Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi (2011) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi

Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi is a text-heavy otome visual novel game with a Japanese historical theme.

90 24 November 2011

What Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi is

Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi is an adventure game developed by Otomate and released in 2011. It was published by Aksys Games. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

At a time when shogunate and imperial forces clashed for supremacy over Japan, Chizuru travels to Kyoto in search of her missing father. She runs into the Shinsengumi, a band of samurai warriors sworn to protect the shogun. Chizuru soon learns that they, too, are looking for her father. What awaits them is more than just your typical missing person's case, as they face off against imperial soldiers and the supernatural! But in the midst of all this madness, will sweet and innocent Chizuru find love?

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, historical and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi launched on 24 November 2011, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Minecraft: Java Edition, Assassin's Creed Revelations and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Minecraft: Java Edition, Assassin's Creed Revelations, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

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