Cardinal Cross Demo

Science fiction is not an easy subject to approach, especially if you want to provide the audience with a believable experience. On the other hand, there’s a lot of freedom in terms of story and characters, depending on what the creators are trying to convey. Whether spaceships and weird alien races are involved is irrelevant, at least as long as the experience as a whole is fun.

Cardinal Cross is a fun visual novel that allows you to be part of an intriguing story and play your part in the grand scheme of things. The sci-fi concepts are pretty interesting, not to mention convoluted sometimes, but don’t expect anything too complex. Dialog drives most of the plot, so it’s important to make the right choices whenever the other characters ask things of you.

The story revolves around a woman by the name of Lana Brice, who is a raider exploring the galaxy in search of things to steal or smuggle. However, things get serious when she is put in the position to make choices that affect the entire galaxy. There are slightly more personal matters at play as well, including a few romance routes you can follow.

Speaking of which, your decisions truly affect the direction of the story, at least in terms of who likes you and who doesn’t. In fact, some events only unfold if you pick certain routes, which is great if you are looking to re-play the experience multiple times. The demo is not particularly stuffy in terms of choices or endings, but the full version is certainly going to be a lot more interesting.

Another thing that impresses from the first few minutes of gameplay is the artwork, because you can tell that the artists are very talented. The whole mood is affected by the nice drawings and the great backgrounds. To top things off, the soundtrack helps with the atmosphere too, and there are plenty of tracks in the demo to make a great impression.

In the end, there are many things that Cardinal Cross gets right, especially in terms of artwork and plot direction. However, things are bound to be a lot more exciting by the time the full game rolls out soon.