The World Next Door

A fantastic story and presentation makes The World Next Door worth taking a peek at. I just wish the gameplay could hold up as well as those aspects.

Playable in one or two long sittings, The World Next Door is an interesting mix of genres. It won’t set your world on fire, but what is there is pretty fun. Without much reason to replay, you probably won’t jump right back into Emrys when you complete the game, but it’s well worth your time at least once.

With all of the magnificent world-building, I couldn't help but be immensely disappointed by the lack of catharsis, or any closure with character development or plot. Like Jun, I wanted to bask in the world of Emrys for even longer. I certainly hope that the developers and artists expand the world with a bigger sequel. Right now, The World Next Door sits in my Switch menu—I smile at its icon, but I will likely never open it again.

The origin story of the Human Savers Club.

The World Next Door crafts a wonderful world filled with great characters but so much of it is left untapped while its match-3 combat works well enough but ends up feeling to easy in the end, creating a game that looks great and plays decently but lacks any kind of payoff.

VIZ Media has teamed up with Rose City Games in order to produce their first video game, The World Next Door! How was their first foray into the world of game publishing? Let’s dig in to find out! Title: The World Next Door Platform: Nintendo Switch (Reviewed), PC (Reviewed), MAC…

The World Next Door is an ambitious action-puzzle game with some interesting narrative and RPG elements, but unfortunately wears itself thin trying too much with too little.

However, although the plot veered in some interesting directions, the end of my playthrough left major plot points untouched. Since it had only taken a few hours to complete, I started a second playthrough. The developers said The World Next Door had multiple endings, so I picked different dialogue options this time around. Unfortunately, aside from changing a few lines, I got the same result. For my third playthrough, I gave up on following the late-game plot direction I was most interested in and instead picked the other major choice–but once again, the ending was largely the same and didn’t...