Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

With stunning visuals, an engaging storyline, and characters you’ll never forget, Stories From Sol: Gun-Dog is a must for visual novel lovers—bonus points if you like retro sci-fi!

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is a wonderful sci-fi throwback, with classic point and click gameplay and a whole lot of charm.

If you’ve ever wanted to pretend to be the chief security officer on a random Star Trek episode, this is the game for you! If you’ve somehow never wanted that, it’s still a great story with endlessly charming characters.

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog inspired by sci-fi adventure games and anime of the 80s. Not only does it hit all the notes it goes for it excels in them. The game has a gripping narrative filled with characters I fell in love with. The Gun-Dog itself feels like a real live in ship that I wanted to keep exploring as well. It looks beautiful as well and has a soundtrack I got lost in. The game is sho...

Whether you’re a retro-head with a weird interest in the PC-98 like myself, a fan of old-school graphic adventures, a visual novel fan poking their head into something similar, or just into 80s mecha, Stories from Sol is a tale that is worth your time.

There is something so special about playing a game that feels comfortingly familiar, but wonderfully new at the same time. I don’t think I’m alone in that, given the recent prevalence of retro-inspired games. We’ve seen the NES-likes, the SNES-likes, and the PS2-likes, but Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is the first game I’ve seen that rewinds the clock back to the PC-9800, a series of computers po...

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is a somewhat short but sweet visual novel experience that captures the heart of the PC-98 era and retro mecha anime of decades past.

Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

You’re also given an option for graphical style. Offering a Doujin mode, Studio mode, and Vivid mode, you can really play with how the game is being presented. Doujin mode gives the appearance of a fan-made project with a clean but novice look. Studio mode most resembles how the game is meant to look but with the added green palette effect from older computer games. Finally, Vivid mode is what I b...

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is a remarkable tribute to PC-98 visual novels and hard sci-fi anime of a specific vintage. The visuals are pitch-perfect with multiple settings that offer different vibes, and the soundtrack is a complex beast of speaker-straining chiptunes that enhances the mood even further.

Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog is a decent visual novel, and a good opening salvo for what is supposed to be the first entry to a wider universe. While most of the story is self-contained, there are major plot points left open to be resolved in later releases. The different visual styles all look good, the story is fine if familiar, and you can get through it in an afternoon.