Gravity Game Arise has released Tokyo Psychodemic for both PC and consoles, their new psychological horror visual novel.
The game, whose full title is Tokyo Psychodemic ~Public Security Intelligence Agency Special Event Scientific Information Analysis Office Special Investigation Case Files~, is out now for PC (via Steam), Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5.
Tokyo Psychodemic is a scientific investigation simulation in which the player becomes a detective and investigates unsolved cases in cooperation with companions who have specialized knowledge and skills. It is characterized by its depiction that combines live action and 2D animation.
The player will conduct investigations based on photographic evidence and security camera footage, and deduce from the pictures what the so-called Abnormal Cults were up to after that pandemic.
Shuuho Imai, creator of Tokyo Majin Gakuen Denki and Kowloon High-School Chronicle series, wrote, directed, and designed the game.
Here’s a rundown on the game, plus a trailer:
Five percent of murder cases in the world go unsolved. Re-verify those unsolved cases.
Cooperate with colleagues who have specialized skills such as obtaining physical evidence, and solve cases by using analytical tools and your own investigation skills.
Story
Human ESP experimentation. “The Incident of the Abnormal Cult.”
Just as even rumors spread in secret of the existence of this “case , a new threat of an unknown virus with a fatality rate of 80 percent spread through Tokyo.
The “virus” spread quickly, reaching the center of the nation and even the major bureaucrats and the prime minister were never to return home. And then…
“The Tokyo Lockdown”
Starting with the capital of Japan, the “virus” was on the verge of engulfing the world.
But it did not…
After the declaration of a state of emergency, the younger generation of politicians struggled to deal with the situation. Although the provisional government was inexperienced, it was competent and successfully overcame the worst of the situation.
Four years have since passed.
Using the pandemic as a cover, Abnormal Cults, who had faded from people’s memories, continue to hide from the public eye and continue to work in the dark, leaving traces of their existence as unexplained incidents.
The protagonist, who has a history of being captured and experimented on, turns his attention to a case that the police have been unable to solve, in order to break the ties and the ambitions of the “Abnormal Cult Order.
In the traces of the tragedies, there must be clues that connect the dots leading to the secluded psychics….
Yes… in the unsolved cases…
