Way Walkers: University 2

Way Walkers: University 2 is a visual-novel style game about school life, relationships and choosing paths through a story-heavy cast. By our assessment, it is mainly for players who already like the Way Walkers setup and are comfortable with a sequel that extends rather than transforms the formula. Its appeal is the same kind of appeal these games usually have: dialogue, branching routes and character-focused scenes that do the main work. The downside is also familiar, because the experience depends heavily on whether the writing and cast grab you, and the title’s sequel nature means continuity matters. In practice it is a reading-and-choosing game more than a mechanical one, with the number 2 simply part of the proper title in Astrina’s catalogue. It sits squarely in the middle of indie visual novels, and it does not try to compete on action or systems.