A Very Important Date Demo

There are plenty of people out there who are dreaming of a normal life, even if that means a  9-to-5 job and mortgage problems. Although it sounds ludicrous, you need to think about people living in war zones or similar situations, because there are plenty of countries right now where life is less than joyful for everyone who had the misfortune of being born there.

A Very Important Date is an interactive visual novel in which you listen to the tale of Alison Sunderlund, a seemingly normal woman who has to face a strange situation and somehow get used to it as well. The demo at hand features only the prologue to the actual story, which means that it doesn’t allow you to make choices or change anything about the plot just yet.

However, the full thing is supposed to show you the story of Alison as she gets home from her server job and goes to play something on her handheld console, only to wake up in a strange land with no memory of how she got there. Not only that, but it would appear that there’s no turning back, at least not at first.

There’s more than that to the game, on the other hand, because it’s quite interactive in certain regards. Hence, you get the chance to work in a cafe and choose to be either a server, a cook assistant or a dishwasher. On top of that, it’s also possible to pick a partner from one of the many characters you interact with along the way, although this part is pretty much the same as in every other visual novel out there.

One thing that impresses about A Very Important Date is the quality of the artwork, especially when it comes to the backgrounds. Many indie visual novels choose to focus on the characters and ignore everything else, which is quite obvious. This is not the case here, and it’s great to see that the artists gave it their best in every regard.

In the end, it’s pretty difficult to say anything objective about A Very Important Date yet, mainly because there’s not enough content out yet to form an opinion. However, it would appear that the game is on the right track, especially when it comes to the story and the artwork.