Review VA-11 HALL-A

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Some say that video games are another world that gives players a chance to try something new at all, especially when it comes to their daily activities. Just through the game, one can try to feel how tension becomes a professional racer, go to war in the past or on another planet, build a city, even to become a bartender, as can be found through VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action. The game, which we reviewed this time, although at first glance looks very monotonous, it was able to give us a memorable playing experience!

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Although simple from the side of the game, this game provides something that has long been lost from the game lately, namely the involvement and ability to bring players into the story. That's why Vallhalla has an interesting story to follow. Not interesting in terms of you as a human being who suddenly looks conspiracy or become super human, but interesting from the side of characterization in the game. The story that is delivered in this game is almost the same as the gameplay, which is simple. In this game you play as Jill, a bartender or a beverage at the bar for you who do not know what a bartender is. This game will show you what Jill finds every day while he enjoys working in a bar called VA-11 Hall-A or also called Vallhalla. It is through that story that you will find the various types of characters that come to the bar, and they all have interesting stories to watch.

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It seems to be common knowledge that the bartender is where a variety of information flows from people who come to his bar. So is Jill; in addition to serving a variety of drinks, he also became a place to vent for buyers drinks. Activities that minimize the action was very interesting to follow, because the various stories that flow there into the backbone of this game. It's a gameplay to make a drink of some kind of interesting mixture to do, but for us personally it's all just extra spice. The various vent that Jill encountered every day was not arbitrary origin. The visitors to the bar he serves by chance are important people in the game world. For example, Jill had the arrival of an influential online media boss, but liked to make stories of gossip and dropping. Or Jill also met with celebrities, detectives, security officers, hackers, or individuals who fit the cyberpunk theme of this game; cyborg PSK who sells satisfaction to their costumer.

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Uniquely again, all the vent are catapulted by various characters are apparently related to one another. So you as a bartender will eventually get the most complete picture of the hot topics happening in the gaming world. Through all that dialogue, the story of a conspiracy that wants to create chaos in the city where your bar is located or the myths about hackers like Anonimous will be uncovered little by little. Even through dialogue with other characters, you can also find the story behind your co-worker in the bar, which is not as visible on the outside, or your boss's extraordinary past.

All the stories spoken in this game are not given a feature to choose an answer or attitude, just as can be found in some AAA caliber RPGs. This concept is very much like following a visual novel, just letting you go with the flow until all the stories are complete. On the one hand, this kind of narrative relaxes the players, as there is no pressure to choose the ideal answer. That's why for gamers looking forward to action or suspense, this game is not for you. When you are in the Valhalla bar, you will be confronted with a static game screen, with additional slide pictures of characters Jill encounters. We say slide images because there is no animation in this game, only static images that sometimes turn into different expressions. As we previously said, the core of this game is to read the dialogue that takes place between Jill and the visitors bar. So the absence of character animation has very little impact on the playing experience.