World's End Club Reviews
The game’s main protagonists are a group of school kids who solves mysteries revolving around the imminent end of the world. Main gameplay involves a platformer/side scroller action with cute and cartoonish graphics. While the plot is about solving mysteries, the game can be quite relaxing with general puzzle elements to go through. There are some parts where the difficulty jumps, but they all factor in the focus and motivation to play through until you get to see the ending. The entire run may seem a little short for the amount of concentration you invested during gameplay. Beware of some cheesy dialogues as well.
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World’s End Club is a product of some of the greatest minds in adventure storytelling. The story of the Go-Getters Club will emotionally move you in many ways through the narrative, only to be held back by unresponsive and limited platforming gameplay segments. It acts as a way for this team to step outside of their comfort zone while still being influenced by their strengths to create an unforgettable story of friendship and hope. Sadly, it requires players to look past quite a bit to fully enjoy.
World's End Club is a great title for those who are fans of the visual novel genre. It features about 20 hours of really exciting, and at the same time, relaxing but not inconclusive story with a highly intriguing and not-to-be-missed plot!
Review in Italian | Read full review
There's not much to say about World's End Club aside from that players need to know what they are getting themselves into. While I feel players are most likely to pick this up due to the directors' previous works, it's probably not what they are looking for. If you are someone who loves slice-of-life with a hint of mystery, then I would recommend World's End Club. But if you are expecting something in the style of Danganronpa and Zero Escape, then I'd say to skip it entirely. Unfortunately, I don't feel this game lives up to Kotaro Uchikoshi and Kazutaka Kodaka's previous works and might be quickly forgotten.
World’s End Club is an exploration and survival game where decision-making will determine the end of our story. Despite having a great plot, the gameplay makes the game feel awkward on many occasions, making the experience worse.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
World’s End Club tells an interesting story that is consistent with its creators and brings a beautiful story of friendship between a group of children. However, its platform gameplay is too weak, not adequately exploiting the possibilities offered with short and simple stages. Fans of Kodaka and Uchikoshi can have fun and overlook the issues, but both have worked on much better titles before.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
I don’t regret the time I put into this game. A lot of it was predictable but entertaining nonetheless. If the puzzle levels were just a little more balanced. Perhaps a tad shorter and with better riddles to solve, maybe tightened up those issues I mentioned, I’d feel more comfortable recommending this.
It all boils down to how long you can actually put up with its puzzles, uneven framerate, and bad controls in order to actually enjoy its engaging story.
To conclude, if you’re looking for something with a slower, less life-threatening pace, lots of laugh and fun friendly banter, with a pinch of side scrolling action then World’s End Club is your Go-To. It may be lacking in game-play department and it won’t make you sweat buckets, like Ronpa or Zero Escape, but it makes it up with a great narrative, great characters, and really catchy music. I’m giving this game a 7 out of 10. “Go! Go! Go! Go-Getters, will never fall apart!”
While I appreciate Too Kyo Games’ experimenting with gameplay in a visual novel, the execution leaves a lot to be desired, and it drags down an otherwise interesting premise.
World’s End Club is a puzzle action-adventure game that takes you to the end of the world. Originally launched on Apple Arcade in 2020, the full experience has now landed on the Nintendo Switch. With plenty of ideas and a cast of likeable characters, is World’s End Club a club worth joining?
If you’re looking for an easy-going, fairly quick, and feel-good game, I recommend picking up World’s End Club for the Nintendo Switch and become a part of the Go-Getter club!
World’s End Club has a great story, but it isn’t a great game.
World’s End Club feels a lot like the child of extremely talented parents. Where the Zero Escape and Danganronpa series aggressively delivered their respective themes and elements that hooked players, World’s End Club inherited their genes but not their experience. The framework is there and shines as strongly as ever, but if you’ve already played its predecessors, it feels less like an equal and more like both franchises dialed down in volume. There’s an exact audience for World’s End Club: teenagers who want to experience what Zero Escape and Danganronpa have to offer but aren’t ready for heavy technical reading or the mental anguish of executing classmates. It’s good, it’s sweet, but it’s immature. And honestly? That’s just fine.
Despite having some rather large names behind its development World’s End Club is rather forgettable despite being aimed at a younger audience.
Despite being lackluster and downright flawed, I couldn't help but find World's End Club charming thanks to its sincerity and campiness.
World's End Club will keep you interested enough for at least one playthrough with its intriguing premise and fun presentation. However, the lackluster platforming and puzzle-solving may put you off playing it again and again to unlock the full story.
The murder mystery and puzzle elements of those earlier titles are basically absent in this new adventure, and the moniker of baby's first visual novel is both apt and unable to fully capture its conflicted essence. My recommendation, if you really must play this game, is to finish the demo and then know that it's downhill from there. Ultimately, this mishmash of genres fails to conjure up the magic of its forebears or carve out a space for its own limited bag of tricks.
In some respects, I understand why World’s End Club didn’t get nearly as much attention as Uchikoshi’s other work. But I also think a creative, interesting, title that keeps you guessing like this deserves a bit more “cult” status than it has. So consider this me doing my part in telling you that if you enjoy Uchikoshi’s other work, World’s End Club is definitely worth spending some time with; just don’t go in expecting exactly what you’ve seen from him in those previous titles, keep an open mind… and protect Nyoro at all costs.
World's End Club has sparks of brilliance, mostly in its settings and plot, but it's weighed down by boring platforming sequences and a very limited budget.
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