VA-11 HALL-A I've never played this game but I've listened to the sound track dozens of times

This is a pretty great album to listen to while working.

It’s got a lot of harmony with wide synths, guitar solos, fretless bass, and a great late night feel.

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I really enjoyed this game back in the day. It’s an interesting take on the VN genre, and has some great world building for a game where you spend most of your time in the bar serving customers. And like you said, the soundtrack is something else.

I don’t have a huge physical game collection, but I’m happy I still have my copy of this game for the Switch I found at a Bookoff in Okinawa.

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Oh wow - a physical media enthusiast.

I may have to try the actual game at some point. Perhaps I could play it in a foreign language to get more practice. Visual Novels are good for reading comprehension practice.

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I would love to have a bigger collection of games, books, and albums like I used to, but I’ve moved so much over the the years that I had to whittle my collection down quite a bit.

I think this game would be a great way to practice a foreign language. I remember a lot of the conversations being pretty casual and about everyday things, even though it’s in a cyberpunk setting.

I’ve heard of other people using games to practice reading, so I tried playing Dragon Quest 11 in Korean a long time ago. But I quickly realized that it was a bad choice because you’re mostly interacting with simple menus, and since it’s a fantasy setting you encounter a bunch of terms you won’t use in everyday life.