Developer Lilien Games and publisher WhisperGames have announced the release date for whodunit adventure The Real Face of a VTuber, a self-confessedly Ace Attorney-inspired murder mystery that asks you to solve a killing at a VTuber studio.
As revealed in a press release, The Real Face of a VTuber is launching on January 13th, and since said press release is peppered with Ace Attorney puns, it's safe to say this one is for fans of Capcom's cult sleuthing series.
In The Real Face of a VTuber, you play as the wonderfully-named Justin Truth (which rather gives the game away), a prosecutor who must investigate a VTuber studio where someone has been murdered during a stream by the popular VTuber Kuriba.
Lilien and WhisperGames are promising "realistic courtroom mechanics where you must follow proper procedure" in The Real Face of a VTuber, so that's where it and Ace Attorney diverge, apparently. I love Ace Attorney, but it's never been within "Objection!"-shouting distance of a real courtroom.
Additionally, where Ace Attorney tells a linear story peppered with opportunities to present evidence and interrogate witnesses, The Real Face of a VTuber will feature "nonlinear storytelling" and a host...
