Machi (video game)

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Gameplay

Machi features a branching narrative, consisting of players using eight characters at the start of the game.[3]

Characters

  • Keima Amemiya: a detective
  • Jintarō Umabe: an actor
  • Masami Ushio: a gangster
  • Yoshiko Hosoi: a part-time worker
  • Masashi Shinoda: a university student
  • Ryūji Takamine: a legion deserter
  • Fumiyasu Ichikawa: a screenwriter
  • Yōhei Tobisawa: an idol
  • Atsushi Takamine: Ryuji's father
  • Norio Aoi: a pariah
  • Isamu Sagiyama: an assistant director
  • Patrick Dandy: a marriage swindler
  • Shōjirō Kaizuka: a politician

Reception

Machi sold 164,866 copies in Japan.[4] Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40.[5] It ranked fifth at the top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time.[6]

In 2017, Famitsu readers voted it one of the top five adventure games of all time.[7]

Proposed sequel

A proposed sequel to Machi was cancelled, but a chapter of it was adapted as a 1998 television miniseries Tōmei Shōjo Ea (Invisible Girl Ea).

Spiritual successor

428: Shibuya Scramble is set in the same location with many references.[8]

References

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  3. ↑ https://www.4gamer.net/games/065/G006552/20180912031/
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  5. ↑ プレイステーション – サウンドノベル・エボリ 街~運命の交差点~. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.5. June 30, 2006.
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