Review: Afterlove EP (Switch) – Music-Themed Visual Novel That Hits Mostly The Right Notes

Out today: Afterlove EP, the visual novel about grief and rock music from the creator of Coffee Talk

Afterlove EP is the new visual novel and/or broken hearts album from Indonesian developers Pikselnesia. It’s the sad, sleepy tale of a musician, Rama, who is trying to put his life back together and reconnect with his old bandmates in Jakarta a year after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta. The complicating factor is that Cinta isn’t entirely gone: she is a voice in Rama’s head, chatting to him throughout the game's 28-day storyline as though si…

Afterlove EP - Switch Review

Life is a precious thing; unfortunately, it is something we take for granted until we lose someone we love. The death of a loved one affects people in different ways, and sadly, not everyone takes it well. In Afterlove EP, you play as Rama, the frontman for an up-and-coming indie band in the middle of making their first EP, when tragedy strikes as his girlfriend Cinta suddenly passes away. Her death hits him hard as he shuts himself away from th…

Review: Afterlove EP (Switch) – Music-Themed Visual Novel That Hits Mostly The Right Notes

Believe in life after love.Back in 2020 a little game called Coffee Talk boomed onto the indie scene with its visual novel deliciousness. Since then, one could argue the Switch has brought about stacks of visual novels – perhaps because handheld mode feels like reading a book.Coffee Talk creator Mohammad Fahmi tragically passed away in 2022, before he could complete his latest project Afterlove EP. Now, Fahmi’s colleagues at Pikselnesia and Fell…