Moonlight Syndrome
Moonlight Syndrome is a horror-themed adventure game developed and published by Human Entertainment for the PlayStation in October 1997. An entry in the company's Twilight Syndrome series, the game was directed and co-written by Goichi Suda. Retaining the combination of adventure and visual novel elements from earlier games in the series, Moonlight Syndrome follows series protagonist Mika Kishii as she investigates supernatural phenomena.
| Moonlight Syndrome | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Human Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Human Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Goichi Suda |
| Programmer(s) | Yuki Hoshino |
| Artist(s) | Takashi Miyamoto |
| Writer(s) | Goichi Suda |
| Composer(s) | Masafumi Takada |
| Series | Twilight Syndrome |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Development of Moonlight Syndrome began following the completion of Suda's work on the first Twilight Syndrome games. Due to having little input on the original games' stories and disliking the ghost story elements, Suda focused the plot of Moonlight Syndrome around psychological horror and human capacity for evil. Critics liked the game's story but criticized the characters and long, inconsequential dialogue trees. Suda left Human Entertainment to form Grasshopper Manufacture following the release of Moonlight Syndrome, but the game remained an influence in his later work.