As has become an annual tradition at DDNet, we are here to help you count down towards Christmas! One new game every day for the 24 days from December 1 to Christmas Eve. Think of it as a kind of Advent Calendar, if you will, giving you new tips and ideas for games to pick up and play at that rare time of year where everyone does have a little more time to indulge their favourite hobbies.
Also, it’s an excuse to post pictures of cute anime girls in Christmas gear every day. I won’t deny that we love doing that too.
Day #19: Bustafellows
You’ve got to read/play Bustafellows. You’ve just got to. It’s one of the smartest and best-written crime dramas that we’ve seen in video games, and while it might not be seasonal, it’s like settling down with a really good book; once you start you’re not going to want to stop, so the more time that you have available (such as the downtime over a Christmas break), the better.
Bustafellows is a noirish thriller, filled with morally grey “heroes” and dangerous, sometimes sexy situations. It’s also an otome, meaning that the protagonist is a cute woman, and all the “heroes” are rather attractive if, again, dangerous men. Bustafellows is a gorgeous, if lengthy, visual novel, with some of the highest production values of the genre, and while it is lengthy, your time in this game is going to just fly on by.
