Turns out you got initiated into the cutting dialogue in the game, which is one of its biggest strengths. The first time I made a small one by accident, which prompted him to say something along the lines of: “No I want the beer big, like my dick!”. Here you get your first initiation on how cutting the dialogue is by making him a big beer. Once the tutorial is complete you then serve your first client a highly chauvinistic chief editor for an online newspaper. Dana asserted that Jill will just have to deal with it when it happens. Jill is unhappy about this, as if they wake up all hell will break loose. Dana (Jill and Gil’s boss) also makes an appearance with a mysterious unconscious figure draped over her shoulders. She seems a little distracted however, as there is a lot going on, including an impending rent payment due else eviction looms. She sometimes refers to Gil, as even some clients do, as John, because he has a bit of a ‘John’ face (a running joke that always made me snigger). You play the role of a somewhat dry (sometimes childish humoured) bartender called Jill. It all starts off with a basic refresher from a fellow colleague by the name of Gillian (or Gil for short). Get ready for a night to remember as we shake up some conversation (and earn some tips in the process). The time setting allows for some interesting conversation on deep philosophical topics and clients don’t hold back (as well as the bartender sometimes), more so than in any other visual novel I’ve played. By correctly utilising mixology, you are able to change the way the dialogue branches as well as how well you are rewarded. This game takes the formula of bartender & client heart-to-hearts, and switches it up by positioning the bar in a cyberpunk dystopia in the year 207X. And at least for the second part of this, a certain game exists by the name of VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action (or Valhalla as per the bar name). I often romanticise the idea of playing the neutral bartender character in series such as Bartender or Midnight Diner, offering sage advice or the perfect drink to help out a client. Quite often in film (or in my case on Netflix), this is where they enter a local bar and have a one-to-one with whoever happens to be serving drinks at the time, while they work through their thoughts. For whatever reason things just aren’t coming together and they let their mind drift. There comes a time in everyone’s journey when they need to take a step back for a moment.
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