Mystic Messenger (Korean: 수상한메신저; RR: Susanghan Mesinjeo, lit. 'Mysterious Messenger') is a South Korean otome game developed by Cheritz.[1][2] It was released on July 8, 2016, for Android and August 18, 2016, for iOS. The game is described as a "storytelling messenger game" and is available in Korean, English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.[3]
In 2017, Mystic Messenger was awarded Best Indie Game at the 2017 Korea Game Awards.
In Mystic Messenger, the player takes the role of a female character whose name is chosen by the player.[4][5] The female protagonist downloads a mysterious app that leads her into living in either a closed, secured apartment owned by Rika, the founder of a charity organization known as the RFA (Rika's Fundraising Association), or the Mint Eye HQ. She meets the remaining members of the RFA and is tasked to organize a party by inviting guests. In Another Story, Unknown tricks the protagonist into playing the game and brings her to Mint Eye, keeping her by his side. The protagonist is able to choose one out of 7 available routes, each with their own backgrounds, as well as finding out the truth behind the RFA.[4]
The game plays in real time, where players can receive text messages and join the group chat in a special messenger.[2][14][15] The story lasts for 11 days per route.[1][15] The first day concerns the game's prologue, three days for the "common route", six days focusing on a route of a character, and one day for the party.[15] Throughout conversations in the first four days, the player can give responses to certain characters to increase their likability with them, symbolized as hearts.[2] Players encounter Cautions, events that branch the story and determines whether the player will get to continue the story or receive a bad ending depending on their accumulated hearts and chatroom participation.[16] In the chatrooms, players can talk with characters and make decisions, which may affect a character's feelings towards the protagonist and ultimately their route.[17]
Critics praised Mystic Messenger for the sense of realism it produced. VG247 editor Caitlin Moore found the game's theme of isolation to reflect her own experiences with social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]
The game features two songs - the opening theme is sung by Han titled "Mysterious Messages"[19] and ending song sung by Han and Sirius titled "Like the Sun in the Sky". Both are composed by DoubleTO.
About 23 tracks of background music, composed by Flaming Heart, were released along with the opening and ending song and 13 tracks of free talk with people involved in the making via the game's special package.
In June 2016, Cheritz opened a pre-order session for the game's limited edition special package called RFA VIP Package. The package contains original soundtracks from the game, 2 artbooks, characters' name card, and 2 DVDs of the free talk session with the voice actors involved in the game. It also contains serial number to unlock the game's VIP membership, which enables players to fast-forward chatrooms, call the characters without limits, and gives in-game currency.[1]
In July 2017, Cheritz released dakimakura covers for 707 and Jumin Han, who topped the popularity poll, for Mystic Messenger's first anniversary.[20]
"Invitation of the Mystic Messenger", the official webcomic adaptation was published on April 11, 2020. The prologue was published on April 3, 2020. This webcomic was written by GIMAN (기만), illustrated by meriG (멜쥐), and was published by BookCube. The webcomic is available in Korean, English, Indonesian, Thai, German, and French.
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