Bustafellows available in English

[alias_sqbr]

On Steam (Windows only) and Switch.

A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing dangerous romance with murder mystery, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!

I've heard good things about this game. The negative reviews I could see on Steam were about the apparently pretty shoddy port from Japanese handheld game to English PC game, including the fact that some lines are left untranslated.

Like a lot of my info posts I heard about this on englishotomegames, they're worth a follow if you're on tumblr.

Comments

[scytale]

I stated playing this! The controls are really wtf, but it's not so bad because one of the steam reviews explains the keybindings, and I just have autoplay on.

The noir mystery feels oversold so far, right now it feels very fun and lighthearted ensemble story with a willingness to mock its own premise. It made me laugh a lot, but it's also not angsty enough to hold my attention right now.

The untranslated lines are really something -- a couple were complicated enough I had trouble picking them up from context. But they only appear in cutscenes, and I think they do show up in the backlog.

Minor reservation: one of the main character's friends (but not LI) is a cop, which I had some kind of feelings about.

[alias_sqbr]

That's useful to know, thank you! I'd be curious to know your thoughts when/if you finish it.

[22degreehalo]

Kinda not sure about this one - I'm seriously not interested in crime stories in general, but the love interests look surprisingly appealing to me and actually seem like good guys which is a big plus. They also seem less rude than the Collar X Malice love interests apparently are which is also a very big plus. (Mineo is enough my type I'd be willing to try anyway for his sake someday, lol. If only just his route.)

Welp, I'm still busy with plenty of options anyway, so I shouldn't be trying anything new either way. :'D

[alias_sqbr]

Yeah I'm currently trying to work through my massive backlog of games before I buy anything new. I just added it to my steam wishlist, in case it ever goes massively on sale.