When it comes to visual novels, portable platforms are always the best way to experience them for me. Over the last few years, I’ve waited for portable versions of visual novels only available on PC or PS4. With the PS Vita a few years ago and now, Nintendo Switch, many developers and publishers have started bringing out more visual novels on portable systems. iOS is always a bit late to the party for this genre but it is the best way to experience some older games again. Steins;Gate is currently best played on PS Vita or iOS across all platforms. Last year, Limited Run Games worked with Novectacle in Japan to bring out the definitive version of The House in Fata Morgana to PS4 and PS Vita in the form of The House in Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants Edition. Watch the trailer for it below:
The House in Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants Edition is in my top games of 2019 and is easily one of my favourite stories in gaming. This story is set in a mansion where the player wakes up and has no idea about anything. After meeting a maid, they both experience different time periods of the mansion to try and figure out what happened in the past. The story continued to surprise me well after dozens of hours and is a must play visual novel that only falters a bit towards the end in pacing. I played it on both PS4 and PS Vita and in an end of year blog post, Novectacle officially announced that they are working on The House in Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants...