Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star

Critic reviews

• The Vita Lounge

  Kyle Wakeling · Jan 21, 2016

  5.6

  Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star is a game that takes the universe of the original and runs it over with a steamroller; taking all the depth out of it, and starting at square one with an odd holiday theme. Unless you're channeling your inner Nikola Tesla in a land of eternal Christmas, I'd advise you look elsewhere for a good time.

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• Destructoid

  Caitlin Cooke · Dec 22, 2015

  4.0

  It’s sad to say, but I can only recommend Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star if you’re either a) extremely bird to death over the holidays, B) extremely drunk over the holidays, or ideally, c) extremely both. Fans of the original game may enjoy seeing the same birds in new situations, but the lack of any choice or gameplay (even compared to the first) is just downright owlful. Those looking for an actual game may want to sparrow themselves the pain.

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• ZTGD

  Sophie Halliday · Dec 17, 2015

  5.0

  The problem I have with Holiday Star as a visual novel is the fact that the storytelling is, unfortunately, pretty weak. I did not feel remotely immersed in the stories and there was nothing to truly ingratiate me as a player – and I use that term literally in the sense of a person sitting down to play a game – in terms of my ability to interact with, influence, or even care about the narrative and its outcome.

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• Shacknews

  Ozzie Mejia · Dec 15, 2015

  5.0

  Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star isn't a lump of coal by any means. Rather, it feels more like unwrapping a present and getting socks.

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• PlayStation Universe

  Neil Bolt · Dec 23, 2015

  5.5

  A sadly disappointing festive spin-off to the lovably quirky Hatoful Boyfriend; Holiday Star strips back the things that made its predecessor a cult favourite. There’s little holiday cheer for this bird, as its wings have been clipped. At least it hasn’t been stuffed.

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• IGN

  José L. Ortega · Dec 15, 2015

  5.5

  Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star no pasará a los anales de la industria por absolutamente nada, ya que no aporta nada ni como novela interactiva, ni mucho menos como pseudo-videojuego. El impacto de la gracia que hace el surrealismo de su trama protagonizada por palomas pierde fuerza mucho antes de lo previsto.

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