We’ve recently seen Cyberpunk 2077 get treated to a next-gen Xbox Series X|S and PS5 upgrade, taking the much criticised game into new areas. But there are a host of other cyberpunk styled titles to play through too – the latest of which is a self-proclaimed Cyberpunk Thriller Visual Novel… Synergia.
We heard of Synergia – A Cyberpunk Thriller Visual Novel when it burst onto PC through Steam back in 2020, with the vibrant neon aesthetic of the time appealing so much that we chatted about it on our podcast – Episode 41 if you’re interested.
Now though it’s time for that same game to come to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, as Radi Art and Top Hat Studios thrust players into the neon-glows that they have created, following on from their efforts with Sense – A Cyberpunk Ghost Story.
Synergia – A Cyberpunk Thriller Visual Novel will set you back £12.49 in asking price, and from there you’ll find yourself dropped into a wonderful cyberpunked world. it has you following a veteran cop – Cila – and their long-lost friend Mara, as they work their way through the visual novel playbook and draw players in.
It’s a world that allows for choice, not only those which affect you as the player, but also those around you, with multiple paths and interweaving stories ensuring that Synergia – A Cyberpunk Thriller Visual Novel is able to provide a host of possible endings. How each playthrough runs is totally up to you.
There’s romance promised here in this cyberpunk-fuelled world, but so is thrilling adventure and so if you’re looking for a new Visual Novel to get your teeth into, Synergia – A Cyberpunk Thriller Visual Novel could well be it.
You’ll find a download of Synergia – A Cyberpunk Thriller Visual Novel on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S available over at the Xbox Store. Stay tuned for a review.
Game Description:
A neon-lit dystopian cityscape becomes the stage for thrilling adventure and deep yuri romance in this cyberpunk-themed visual novel. The complex personalities and experiences of more than 20 characters are interwoven across multiple paths and possible endings. Your choices matter, not only to you, but to all those with whom you struggle to connect. Cila, a veteran cop with a sour outlook and anger issues expects nothing more from life besides the smell of ozone, blinding neon lights and the ever-present manhole steam. At least, until a shady friend replaces her broken-down housedroid as a favor. Advanced, more efficient and remarkably perceptive, unit M.A.R.A. begins to penetrate Cila’s toughened exterior and possibly even heal her new owner’s old wounds – if Cila can decipher the recurring nightmare the process brings. Soon Cila and Mara forge a unique – if sometimes uneasy – bond. Unbeknownst to Cila, just as her life begins to find its new normal, the technological giant Velta Labs gets wind of Mara’s existence and takes a mysterious interest in the android. A war unlike any before it is brewing on the horizon, its players are silently being selected and one android’s fate may spell the difference between peace, war, the blossoming of a new religion, or a technological singularity beyond comprehension.
