Cold Hearts Demo

Being lonely is something many people have to deal with nowadays, especially since modern things like Facebook and smartphones make it so easy to stay disconnected from your friends, even if it seems like the exact opposite. The subject is often approached in movies and video games, especially in visual novels that feature a few dating sim elements as well.

Cold Hearts is a colorful visual novel that plays a lot like a dating sim as well, in which you have to fight loneliness and maybe find someone out there for your character to be happy with. Don’t expect revolutionary gameplay mechanics, but there are many possible choices even in the demo at hand, which speaks volumes for the complete version that is going to hit the market later on.

There’s a fair bit of humor involved in the game as well, since it would appear that you are dating fridges at first, not actual people. In fact, the full version is even going to allow you to collect fridge magnets as a joke, so you are definitely going to smile a lot over the course of the story. There are actual people too, just in case you are worried the game is too weird for you.

As mentioned before, there are choices you can make along the way, which affect the course of the story and open up new branches as you go along. This allows you to play the game again and again with different results, depending on who you choose to pursue romantically. The game is also structured in a day-by-day system, so it feels a bit more real than your typical visual novel.

It’s also worth noting that the artwork is truly gorgeous, especially in terms of colors and background design. You can tell that the artists have a lot of talent, and it helps a lot with the atmosphere when you are not distracted by silly artwork. The character design is fairly unique as well, so you don’t feel like you have already seen everything before.

In the end, Cold Hearts might not be a hardcore RPG with a lot of dialog, but it’s intriguing enough to keep you busy for a long time. The jokes can really change your mood for the better in a matter of minutes.