Love Story (video game)

Love Story
Developer(s)General Entertainment
Publisher(s)Enix
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: April 27, 2000
Genre(s)Adventure, interactive movie, visual novel
Mode(s)Single-player

Love Story,[1] stylized as Ø Story,[2] is a Japanese exclusive adventure interactive movie video game developed by General Entertainment and published by Enix on April 27, 2000. It was the first Enix game published on the PlayStation 2, and was part of the campaign to promote the release of the console in Japan.

The player takes the role of a young man who dies in a motorcycle accident. He is sent back to earth as a ghost by Ai, the angel of love, who tells him that he may revive if he gains the love of a girl named Rina within six days.[3] The female cast of the game is composed of Japanese television actresses and models. Reviews of the game range from average to negative, with criticism of the game's graphics and acting.

  1. ^ In Japanese: Rabu Sutōrī (ラブストーリー)
  2. ^ This stylization is from tennis scoring usage, where a zero score is often called "love", from French l'oeuf = "the egg", from the shape of the 0 character.
  3. ^ Williamson, Colin (2000-05-01). "0 Story Preview". IGN. News Corporation. Archived from the original on 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2007-07-19.