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Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace

aka: Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Dārin
Moby ID: 104036
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Official Description (Ad Blurb)

Since 2009, the STEINS; GATE series has sold over 1,000,000 copies! Hypothetical Science ADV “STEINS; GATE” is a spin-off game and Hypothetical *Second-grade Syndrome x ADV “STEINS; GATE Hiyoku Renri no Darling” has finally been released for iOS!

※Compatible with iPhone5 or later, iPod touch 6G and iPad4G,iPad mini2 or later. ※This game is only available in Japanese. ※This game has no plans to support a Korean version.

■ Sales copy This story may be real? This is the story of the Future Gadget Laboratory members.

■Product summary Want to play more Hypothetical Science ADV STEINS; GATE games? Why not try STEINS; GATE’s new slapstick comedy Hypothetical Second-grade Syndrome, which has finally been released! The concept has changed compared to the previous dramatic story, as the game depicts the daily romantic lives of lab members, often with comedic effect! The game is not only a slapstick comedy, but also includes many sweet and romantic scenes! This spin-off game gives users the same thrilling experience and those who played the previous game will be able to take on the new challenge!

■ Features * A romantic and comedic adventure game with the characters from STEINS;GATE! Phone trigger system optimized for iOS! The story changes depending on your preferences! Appear as six characters (including one male character) with individual endings for each! Full voice acting! The game has more than 20 hours total playing time! * You can enjoy this game on either iPhone or iPad as a Universal app! (The game is not optimized for iPhone5)
Saved data is stored on iCloud! Play with different devices and share the saved data! Supports Game Center! *Supports Push Notifications!

■How to play Easy intuitive touch screen!

・Basic controls Phone Screen: Invoke phone trigger/Close Using your two fingers (or pinch in): Menu display /Non display Tap: Send text and OK Swipe Down: Log screen display Swipe Up: Hides message area display Swipe Right: Skip read messages Swipe Left: Skip Forced message Tap & Hold (using one finger, press and hold): Auto mode

・Controls for iPhone Hold mobile in portrait: Invoke phone trigger Hold mobile in landscape: Close phone trigger ・Controls for iPad Swipe up on the right edge screen: Invoke phone trigger Swipe down the left side of phone trigger: Close phone trigger.

・Saved Data/ Backup to iCloud Choose BACKUP from the SYSTEM on the title screen, and then you can backup the saved data to iCloud. (Setup iCloud: You need to turn on Documents & Data.)

・Restore Saved data from iCloud Choose RESTORE from the SYSTEM on the title screen, and then you can restore the saved data from iCloud (The saved data on the device can be overwritten when you restore.)

■Story Rintato Okabe, commonly known as Okarin is a University student, who is still stuck in *Second-grade Syndrome. He introduces himself as a mad scientist named Kyoma Hououin and he spends most of his time doing odd research with several members of the Future Gadget Laboratory, which is commonly called Lab. They accidentally find an invention, “D-mail,” which can send emails to the past. One day, Okarin finds the lab members busily arranging a celebration party for a newly completed gadget. But, why have they produced a new gadget while Okarin doesn’t know anything about it? The number of lab members has increased from six to eight. It seems that they have changed the past with the D-mail inventions. What’s more, due to the D-mail inventions, the electric bill has gone up immensely. Creating a cash flow problem for the lab. Therefore, in these circumstances the members plan to sell a new gadget to solve this financial difficulty.

*Second-grade Syndrome most commonly appears in the second year of junior high school (around 14years old). Symptoms include extremism, audacious behavior and hyperactivity, similar to mental illness. This syndrome occurs during adolescence.

Source: iTunes Store Description

Spellings

  • Steins;Gate: 比翼恋理のだーりん - Japanese spelling
  • 슈타인즈게이트:비익연리의 달링 제품판 - Korean spelling

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Original Plan (企画原案)
Rintaro Okabe (岡部 倫太郎)
Mayuri Shiina (椎名 まゆり)
Itaru Hashida (橋田 至)
Kurisu Makise (牧瀬 紅莉栖)
Moeka Kiryuu (桐生 萌郁)
Ruka Urushibara (漆原 るか)
Faris NyanNyan (フェイリス・ニャンニャン)
Suzuha Amane (阿万音 鈴羽)
Yugo Tennouji (天王寺 裕吾)
Nae Tennouji (天王寺 綯)
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Character Design (キャラクターデザイン)
Product Design (プロダクトデザイン)
Scenario (シナリオ)
Scenario Supervision (シナリオ監修)
2D Graphic Direction (2Dグラフィックディレクション)
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Average score: 77% (based on 13 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.4 out of 5 (based on 3 ratings with 1 reviews)

A well executed fanservice - not more, not less

The Good
I am a fan of the Steins;Gate series despite its numerous flaws. The main reason are the characters: while they are exaggerated stereotypes, they still act like believable teenagers. After spending many hours with them in the previous games, I am always up for more.

Like Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram, this game tells stories which are set in alternative timelines to the original storyline. The difference: all of them are about a romance between Rintaro (the protagonist) and one of his friends. Since this is a Japanese visual novel, this is a recipe for disaster, but thankfully the game chooses the comedy option for most paths and the creep factor is pretty low. Yes, all the romances are very awkward, but Rintaro is a 19-year old who still acts like a mad scientist and has never kissed a girl - something else than awkward wouldn't work.

The Bad
My Darling's Embrace inherits the biggest flaw of the original Steins;Gate: it is way too long. There are not as many completely useless scenes, but the included ones should have been edited down considerably. Unfortunately the translators also used the same unfavorable approach to editing - otherwise there wouldn't be as many translation errors, typos and bad grammar.

I disliked two of six routes: Kurisu already had a much better romance in the original game and the Luka route starts off with a questionable approach to gay romance and is boring. What I hated the most about the original game was Rintaro's mad scientist shtick. It is supposed to be funny and it has a good justification, but it still almost ruined the game for me. My Darling's Embrace features this aspect prominently in the beginning and it is downsized in most routes, but still way too much for my taste.

Even for visual novel standards, Steins;Gate has very little interactivity. There is one intersection where you choose which route to follow, but otherwise the only options are replying to mails which were sent to Rintaro's cell phone. This has no impact on the game whatsoever (except for unlocking the final route which is practically impossible without following a guide) which means 99% of the time spent with this game is spent reading.

The Bottom Line
I have mixed feelings about this game. While it is fun for all fans of Steins;Gate, there is absolutely no reason for playing it otherwise. Without experiencing the plot of the original game, you will only find mundane stories with characters you don't know and don't care about.

Windows · by Patrick Bregger (305667) · 2021

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Game added February 25, 2018. Last modified July 19, 2023.