Mojika is an extremely unique visual novel. Because of that this is now the most torn I've been about a rating I've given a visual novel to date. It's definitely a game where I feel there will not be many people in the middle ground for this one - you'll probably either love it or hate it. It's presentation is absolutely amazing. The writing itself is decent. The story tries to do too much and includes a bit of everything when it probably shouldn't.

First off - the presentation. Holy hell is it immersive. Screenshots do not do it justice. It's done in an extreme first person perspective and there is a lot of text on-screen at once to represent that protagonist's mind reading abilities. For a lot of the game when the protagonist isn't looking up it could be described as a "Shoes and floor simulator" which is also interesting in its own way. When the protagonist closes his eyes the screen goes black. Genuinely, it's unique to the extent that I doubt we'll ever see another visual novel do this, and I think that's a loss as it was amazing. This presentation DOES make this game a very intense / heavy read even without considering its story content though. There's a lot of text flying at you frequently, and everything that happens is heavier due to it.

Onto the story / writing.It's a revenge-fueled story. There's a lot of dark things that go on here

. The list of potential triggers for people is long and includes:

With that out of the way, the story is not the game's strongest aspect. It's not bad, but it's a fairly straightforward revenge story for the most part. I felt that its true route was a step up in quality from the rest of the story, but would likely not be as impactful if you did not read everything else first. I do feel like the story tried to include too many aspects to it which led to some of them feeling less fleshed out than others. There's no major issues with the writing other than it can get a bit drawn out during certain sections which slow its pacing down at times. With all that said, the story is not spectacular or even great on its own, but the presentation elevates the story quite a bit.

Overall, this is an interesting visual novel that I'd recommend to people who are okay with its content and can handle its involved presentation. If you're looking into Mojika I'd really recommend you watch a clip of it in action rather than just looking at the screenshots to see if it's something you want to tackle.