Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...

Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition is a visual novel, anime and story rich game developed by Yeti and Regista and published by Sekai Project.
Released on April 27th 2016 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 551 reviews of which 502 were positive and 49 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Microsoft Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 (Compatible with 32 bit and 64 bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or better.
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Monitor capable of displaying 1280x1024 32 bit True Color
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Pixel Shader 2.0 & SSE2 support required

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Jan. 2025
i would prefer this timeline compared to ours to be honest, projecting zoomer memes into unknowing people is funny and similair lab disasters compared to black mesa a great vn that builds up on its mysteries gradually with many concepts and psudeo science that are thought-provoking and foreshadow too, i even enjoyed the lectures of this world cant wait for the ever17 remake soon its epic
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Dec. 2024
A game that reminded me of one of my favorite series being Ever17. While many would denounce it as Ever17's clone... it's not. It's a story with a heart waiting to be understood...
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Oct. 2024
I love Root Double, it's a long read (honestly longer than it could've been lol) but it seems like the authors did their best to not allow a single plot-hole, which I really appreciate since the VN felt truly complete at the end! It has a very smart plot centered around sci-fi elements and it's like a satisfying puzzle that slowly gets put together into one picture. The twists are insane and I'm genuinely impressed by the creativity that went into the story. The difference between the impression of the plot I had at the beginning compared to when the mystery gets revealed is immense! Additionally, there is interaction, however not in the traditional sense where you just pick a reply/action. Instead there's a whole system where your actions are determined by the amount of trust you put into certain characters. It can be tricky at times to guess which adjustments are required for specific endings but luckily there are helpful guides if you're unsure. I was honestly a bit overwhelmed by that function at first but I ended up liking it! I enjoyed the variety of endings as well, though I'd never be able to get all of them if guides didn't exist lmao. Now let's get into probably the only flaw: this VN is known for having pacing issues and in my opinion the worst ones are during the "Before" chapter, mainly due to lots of boring slice-of-life moments and a decent amount of actually unnecessary flashback scenes that don't provide any plot-relevant information. Also afterwards, despite the story moving forward, there are additionally many flashbacks of scenes that you've already played through (which is sometimes kinda necessary due to the plot, yet still annoying, since it's just repeating already read progress). At the end I didn't find that horrible but just somewhat irritating. Besides that I kinda found the teenage characters often aggravating and really preferred the parts that focused on the adults, who I found way more interesting altogether. To summarize, I really enjoyed this experience and the well thought-out story definitely justifies it's time-consumption. I loved the art & music, as well as the atmosphere (I kinda got Chaos:Child/Head vibes sometimes, despite the stories not being alike at all lol). Overall I can totally recommend this to fans of mystery and sci-fi!
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Aug. 2024
How could I keep this great VN in backlog for so many years??? That's blasphemy! Well, main reason that the description was not very interesting for me. Because I've already played VNs about a group of locked people and I didn't like some of them (like 999). But in this case I was hooked form start to finish. Different chapters with multiple perspectives. Interesting characters. Many great plot twists. I liked it even more than ever17 and remember11. And I wasn't frustrated by pacing, flashbacks or repetitive scenes like some other people. So yeah, I recommend this vn.
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May 2024
Before Crime*After Days - BC/AD After playing this game the subtitle actually makes sense and that's kinda genius even if it is also really silly I never had any problems with understanding the choice system though I can't fault anyone who does - it is significantly more obtuse than a regular VNov textbox. Please do not be fooled by the description that put me off for so long - though it is true that they have to escape a facility they are trapped in the story is so much more than that and it one of my favs that I've played.
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Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
8.5
502
49
Online players
6
Developer
Yeti, Regista
Publisher
Sekai Project
Release 27 Apr 2016
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