7.4 /10 1 Votes
7.5/10 Destructoid! Initial release date 28 May 2015 Series Psycho-Pass Publisher 5pb. | 72% Metacritic Mode(s) Single-player Genre Visual novel Developer 5pb. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows Similar 5pb games, Visual novel games, Other games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Psycho pass mandatory happiness introduction trailer
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness (Japanese: サイコパス 選択なき幸福, Hepburn: Saiko Pasu Sentaku Naki Kōfuku) is a visual novel video game developed by 5pb. It was originally released for the Xbox One in 2015 in Japan, with PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 versions following in 2016 in Japan, North America and Europe. A Microsoft Windows version is also planned to be released on April 24, 2017. The game is based on the 2012 anime series Psycho-Pass.
Contents
- Psycho pass mandatory happiness introduction trailer
- Psycho pass mandatory happiness review
- Plot
- Release
- References
Psycho pass mandatory happiness review
Plot
The story's backdrop is a dystopian future Tokyo where people can be preemptively imprisoned for their propensity to commit crimes, based on a technology-enabled personality scan called a Psycho-Pass. The game takes place in a timeline within the anime's first 12 episodes. The player controls one of two characters; Inspector Nadeshiko Kugatachi, who is missing memories of her past, or Enforcer Takuma Tsurugi, whose lover is missing. The antagonist is a rogue artificial intellignence named Alpha, whose objective of bringing happiness to individuals through unsanctioned means brings him into conflict with the government. Alpha attempts to provide happiness through chemical control, mass maniupulation, and eventually be reducing the human population. The three characters do not appear in the anime series; the story runs parallel to the TV show's.
Release
The game was originally released for the Xbox One on May 28, 2015 in Japan; PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions followed on March 24, 2016. NIS America plans to release the latter two versions on September 13, 2016 in North America, and on September 16, 2016 in Europe. A Microsoft Windows version of the game is also planned to be released on Steam.
