<s>
Amnesia	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
AMNEƧIA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
visual	O
novel	O
series	O
by	O
Idea	O
Factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
fan	O
disc	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Amnesia	B-Application
Later	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
sequel	O
titled	O
Amnesia	B-Application
Crowd	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
later	O
combined	O
for	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
release	O
titled	O
"	O
Amnesia	B-Application
Later	I-Application
x	I-Application
Crowd	I-Application
V	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
"	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
port	O
of	O
Amnesia	B-Application
:	I-Application
Memories	I-Application
and	O
Amnesia	B-Application
:	O
Later×Crowd	O
was	O
globally	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amnesia	B-Application
is	O
classified	O
as	O
an	O
otome	B-Application
game	I-Application
;	O
like	O
most	O
otome	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
female	O
character	O
who	O
can	O
choose	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
male	O
characters	O
for	O
her	O
love	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Amnesia	B-Application
,	O
the	O
male	O
characters	O
that	O
the	O
female	O
character	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
symbolic	O
suit	O
symbols	O
from	O
a	O
card	O
deck	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
storylines	O
,	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
routes	O
:	O
Heart	O
,	O
Spade	O
,	O
Clover	O
,	O
Diamond	O
and	O
Joker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
otome	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
the	O
events	O
take	O
place	O
over	O
a	O
fixed	O
time	O
frame	O
and	O
different	O
decision-trees	O
result	O
in	O
accumulation	O
of	O
artwork	O
,	O
stories	O
,	O
and	O
endings	O
with	O
the	O
various	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
many	O
games	O
,	O
each	O
route	O
is	O
a	O
parallel	O
world	O
:	O
events	O
that	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
one	O
route	O
may	O
not	O
have	O
happened	O
in	O
another	O
route	O
;	O
the	O
pre-existing	O
relationships	O
the	O
heroine	O
had	O
before	O
amnesia	B-Application
are	O
different	O
in	O
each	O
route	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
relationship-tracking	O
meters	O
may	O
be	O
different	O
from	O
one	O
world	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luka	O
is	O
a	O
mysterious	O
individual	O
and	O
plays	O
an	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
Amnesia	B-Application
Crowd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Otome	B-Application
Party	O
2012	O
,	O
production	O
of	O
an	O
anime	O
television	O
adaptation	O
was	O
announced	O
with	O
an	O
expected	O
broadcast	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
anime	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Amnesia	B-Application
was	O
generally	O
poorly	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matthew	O
Lee	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Twitch	O
Film	O
,	O
opined	O
that	O
Amnesia'''s	O
"	O
story	O
offers	O
nothing	O
of	O
any	O
interest	O
beyond	O
the	O
burning	O
question	O
of	O
what	O
the	O
hell	O
any	O
of	O
it	O
means.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Silverman	O
gave	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
an	O
overall	O
grade	O
of	O
D	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
Ultimately	O
Amnesia''	O
ends	O
as	O
it	O
began	O
–	O
fascinating	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
a	O
loose	O
tooth	O
is	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
payout	O
when	O
you	O
finally	O
get	O
rid	O
of	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
feel	O
like	O
enough.	O
"	O
</s>
