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Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue

Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue is a romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Masaya Hinata. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. The text in the…

70 25 February 2016 ESRB M

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue is an adventure developed by sprite, released 25 February 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Android.

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What Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue is

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue is an adventure game developed by sprite and released in 2016. It was published by HIKARI FIELD. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on BGI/Ethornell. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In a world where flying through the sky is as simple as riding a bicycle, the sport "Flying Circus" is all the rage. Following the discovery of anti-gravitons, special shoes that allow an individual to fly, Anti-Graviton Shoes, took the world by storm. And with the Grav Shoes came an entire new world for people to explore. Not long after, that revolution in technology gave birth to a brand new sport, Flying Circus, which used the shoes to make players compete in the open sky. Masaya Hinata, who was once considered a prodigy, turned his back on Flying Circus after suffering a crushing defeat, although there was also another reason... However, his former passion is reignited while teaching…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 22 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Aokana series

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue is the first of 9 entries we hold in the Aokana series. The next entry was Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue Extra1 in 2017.

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How it was received

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM and 1GB VRAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 11GB.

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What it launched against

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue launched on 25 February 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue — frequently asked questions

When did Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue come out?
Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue was released on 25 February 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue?
At minimum, Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue needs 1.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 1GB VRAM graphics, 11 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue?
The PC version needs about 11 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("11 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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