I rarely mention other reviews on this site, but this is the first time, at least for this genre, that reviewers and reality have been so wildly disconnected. How disconnected? Weeeeelllll –
“I could go on, but I feel like the point has been made. I didn’t enjoy playing World End Economica. There are better stories about the stock market, there are better stories about slowly falling in love with a shy teenage girl, and there are way better stories about life and society beyond Earth.” – Siliconera
“World End Economica has so much going for it: an interesting premise, a protagonist with an actual design and personality (even if it is a little rotten) and the opportunity to capitalize on a business rarely (if ever) explored in video games: stock trading. Unfortunately, it squanders the opportunity to capitalize on these great bullet points and winds up a generic, muddled mess of pacing issues, bland dialogue, and characters too difficult to connect with.” – Destructoid
Yeah. That’s about right.
My job here, thankfully, is a pretty simple one: to tell the truth as I see it. Not everyone agrees with my opinion on what truth is, but in this genre, it has proven to be pretty close to the actual truth. And here, the truth is rather simple: the critics are dead wrong about World End Economica Episode 1.There are a number of factors that lead to that bold declaration, but let’s start off with the pleasantries. World End Economica is a visual novel series that was launched in 2011 in Japan by Isuna Hasekura: the creator of the beloved Spice and Wolf franchise. While the trilogy is complete on the other side of the world, the game is just getting started here thanks to the Sekai Project: who we discovered after their announcement of Sakura Spirit AKA Boobs the Visual Novel. ANYWAY, what follows in the game proper is either a boring slog of stock market information and panty shots if you’re the rest of the media OR if you’re me, you get a journey of self-discovery, ambition and hard life lessons that only come when we feel the most invincible.As usual my fellow critics, there’s no need to worry, I’ll make my case. Oh and mild spoilers for those concerned about that sort of thing.
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