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Yep, I'd Play This Cyberpunk Bartending Simulator

On the official website for VA-11 HALL-A, it promises I'll get to "interact with cool, alcohol-deprived characters!"

Aug. 20 2014

Posted by: Patrick

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yay!

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Knight Sabers cameo or bust!

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This game is pushing all of the correct buttons for me.

If only I could live in a cute dystopian Blade Runner-esque future where I interact with eccentric characters on a day to day basis. It'd be like It's Always Sunny, except that it's never sunny.

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Hope you get to serve the old blade runner after he's retired some fools.

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Looks like Cook, Serve, Delicious meets Syndicate with a side of Papers Please.

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Anime Editor Patrick Klepek brings us another possible weeaboo cult classic. On a more serious note, this looks intriguing. I hope it has a Social Link type system.

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@chiablo said:

Looks like Cook, Serve, Delicious meets Syndicate with a side of Papers Please.

...that's called a hat trick where I come from!

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Waifu Bartending!

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Huh. Neat idea.

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That music is very reminiscent of SMT: Nocturne.

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Waifu Bartending? Sheeeeeeeeeit.

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I hope this isn't just trailer music, cus damn.

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So Kawaii~

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I gotta do something about this waifu connection. It keeps recognizing the signal, but then nothing. Maybe I need a new waifu adapter.

The music's alright, but whether these achohol-deprived people are cool or not remains to be seen. I have low expectations about that.

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I can get behind the game, but not the name VA-11 HALL-A.

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So, one part Eve no Jikan, one part Blade Runner with a splash of Drunken Masters served in a Visual Novel? Sold.

I'm sorry.

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Those PC-98-esque graphics look fucking amazing.

I just wish the game was less jokey about it. I want a bleak fucking bartender simulator set in the smog filled, run down lower areas of The Sprawl.

I want to play as this fucking guy:

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Fuck off, Boyle.

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@theht: Play the free Game Jam version then (like I just did). I think they're pretty interesting, at least. Though I'd only call one of them cool.

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Was on board til I saw the URL. No thanks.

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Patrick Klepek: Conversational sounding headline writer Extraordinare.

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waifubartending.com. noooo thanks

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God damn, the music. So good!

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This game is really neat and I approve of any devs that name the URL for their game waifubartending.com. They've got my 10 bucks.

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Nice fuckin music. Also, @fisk0 thanks so much. One of my favorite moments.

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I'd only play this if mecha Jon Taffer randomly invades my bar to tell me what a fuck up I am.

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thanks @patrickklepek! i had no knowledge of this game. that OST just made my night!

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So the bar is called Chatsubo and Ratz is the name of the bartender right?

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I think the music is a weak remake of MF Doom's Red & Gold , not to hate, judge for yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60uP9kG2rZo

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Anime is for waifus

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i like their sense of humour. looks neat

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I was cool with it until the website name.

C'mon guys seriously.

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That music!

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I think the music is a weak remake of MF Doom's Red & Gold , not to hate, judge for yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60uP9kG2rZo

Actually retract what I said about the music because yes it does sound very damn similar... Kind of turned me off from buying the game just now.

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Yeah, I'd play this, too.

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The music. SO GOOD.

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I loved how Swery65 immediately starting following the developer on twitter

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I'm in.

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Played the prototype and loved every minute of it. Preordered immediately!

Thanks for pointing out the wonders of anime bartending, @patrickklepek! I've been wanting a video game bar fix since finishing Catherine and this looks like it'll do nicely.

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Man, people have the dumbest reasons not to buy a game. "I don't like the URL". "The music in the trailer sounds too similar to an existing song".

Why not just try the FREE game jam version that takes about 10-15 minutes to play through once (there's some replayability and alternate paths though) or listen to the soundtrack on bandcamp?

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Cool, so basically Last Call, but anime.

And it has drill hair?? I'm sold.

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@paulunga said:

Man, people have the dumbest reasons not to buy a game. "I don't like the URL". "The music in the trailer sounds too similar to an existing song".

Why not just try the FREE game jam version that takes about 10-15 minutes to play through once (there's some replayability and alternate paths though) or listen to the soundtrack on bandcamp?

Normal people don't associate themselves with creepy anime bullshit, even if it's just a URL. I have standards as a civilized human being, you know.

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@ap said:

I think the music is a weak remake of MF Doom's Red & Gold , not to hate, judge for yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60uP9kG2rZo

What a brilliant idea to suggest that someone else has ripped of a rap song which prominently uses samples from other songs(like most rap song do throughout history).