- T
- Ignition Entertainment
SummaryLux-Pain is set in historical Kisaragi City, a town plagued by mysteries from small mishaps to murders - with no logical explanation as to why these events occur. It seems "Silent", a worm born through hate and sadness, has infected humans and forced them to commit atrocious crimes. The hero's parents, Atsuki, are victims of such crimes. To aveng...
Rated Tfor Teen
Developer:Killaware
Lux-Pain
DS
Released On:
Mar 27, 2009
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
48
User score
Mixed or Average
6.6
My Score
Game Stats for Lux-Pain DS
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
48
18% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
30% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
52% Negative
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
85
Lux-Pain is a decent, and quite lengthy, visual novel for the DS, although it does come with some stipulations. If you prefer your stories completely spoon-fed to you and are averse to digging through database menus to read backstories about everything, then Lux-Pain may not be the right choice for you.
76
A deep, thought-provoking title, but be warned: it's very peculiar and very slow-paced. [May 2009, p.75]
58
In the end, Lux-Pain is really more of an interactive novel than an adventure game, and the intriguing premise is undermined by the uninspired gameplay and confusing story
47
If you want a nice, normal text adventure on the DS, Hotel Dusk and Phoenix Wright are the way to go. Lux Pain is really only suitable for gamers who are flat-out tired of stuff that makes sense, plots that can be followed and games that can be honest-to-goodness enjoyed.
35
Has no depth, no polish, and no point. [June 2009, p.81]
30
I'm sure that there are excellent and enjoyable visual novels out there, ones that handle character with subtlety, story with passion, and don't treat the reader like an uninitiated idiot - but Lux-Pain isn't one of them.
20
With a better interface and more (way more) work put into the story, Lux-Pain could've been sweet. Instead, its limp gameplay and uninspired design should inspire you to bury it in the dirt with all those worms.
User score
Mixed or Average
6.6
20% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
80% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
Sep 28, 2013
5
While this game isn't the cream of the crop, it would have been much better if the translation weren't so marred. It wasn't really so much a game as it was a visual novel, with very few gameplay elements, and few instances of them showing up. And even with a better translation, I still feel like the ending felt rather muddled. The majority of characters I couldn't get attached to or care about, but a few hit my sweet spot. What makes this especially sad is that the game's art direction was beautiful. Music: 8 Art: 8 Gameplay: 6 Writing: 6 Bottom line: Ultimately a disappointing "game" but it could have done better if there was more effort put into it. I would play a proper re-release, however.
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