Mate
An open-world adventure game set in a rural Japanese town, the game allows players to form teams of up to four out of 16 characters and control each character individually to explore various locations and solve troubles. Unique characters color the dramatic story in a beautifully landscaped setting.
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17 itemsAbout the Game
What is “Mate”?
Mate” is an open-world action adventure game set in a rural Japanese town.
Players form teams of up to four from over 16 characters and control each character separately to explore various locations and solve problems.
The Story
Hikari Washington, who was not accepted at her first-choice high school, enrolled in a rural high school of her second choice, but was having a hard time making friends and spending the month of April in school in a depressed mood.
One day after school, while killing time at a family restaurant near the school, I found Sakura Oklahoma, who goes to the same junior high school, working part-time, and we exchanged contact information.
The next day, while on his way to school, he receives a call from the school that the school is closed, but on the way he passes a police car...
The System
Each character uses unique skills to solve problems.
There are a number of interactive objects in the field that may provide hints or help in the quest.
The interactions are very realistic.
For example, bringing a study desk to climb a high place solves the problem, and forgetting a bag with a commuter pass in it at school or elsewhere will prevent the station gates from opening.
It is up to the user to decide whether the character who owns the bag should go get it or ask a classmate to bring it back.
And exploring a vast field on foot is not efficient.
Trains and buses can be used to travel farther and faster.
There are as many ways to complete the quest as there are players, depending on who uses which objects where and when.
