocker) and I've screwed up a billion things in my life because I was too scared to just reach out for help. It's a fatal flaw of mine, I keep myself shut off emotionally and play the character of someone who seems like they have it all together, but in reality I can't sleep at night because I can't get over thoughts of "what if." I have pretty bad insomnia because of that. This game gave me a stupidly simple answer to that issue. One I've embraced before, mind you, I didn't get to age 22 unable to talk to people, but it's the answer I needed right now. "If you keep dwelling on your mistakes, you'll just keep making them." I'm not gonna spoil HOW the game tells you that, because I want you to buy this game, but believe me, IT TELLS YOU. Every character, every piece of dialogue, every joke, every sprite, is crafted with so much intent, you'll feel like you KNOW these characters. Sure, it's a cyberpunk hellscape outside, but in here? Well that's just your weird buddy Dorothy. Or your mortal enemy, streaming-chan. VA-11 Hall-A aka Valhalla is a game worth playing. If you are reading this review, sifting through the THOUSANDS of other positive reviews, wondering if it's worth buying, just get it already. This 10-year-old game feels like it came out yesterday. None of it feels outdated in any way that matters, it just feels human in a way that is sorely missed in so many other narrative-based games. Buy this game.

賽博龐克不一定要去炸荒坂，也可以是小人物平凡的日常。 這是我最喜歡的視覺小說遊戲了。續作都跳票5.6年了，我好想玩到啊。

Cringy edgy pervert silly and boring dialogues. If you're not 12yo anime kid, it's not even worth trying.

调制饮料，改变人生，轻松惬意的游戏，金句频出，如果没有那个弹幕小游戏就好了，平等的讨厌所有弹幕游戏，为了成就背板+碰运气一次次刷感觉自己像小丑，是我菜又怎样，破坏了我轻松的心情，除此之外其他都挺好的，为什么现在的游戏都要加个小游戏，不理解不想支持但为了成就不得不玩，期待新手办