- February 14, 2020
- Schell Games
Mission: It's Complicated
Platforms
About
Mission: It’s Complicated is a narrative-based, visual novel where you match super-awesome superheroes to go on missions during the night and dates during the day. The more compatible the pair of superheroes are, the more likely that they will fall in love and save the world.







- The game features a diverse cast with strong LGBTQ+ representation and explores themes of mental health, making it relatable and inclusive.
- The gameplay is engaging with high replayability, allowing players to explore different character pairings and outcomes, which adds depth to the story.
- The art style is charming and the writing is humorous and heartfelt, creating a fun and enjoyable experience overall.
- The gameplay can become repetitive, especially during multiple playthroughs, as missions and dates may feel similar after a while.
- Some players found the writing to be hit or miss, with certain dialogues feeling cringey or forced, detracting from the overall experience.
- The game lacks depth in its choices, often leading to predictable outcomes and making it feel less impactful for some players.
story
128 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe story of "Mission: It's Complicated" is characterized as cute and engaging, featuring fun characters and a blend of romantic and platonic relationships. While the missions can become repetitive and lack depth, the game offers high replayability with multiple endings and the ability to skip previously completed missions. Overall, players appreciate the humor, artwork, and character development, despite some critiques regarding the pacing and context of the narrative.
“General story is fun, art is great, dialogues hit so many right spots, with valuable moments regarding a better, kinder world!”
“Not only did I love the storyline and find some of the interactions cute and funny, but I genuinely felt for the characters and their stories and wanted to know more!”
“This is also pretty unique as a game since usual visual novels have the reader have multiple endings that result in them dating one of the NPCs, etc. but wow, I loved this! The way the story begins with the whole concept of passing the message on is ingenious and sets up a loop that I have to not speak about in any more detail because it will kind of spoil stuff.”
“The missions really started becoming boring after a minute, especially since you're not given too much information before you make a choice, so half the time it feels like I'm guessing rather than making carefully considered tactical decisions.”
“Plot: the intro to the plot is extremely short and feels rushed.”
“The downside to that is that, because the whole story takes place in only a few days, it feels a bit unrealistic that they could get so close, so fast.”