Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

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  • Summary: Shogo Okiie, an ordinary office worker, visits Kinshibori Park in the dead of night with his friend, Yoko Fukunaga, to investigate a well-known local ghost story: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Shogo doesn't quite believe Yoko when she talks about how the Mysteries are connected to the RiteShogo Okiie, an ordinary office worker, visits Kinshibori Park in the dead of night with his friend, Yoko Fukunaga, to investigate a well-known local ghost story: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Shogo doesn't quite believe Yoko when she talks about how the Mysteries are connected to the Rite of Resurrection and doesn't pay it much mind - that is, until strange events begin to unfold before his very eyes.

    Meanwhile, several others are making their own investigations into The Seven Mysteries...

    Detectives investigating a series of strange deaths, a high-school girl seeking the truth behind her classmate's suicide, and a mother who has sworn revenge for her lost son.

    Their desires and motives intertwine and interplay, with the Seven Mysteries of Honjo at the core, leading the story towards a battle of wits and curses.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Pocket Tactics
    Mar 8, 2023
    100
    Paranormasight is a masterpiece. With a dizzying web of interwoven narratives, an uncanny ability to blur the lines of fact and fiction, and a thoroughly thrilling atmosphere, it’s truly the gold standard of engaging visual novels and a must for anyone fascinated by the deliciously dark world of the supernatural and the occult.
  2. Inverse
    Mar 8, 2023
    90
    Paranormasight is brilliant and subversive, toying with expectations and tropes across genres. The final product is entrancing — and it doesn’t loosen its death grip until the very last second.
  3. God is a Geek
    Mar 8, 2023
    90
    Paranormasight tells a gripping story full of murder and mystery, with some moments you simply have to experience yourself.
  4. Nintendo Life
    Mar 11, 2023
    90
    Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is one of the most surprising games we've experienced in a good while. Its overarching narrative, while initially quite heavy on exposition, is wonderfully told, interweaving the lives of multiple protagonists and tasking the player with progressing their stories in meaningful ways. The puzzles are fantastic, the characters well realised, and the visuals top-notch, making those brief moments of horror and terror exceedingly effective. It's an experience we fully recommend going into with as little information as possible, as this will prove to be an incredibly memorable experience; one that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Switch's best visual novels.
  5. TierraGamer
    Mar 14, 2023
    90
    Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo immerses us in a fascinating story that plays with the limits of atrocity, in which urban legends play a deadly role, and mysteries lurk in every corner waiting to be found - if you don't die in the attempt of solving the mystery.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Mar 9, 2023
    85
    Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is really unique: structured like a visual novel, it has some of the most engaging moments recently seen in a narrative adventure game, although being a little light on puzzles.
  7. COGconnected
    Mar 9, 2023
    45
    The Switch version of Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is awful. It’s not ready to be played right now, because the menu navigation is straight-up broken. The game needs a patch with cursor sensitivity options at the very minimum, but even that fix would still make for a lazy port, that isn’t console ready. The story of Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is captivating, and the throwback point-and-click adventure gameplay will be a treat for some. But the game needs more time and effort to be an enjoyable experience.

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  1. MTC001
    Mar 15, 2023
    10
    Paranormasight is a work of art that sets the gold standard for visual novels. Its web of storylines is seamlessly blending reality andParanormasight is a work of art that sets the gold standard for visual novels. Its web of storylines is seamlessly blending reality and imagination. The captivating atmosphere makes it a must-play for anyone with a keen interest of the supernatural and occult.… Expand
  2. ferolajr
    Mar 15, 2023
    10
    Although the peak of it's gameplay is in it's prologue, Paranormasight offers a intriguing mystery/horror story, with a well-written cast andAlthough the peak of it's gameplay is in it's prologue, Paranormasight offers a intriguing mystery/horror story, with a well-written cast and beautiful art direction.… Expand

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