Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu!

Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu!, released on PSP, PS3 and X360, is a visual novel adventure game. The game was developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. Both developers are well known to fans of visual novel and Japanese pop culture. Both developers are well known to fans of visual novel and Japanese pop culture. The developers have made many console titles, but only a small percentage of them were released in the Western. Love Chu Chu! is a side title of the Chaos;Head series released in 2008 on PC. Unlike the original, which is a fantastical scientific thriller, Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu! is a typical romantic comedy, in which the main character is surrounded by a few beautiful girls, who are the potential love interests.

Plot

The game has the characters and places known from Chaos;Head. It takes place in 2009 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. The protagonist is Takumi Nishijo, a student of Suimei private high school. Takumi is a typical otaku, spending most of his free time playing online games and chatting online. At one point, however, the protagonist decides to change and open up to other people, ending his life of a loner. His lack of ability to communicate with others, however, causes him considerable problems, especially in contacts with the opposite sex.

Mechanics

The gameplay model does not differ significantly from visual novel standards. We spend the majority of the game reading the on-screen texts and listen to recorded dialogues, which are accompanied by two-dimensional graphics depicting the place of action, as well as characters interacting with the hero. From time to time, players are asked to make decisions that influence the further development of the plot and open the way to one of the several endings.

Technical aspects

The graphics of Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu! consist of two-dimensional portraits of the characters and backgrounds, depicting the interiors and streets of Tokyo. Most of the dialogues were recorded by professional actors.

Last updated on August 7, 2019