ININ Games has announced that Sekai Project’s acclaimed game Root Double – Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition will be getting a boxed physical release on the Nintendo Switch on Friday, January 29.
The hit visual novel is currently available digitally but physical owners now get their chance to own the game. You can order a copy here. If you missed our review of the game on the Switch you can read that here.
Set in 2030 in a combined city and research hub, the residents are unable to interact with the outside world without permission from the local government. After an accident at an institute in the city, one of the game’s two protagonists, Watase Kasasagi, is sent in as part of a rescue team; the other, a high school student named Natsuhiko Tenkawa, happens to be in the institute at the time of the accident.
At the start of the game, there are two story scenarios for the player to choose from. Each scenario is told from a different character’s perspective in which the player assumes the role of; You must search for survivors, make the right choices, build your relationships, and regain your memories as you try to stay alive. An essential component in the game is the “Senses Sympathy System” (“SSS”) and throughout the game, the player is given a chance to adjust their impressions (“Senses”) of the characters (including the characters that they are taking the role of) using sliders.
