Yu-No: Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shoujo Remake
Yu-No: Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo (A Girl Who Chants Love at the
Bound of this World) is a Japanese-style adventure game, also known as a
visual novel, originally released in 1996 for the NEC PC-98, and later ported
to the Sega Saturn and Windows. In 2017 a remake was produced for the
Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita, with completely redrawn HD graphics and
rearranged music, while maintaining the same story and game structure.
Takuya Arima is a young student whose father, a famous historian and teacher,
mysteriously disappears. Some time later he receives a parcel from his father
containing a Reflector device and instructions on how to use it. The device
would allow Takuya to travel to parallel worlds. At first he doesn’t take it
seriously, but soon realizes that the device works indeed, effectively
allowing him to experiment different alternative realities and travel between
them.
Unique to the game, is the A.D.M.S. (Auto Diverge Mapping System), which is a
visual representation of the several branches formed from decisions taken in
the story, helping the player understand where he can explore new
possibilities as well as go back, if something goes wrong. Similar systems
would later be used in many other games of this genre.
The original PC-98 game contained erotic content that have been heavily toned
down in the PS4/Vita versions, which contains no nudity or explicit sex
scenes. Similarly to what was edited in the Sega Saturn version. Although
adult innuendo is still present, with several adult themes such as incest.