A letter arrives 15 years late, revealing your old pen pal's link to a murder before she vanished. You head to her hometown in rural Japan to probe the case, drawing on her past letters for leads. This visual novel adventure blends investigative gameplay with clue searches, evidence presentation, and environment exploration.
Freely roam Shimane's real-world spots to interview suspects and enter interrogation mode to expose lies. Tough choices across a 15-year span unlock five distinct endings for strong replay value. Fans of narrative-driven visual novels with detective elements will uncover layers of doubt about her story's truth.
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared.
Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth. Using Visual Novel and investigative gameplay elements, Root Letter elevates the Visual Novel genre to a whole new level.
Root Letter Features:
• An intense murder mystery set in a gorgeous, real-word, rural Japanese setting.
• Stunning Visual Novel artwork from the renowned artist Minoboshi Taro.
• Increased gameplay elements - search for clues, present evidence and explore environments.
• Travel freely around Shimane, visiting real world locations and interviewing suspects.
• Interrogation mode allows you to present evidence to characters and catch them out in lies.
• Unravel the truth from your pen-friend's letters - was she telling the truth, was she even real?
• Make difficult choices as you straddle an investigation spanning 15 years.
• Five different endings with wildly different routes - for a huge level of replayability.
• Incredible Soundtrack from composer Takashi Nitta and lead voice actor role for Noriko Hidaka (Ranma)
