Collar X Malice - In-Box - Playstation Vita

Collar × Malice is a visual novel video game developed and published by Idea Factory under their Otomate brand. It was released for PlayStation Vita on August 18, 2016 in Japan, and by Aksys Games in North America and Europe on July 28, 2017. It was well received by critics. It follows a police officer who is patrolling Shinjuku, Tokyo. She is attacked, and a collar with poison is placed around her neck; following this, she becomes involved with the "X-Day Incident", which is being investigated by five former police officers. Collar × Malice's sales numbers for its debut week differ between different sales charts: Media Create reported that it was the eleventh best selling video game of the week with 7,271 copies sold]while Famitsu reported that it was the eight best selling with 9,406 copies sold.Siliconera described the Japanese opening week sales as good for a PlayStation Vita visual novel for a niche audience. The game was well received by critics Famitsu's reviewers praised the graphics and character art, and enjoyed the player character's developing relationships with the other characters. One of them liked the suspense, commenting that it is rarely used in otome games.