A Summer with the Shiba Inu

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Jul 11, 2020
    7
    A Summer with the Shiba Inu is a Visual Interactive Novel. The story's name and the splash art for the game left me expecting something completely different than Quill Game Studios and Ratalaika delivers. I'll try to avoid spoilers as much as I can. The story is about a Shiba Inu named Syd. Syd left her home island to experience the world, but has returned to see her home Ans old friends.A Summer with the Shiba Inu is a Visual Interactive Novel. The story's name and the splash art for the game left me expecting something completely different than Quill Game Studios and Ratalaika delivers. I'll try to avoid spoilers as much as I can. The story is about a Shiba Inu named Syd. Syd left her home island to experience the world, but has returned to see her home Ans old friends. What she finds is that much has remained the same, even her rivalries. The society on the Island is controlled by the ARI, and social status is controlled by an alternate reality death match know as the ARInas. Syd was the best of the best, the "top dog" in the ARInas, and this gained her a powerful asset, and many bitter enemies. After reuniting with her friend Max, a series of event ls unfold, reminding Syd why she left 10 years ago. The story is twisted, and goes to darker places than I expected it could. There are also three main endings for Syd as well as ten more endings for other characters you meet along the way. The art is beautiful, though there are a few things that made me raise an eyebrow, like human chairs in the Offices where pillows or matts would have made more sense. The music is fairly generic, but keeps the mood for the most part. If you like crazy twisted Matrix/ Back to the Future like story lines A Summer with the Shiba Inu is one to read, a few times at least.… Expand

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  1. The Digital Fix
    Jul 20, 2020
    70
    A Summer with the Shibu Inu will intrigue you with its various endings and cute character models, but its visual offerings and replay value are extremely limited overall. If you enjoy choose-your-own-adventure games, love dogs, and have a few hours to kill, this is worth playing, but prepare to be bewildered by the stranger, more ambiguous endings.
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  2. Xbox Tavern
    Jul 6, 2020
    73
    A Summer with the Shiba Inu is a lovely little game that offers real catharsis. It draws you in with cute characters and holds you with its rather fascinating story. Whilst it does drag occasionally, it is well worth making your way through. There’s a clear level of love and dedication felt throughout Shiba Inu, from the phone interface, to the backgrounds, to the 70000 words it advertises on its page. If you watch the trailer for this and it interests you, it’s hard to go wrong with a purchase.
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  3. TheXboxHub
    Jul 4, 2020
    80
    Syd’s journey to find her brother honestly feels more like a journey to find herself. And with the help of her two friends Max and Quei-Li, A Summer with the Shiba Inu was a journey I found myself wanting to go through multiple times.
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