When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
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By 纯白鉴黄师 September 30, 2019

“17年角川把方根书简推向市场,不过本作却是惨遭滑铁卢。无厘头的结局,无聊的avg推理,过于平淡的文笔,没有cg回想,等等情况导致了这个作品必然失败,不过本作较为全面的介绍了岛根的风土人情,TE的话也有可取之处,不过如果是想体验悬疑avg的玩家可能就会失望了,推荐喜欢视觉小说的玩家购买这款游戏,抱着休闲的态度去玩一玩还是很不错的。”

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About This Game

When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared.
Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth. Using Visual Novel and investigative gameplay elements, Root Letter elevates the Visual Novel genre to a whole new level.

Root Letter Features:
• An intense murder mystery set in a gorgeous, real-word, rural Japanese setting.
• Stunning Visual Novel artwork from the renowned artist Minoboshi Taro.
• Increased gameplay elements - search for clues, present evidence and explore environments.
• Travel freely around Shimane, visiting real world locations and interviewing suspects.
• Interrogation mode allows you to present evidence to characters and catch them out in lies.
• Unravel the truth from your pen-friend's letters - was she telling the truth, was she even real?
• Make difficult choices as you straddle an investigation spanning 15 years.
• Five different endings with wildly different routes - for a huge level of replayability.
• Incredible Soundtrack from composer Takashi Nitta and lead voice actor role for Noriko Hidaka (Ranma)

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7
    • Processor: Intel Celeron G540
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Sound Card: HD audio
    • Additional Notes: Windows Media Player 11
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Windows 7
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4590
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4600, VRAM 2GB, 1920x1080
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Sound Card: HD audio
    • Additional Notes: Windows Media Player 11
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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