Whenever a major new anime hits the scene, there’s a mobile game to accompany it, like clockwork. Many of these games remain Japanese exclusives, with only a handful releasing globally. Additionally, many of these games feel like simple reskins of generic RPG or card-battling content with the usual gacha mechanics to keep fans rolling for their faves. So, when I went into the mobile game based on the MARS RED anime, I was expecting something along these lines. What I got was a pleasant surprise – a full-fledged visual novel/adventure game that acts as a unique side story to the events of the anime series.
The anime MARS RED is about an alternate-history 1923 Tokyo that’s dealing with a rise in vampires prowling the city at night. The Japanese government has created an all-vampire sub-unit of the army called Code Zero to deal with vampire-related problems. But there are some…
