WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01

Spicy Tails · May 5, 2014

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A three part visual novel set in the far future on the moon, 16 years after humans have begun to colonize it. A young boy named Haru has been chasing his wildest dream. His dream is to stand where no man has stood before, and in order to do so he needs capital, a ludicrous amount of capital. What better place to get that amount of capital by using the stock market? There are two key rules that govern the stock market.

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Critic 5.5 (2 critics) · Gamer 8.7

Critic reviews

Destructoid
Brittany Vincent · May 26, 2014
4.0
An interesting premise, a protagonist with an actual design and personality (even if it is a little rotten) and the opportunity to capitalize on a business rarely (if ever) explored in video games: stock trading. Unfortunately, it squanders the opportunity to capitalize on these great bullet points and winds up a generic, muddled mess of pacing issues, bland dialogue, and characters too difficult to connect with.
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Cubed3
André Eriksson · Oct 07, 2015
7.0
It is a nice introduction to the trilogy and ends on a great cliff-hanger leaving the reader wanting more. Its only weakness is that it will, by its very nature, be a very niche visual novel but if readers can get past the stock market setting they will be rewarded with an intelligent, yet slow, coming of age story that is sure to leave a strong impact on the reader, one way or another.
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