Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition

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 in English only on Windows.

It has received 539 reviews of which 490 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.

The Steam community has classified Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition into these genres:

Visual Novel Anime Story Rich Multiple Endings Adventure Mystery Sci-fi Violent Singleplayer Gore Kickstarter Choices Matter Crowdfunded Atmospheric Thriller Great Soundtrack Horror

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

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

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!

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.

April 2024

A hidden gem- more people should be talking about this VN than they are, I really recommend it for fans of mysteries and plot twists. If you like the SciADV or When They Cry games, you will like this. Lots of dramatic situations in Route A, it's like an action movie. Route B has a slice-of-life style but the unsettling atmosphere makes it interesting. Routes C and D are when you start to understand how deep the story goes and it's awesome, every time you think you know everything now, you learn something else and your perspective on what you've already seen is shifted again. The numerical choices system can be a little frustrating and is probably the worst part of the game. Frequently the MC ended up saying exactly the opposite of what I intended. However, route A is the worst for this, it actually gets easier to deal with later on- not sure if I just got used to it over time. Due to the number of endings and possible choices, you should absolutely use a guide after your first time through the game and hit all of the major endings at least. Also, the Extend episodes are not super good. 80+% of it is stuff that's already in the game and the skip button doesn't work for them. The new parts I read were somewhat interesting but it's just so annoying to figure out which parts are new. I read that these parts were actually cut content from when they remade the game, and imo they should've just left them in. Overall, a really fun VN with a crazy plot, likeable characters, and good voice acting! Definitely worth the read!

March 2024

The story is brilliant, but the I hated the way it handled the story branches with the sense slider input system. Repeatedly reloading and messing with the sliders hoping to get the correct set of choices to unlock the good ending(s) was infuriating, and I had to use a guide to preserve my sanity. Despite that, it was a great story worth reading, with the A route in particular being a perfect fast-paced setup to the mystery. Later parts could be a bit of a slog but it felt worth it in the end.

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Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition

33.99€

8.5

490

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Developer

Yeti, Regista

Publisher

Sekai Project

Release 27 Apr 2016

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