Ciel no Surge - The First Gem for the PlayStation Vita

If ever there was a system-seller for a game system that has yet to prove its mettle, this description fits perfectly with Ciel no Surge from Gust, the creators of Ar tonelico and the Atelier series.



Ciel no Surge is not your typical game. It's a communication simulator/RPG/dating sim/visual novel, peppered with Gust's particular art style and the musical score in the style of the Ar tonelico games. The game takes place in the Ar tonelico universe and is centered around a girl named Ion, who has lost all memory of who she is and is now in the player's care. Little by little, the player must interact with her and recover her memory slowly, unfolding the plot with every retrieved memory. Interactions with Ion have several possible outcomes, all of which influence how the story is played out. Multiple playthroughs are needed in order to get the true scope of all the events that took place and are yet to come in the dreamlike world of Ciel no Surge.



If you are a PlayStation Vita owner and you can read Japanese, Ciel no Surge is a must-have, for it is an example of an artistic, simple game that captures the player with its exquisite art style and music, lovable characters and identity of its own.
This is definitely the first great game on the PlayStation Vita and shines with a light of its own, standing out among all the other titles. A diamond beneath coals.

Lupucillo wrote:If ever there was a system-seller for a game system that has yet to prove its mettle, this description fits perfectly with Ciel no Surge from Gust, the creators of Ar tonelico and the Atelier series.



Ciel no Surge is not your typical game. It's a communication simulator/RPG/dating sim/visual novel, peppered with Gust's particular art style and the musical score in the style of the Ar tonelico games. The game takes place in the Ar tonelico universe and is centered around a girl named Ion, who has lost all memory of who she is and is now in the player's care. Little by little, the player must interact with her and recover her memory slowly, unfolding the plot with every retrieved memory. Interactions with Ion have several possible outcomes, all of which influence how the story is played out. Multiple playthroughs are needed in order to get the true scope of all the events that took place and are yet to come in the dreamlike world of Ciel no Surge.






If you are a PlayStation Vita owner and you can read Japanese, Ciel no Surge is a must-have, for it is an example of an artistic, simple game that captures the player with its exquisite art style and music, lovable characters and identity of its own.
This is definitely the first great game on the PlayStation Vita and shines with a light of its own, standing out among all the other titles. A diamond beneath coals.

Wish I had a Vita

Careful what you wish for.


If you can't read Japanese, it's not a good investment. The Western market is getting royally screwed when it comes to Vita support. It's pretty much the Sega Saturn situation. Japanese developers are keeping their games because Westerners flaunted around their Call of Duty this generation, talked a bunch of shit about Japanese games and scoffed at them. American developers are such smug morons who should learn humility via icepick lobotomy.