Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness (PS4) is an entertaining visual novel from the cyberpunk world of Psycho-Pass. Developed by 5pb. Developed in Hong Kong and published by NIS America, the game has strong narrative components combined with heavy moral choices to make it a rich experience for any fan of anime, visual novels.

Story and Setting

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness is set in a future where the Sybil System rules the world city states by measuring people's mental state and introduces two new protagonists, Nadeshiko Kugatachi, a young Inspector, and Takuma Tsurugi, an Enforcer. Taking place in the same universe as the anime, the story develops themes of justice, morality and an ongoing surveillance state.

In the dystopian world of Psycho-Pass, you play as either and Inspector or Enforcer and your job is to prevent crime by tracking down criminals before they've done anything wrong through their "Psycho-Pass". Here, you take on the role of some kind of detective/ lawyer hybrid as you tackle a series of intricate cases that look to bend your concept of right and wrong with decisions that can make or break court room arguments.

Gameplay and Mechanics

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness is a visual novel that focuses on story and decisions. The game is a visual novel featuring text-based gameplay with dialogue and decision support, in which player's decisions can affect the narrative. Here are some key aspects:

Branching Narrative: Your choices have a direct impact on how the story unfolds and how it is resolved. This prompted fans to replay the game in order to achieve the all the different endings available.

Character Interaction-Interact with a varied cast of characters, all who have their own backstories, motivations & secrets. Interacting with them will alter their fates and the story as a whole.

Investigation: As you move through the story, you'll collect evidence and draw pinnings to close down the cases. These investigative sequences help further the story and give you a challenge to solve,

Visuals and Presentation

With art that looks good to the eyes, as it captures all the darkness of Psycho-Pass universe and bring them into this cyberpunk world. The opening and ending being anime stills, the character designs are ripped straight from the show itself, and those creepy backgrounds do a good job at showing just how grim of a state that world it. Presented alongside the awesome music is equally engaging voice acting, as well as a fittingly moody and contemplative soundtrack that builds upon the game's tense narrative on a masterful level.

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Interesting Feature

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness has an interesting dynamic in that it reflects on the morality of preemptive justice. The game asks us if we should judge people on the basis of their psychological profiles and speculates on potential abuse in an Orwellian state where surveillance leaves no place to hide. While it was bound to be controversial, the idea is a great addition as it poses a multitude of questions and can provide different levels of provocation depending on the leanings visiting more philosophical individuals, begging them how they would go about taking out powerful figures without innocent lives being taken along with those investigations.

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness - PS4If you're a fan of the anime or visual novel player, it's well worth picking this up. Combining that with the intricate storytelling, compelling characters, and morally complex choices means you're in for a ride that's well worth playing from beginning to end. In the eerie world of Psycho-Pass, find out if you can keep your morals under control in a happy days are here again environment, from now on.