Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet & Snow Globe
Genre: Compilation / Visual Novel
Players: 1
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Review:
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet & Snow Globe, released on Nintendo Switch in 2024, is a Compilation of two Visual Novel games featuring the same central character in each, the human-like robot Yumeni, with these games released separately on Nintendo Switch in 2019 and 2024.
I have separately reviewed these games. Here is what I thought of each of the games in this collection:
| Game | Genre | # of Players | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planetarian | Visual Novel | 1 | B- |
tl;drPlanetarian is a linear Visual Novel with no player choice set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where a scavenger happens upon a human-like robot with a mindless fixation on her planetarium and no conception of the terrible state of the outside world. The characters take a bit of time to warm up to, but once you do this becomes a nice story that blends both charm and despair into something bittersweet. This won’t be for everyone, but those who find the game’s blend of ideas interesting might want to give it a try. | |||
| Planetarian: Snow Globe | Visual Novel | 1 | C+ |
tl;drPlanetarian: Snow Glove is a linear Visual Novel with no player choice that is a prequel to the original Planetarian telling a largely self-contained story that focuses on the human-like robot Yumeni and her early days working in a planetarium. It’s a shorter story, but the smaller $5 price helps to justify this somewhat. However, it’s also largely disposable, and I think that ultimately this is mainly just going to serve as a companion piece for the original game rather than something worth seeking out in its own right. If you enjoyed the original Planetarium and want something a bit more lighthearted set in that same world, you may enjoy this look at that world during better times. Everyone else is probably better off skipping this. | |||
In short, I like Planetarian but I think it’s not going to be for everyone as it takes some time to warm up to the characters, and Snow Globe is a good companion piece to offset the dour tone of the original game with something more upbeat, but it’s also more of an extra add-on to the original game than something truly good in its own right.
That leads me to value, and… well, this bundle doesn’t have it. This Compilation’s $15 price tag makes it virtually identical to the cost of getting both games separately. In fact, it’s technically a penny more expensive. The same for the sale price (the one time this bundle ever went on sale) – it’s exactly one penny more than buying the games separately.
With this being the case, it’s kinda’ hard to recommend Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet & Snow Globe – you’re better off getting Planetarian on its own and then if you enjoy it maybe getting Snow Globe too. Not only is this saving you money if you decide you don’t like Planetarian and don’t want to waste money on its prequel, but even if you like both games it’s still saving you money (albeit only a penny). So maybe just do that instead.
tl;dr – Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet & Snow Globe is a Compilation of Planetarian and its smaller prequel, both Visual Novel games about a human-like robot working in a planetarium. These games won’t be for everyone, but some may enjoy the mix of elements they present. However, if you want to give these two a try you’re better off buying them separately – this bundle won’t save you anything off the price of both games combined, and it’s better if you try the first game before seeing if you should even bother getting the prequel.
Grade: C+
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