Review: STEINS;GATE ELITE (PlayStation 4)
STEINS; GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave. Their experiments in pushing the boundaries of time to begin to spiral out of control as they become entangled in a conspiracy surrounding SERN, the organization behind the Large Hadron Collider, and John Titor, who claims to be from a dystopian future.
Pros:
- Anime style graphics.
- Two games in one: STEINS; GATE ELITE and the standalone DLC Steins Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram. (code in box)
- Download sizes-
- STEINS; GATE ELITE 14.94GB
- Steins Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram (DLC) 3.26GB.
- Platinum trophy.
- Visual novel gameplay.
- Steins; Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is a collection of situations from various periods during and after the events of the original Steins; Gate. With 11 stories in total amounting to around 20 hours for full completion, LBP is far from being just an afterthought of extra content.
- Text settings- Auto mode delay/message speed/skip mode/Text size/voiced text during auto mode.
- Auto quick save on/off. To use you just click right stick.
- Tips list- Unlocks as you play.
- STEINS; GATE ELITE supports and uses the DS4 touchpad.
- Quick save/load along with hard save and hard load options in the game.
- Japanese voice.
- Strong impactful soundtrack.
- Keywords in conversations are highlighted and get added to tips for a more in-depth explanation.
- Backlog- Way to re-read or listen back to previous conversations.
- Auto mode- Goes through text without any input from you.
- STEINS; GATE ELITE has many multiple endings.
- The story is narrated by your character and in a lot of it is done in a way like he’s retelling his story to you.
- Really cool visual effects.
- The game is split into 10 chapters.
- Multiple choice interactions which help determine which path you take and what content you see.
- All new sequences and animations for even more different endings.
- STEINS; GATE ELITE is really simple to get into.
- Envokes a chilled out like experience.
- Looks really good up on the big screen.
Cons:
- STEINS; GATE ELITE has no English voice option.
- Slow pace.
- Very little interaction.
- STEINS; GATE ELITE is a lot of reading. This is obvious but sometimes you need to spell it out.
- No trophies for Steins Gate Linear Bounded Phenogram.
