Gamertell Review: Lux-Pain for DS

Visual novels haven’t really caught on in North America and other regions like they have in Japan. The genre, which is a bit like playing a video game choose-your-own-adventure novel, is quite popular overseas, but the so far the Phoenix Wright games are the only ones to find success outside Japan.

Hopefully, that will change with Ignition’s decision to bring Marvelous and Killaware’s Lux-Pain to the US. The company has been taking quite a few chances on niche games lately, and Lux-Pain is quite possibly the perfect title to help introduce US gamers to visual novels. With a dark, deep storyline with multiple endings, different means to progress the adventure and gorgeous anime-style visuals, Lux-Pain will provide a very different game experience and hopefully find a place for itself…