12Riven -The Psi-Climinal of integral - is a Japanese visual novel developed by KID, Cyberfront, and SDR Project and that was released on March 13, 2008 for the PlayStation 2 and April 16, 2009 for the PSP. There is a regular edition, and a special edition which included the game's original soundtrack. KID are known for producing the Memories Off series, and the Infinity series which includes Never 7: The End of Infinity, Ever 17: The Out of Infinity, and Remember 11: The Age of Infinity. When KID declared bankruptcy in November 2006, production on the game was halted until Cyberfront took over and resumed production. The game was meant to be the successor to the Infinity games by being the first title in the Integral series. However, overall weak sales and the closure of KID led to these plans being scrapped.
The game had two different PC releases on April 4, 2008. It was released as a standalone product and as a part of the Infinity Plus pack (which includes PC versions of Never 7: The End of Infinity, Ever 17: The Out of Infinity, Remember 11: The Age of Infinity and 12Riven). A port for Android and iOS is also planned.
12Riven's music is composed by Takeshi Abo. Both the game's opening theme, "Third Bridge", and ending theme, "Process", are performed by Kaori. Both theme songs were included in a CD single that was sold on April 23, 2008 and debuted on Oricon at 144th place. Chomaru Shikura composed and wrote the lyrics to both tracks and Koji Ueno handled their arrangements. For the release on PSP, new opening and ending themes sung by Yui Sakakibara were recorded. The opening theme is named "Toki no Nai Sekai" and the ending theme is named "Distance".
PLOT:
The story of 12Riven takes place on May 20, 2012 with Renmaru Miyabidou biking his way speedily towards the abandoned Integral building after receiving a message on his cellphone that Myuu, an old friend of his, would die at the building's top level today at noon. When he gets there, he checks his wristwatch and sees that it is 11:24 AM.
Elsewhere, Narumi Mishima is on her motorcycle heading towards the same location. She has received a request from a friend and coworker asking her to help save a girl named "Myuu" at Integral. Narumi must save Myuu to prevent the execution of the "Second Eclipse Plan". Narumi has never heard of this phrase before, moreover, the message was sent with the "XXX Lv6" marking. This was a rating scale for the severity of a situation and a level 6 marking has never been used. Even a large scale terrorist threat was set at level 5. The message also indicated to Narumi that someone named Renmaru may be there, that he will be on her side...
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Adventure game chasing the truth of the story from the perspective of the main character of the two. The main character, two female public security investigators and high school students of childhood friend of heroine Takae Miu. The story begins on the basis of their day, mail notice of the murder has arrived. The purpose organization with a mysterious power of "? Criminal" is? You Is it possible to defend the heroine Targeted life! ?
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- SCIFI, Futuristic & Mystery themes.
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