Punch Line

Platforms

• PC

  May 23, 2019

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  NA

  playscore

  NA

  0 Critics

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  0 Players
• PlayStation 4

  Sep 25, 2018

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  7.4

  playscore

  7.0

  6 Critics

  8.0

  498 Players
• PS Vita

  Sep 25, 2018

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  NA

  playscore

  NA

  0 Critics

  NA

  0 Players

8 critic reviews · 1 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  PCInvasion

  7.0

  Punch Line isn't for everybody, and this port has some issues, but it's a solid VN with a great story and an endearing cast of characters.

  Reviewed on PC

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  PS Lifestyle

  9.0

  The ultimate goal of this is to find a way to get his body back and save the world! And one of the first tasks towards this end is to track down the Nandara Gandara. It’s an ancient Indian text, supposedly located in the Korai House. The writing and diverse plot points are top notch in Punch Line. Kotaro Uchikoshi, the writer for the Zero Escape Trilogy, truly put together something great in this anime-turned visual novel.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  Push Square

  7.0

  Punch Line has a completely bonkers but utterly engrossing storyline. Its quirky cast of characters are incredibly captivating and it’s easy to fall in love with all of them. The puzzles are a bit too easy but that just makes it quicker to get back to the thrilling story.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  Cubed3

  7.0

  It's best to think of Punch Line the visual nove/puzzler as a sort of addendum and guidebook to the anime. Fans of the show get to revisit their favourite characters and scenes in a different format, but everyone else might have a little trouble understanding the appeal. The dirty jokes and fan-service are never in short supply. Still, as long as they have the tolerance for it, viewers might happen upon something special. It definitely helps that the characters and voice-work are fantastic.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  Pocket Gamer

  7.0

  Yet underneath all that silliness is a wonderful script, bizarre but brilliant puzzles, and a dark undertone which keeps it all from getting too daft. If you're not a visual novel person, this isn't going to sway you. But if you like yourself some well-written anime nonsense, you should definitely check it out.

  Reviewed on Vita

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  CGMagazine

  3.5

  PUNCH LINE fails to engage the player in any way, its play and story lifeless. Navigating its narrative is a chore for far too long, its characters aren’t interesting to listen to, and its puzzles are less about logic and more about patience and experimenting. Fans of the anime may get something out of this, or those with extreme patience for a story, but few others will.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  PlayStation Universe

  8.5

  Graphically, Punch Line is passable. The character models tactfully look pretty good, but the environments sometimes have stretched textures. The voice work is really well done as well, using the same voice cast from the anime, while the soundtrack is very catchy, albeit a little repetitive. With a fantastic story, great humor, and a fantastic set of characters there isn’t much not to like. Now that I’m done playing Punch Lin.e all I want to do is go watch it’s anime.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  Gameblog.fr

  7.0

  Punch Line est un visual novel dont le scénario est écrit par le père de la saga Zero Escape. On y joue un jeune homme transformé en fantôme après une attaque terroriste, qui tente par tout les moyens de ré-intégrer son corps, volé par une personne qui vit désormais sa vie à sa place. Pour cela, on va faire peur à nos colocataires - toutes des femmes - afin de gagner des pouvoirs nous permettant de les mettre ensuite sur la voie de la résolution de nos problèmes ectoplasmiques.

  Reviewed on PS4, Vita

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