<s>
Fault	B-Application
Milestone	I-Application
Two	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
developed	O
by	O
Alice	B-Device
in	I-Device
Dissonance	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sekai	O
Project	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Fault	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
set	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Fault	B-Device
Milestone	I-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
episodes	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
fit	O
around	O
the	O
prequel	O
game	O
Fault	B-Device
:	I-Device
Silence	I-Device
the	I-Device
Pedant	I-Device
,	O
which	O
is	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fault	B-Application
Milestone	I-Application
Two	I-Application
is	O
a	O
linear	O
visual	O
novel	O
without	O
player	O
choices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
world	O
where	O
magic	O
exists	O
,	O
and	O
takes	O
place	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Fault	B-Device
Milestone	I-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
doujin	O
group	O
Alice	B-Device
in	I-Device
Dissonance	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
Project	O
Written	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munisix	O
had	O
previously	O
intended	O
to	O
localize	O
Fault	B-Device
Milestone	I-Device
One	I-Device
himself	O
,	O
but	O
Sekai	O
Project	O
ended	O
up	O
doing	O
the	O
localization	O
following	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
in	O
2014	O
;	O
because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
Munisix	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Fault	B-Application
Milestone	I-Application
Two	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alice	B-Device
in	I-Device
Dissonance	I-Device
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
playable	O
from	O
start	O
to	O
finish	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
several	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
required	O
improvements	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
broken	O
up	O
into	O
the	O
two	O
episodes	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Side	O
:	O
Above	O
and	O
Side	O
:	O
Below	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
thought	O
the	O
story	O
had	O
gotten	O
too	O
long	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
for	O
15	O
,	O
with	O
Side	O
:	O
Above	O
being	O
roughly	O
the	O
same	O
length	O
as	O
Fault	B-Device
Milestone	I-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
avoid	O
raising	O
the	O
price	O
to	O
match	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Fault	B-Application
Milestone	I-Application
Two	I-Application
,	O
the	O
theme	O
is	O
explored	O
in	O
different	O
ways	O
in	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
episodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
designed	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
could	O
fit	O
around	O
the	O
upcoming	O
prequel	O
game	O
,	O
Fault	B-Device
:	I-Device
Silence	I-Device
the	I-Device
Pedant	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
with	O
Fault	B-Device
Milestone	I-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
the	O
developers	O
wanted	O
to	O
include	O
one	O
player	O
choice	O
in	O
Side	O
:	O
Above	O
;	O
they	O
had	O
one	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
but	O
eventually	O
had	O
to	O
remove	O
it	O
as	O
it	O
broke	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fault	B-Application
Milestone	I-Application
Two	I-Application
is	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
two	O
episodes	O
:	O
Side	O
:	O
Above	O
and	O
Side	O
:	O
Below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
episode	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
in	O
Japanese	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
English	O
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Side	O
:	O
Above	O
will	O
also	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
only	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
backed	O
Fault	B-Device
Milestone	I-Device
One	I-Device
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
on	O
Kickstarter	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
of	O
Side	O
:	O
Above	O
had	O
an	O
estimated	O
total	O
of	O
50,000	O
players	O
by	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Marcus	O
Estrada	O
at	O
Hardcore	O
Gamer	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
plot	O
was	O
less	O
dramatic	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
Fault	B-Device
Milestone	I-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
but	O
still	O
managed	O
to	O
be	O
compelling	O
and	O
giving	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
characters	O
of	O
Ritona	O
,	O
Rune	O
,	O
Selphine	O
and	O
Rhegan	O
;	O
he	O
did	O
however	O
think	O
that	O
it	O
felt	O
like	O
a	O
detour	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
plot	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
episode	O
's	O
ending	O
felt	O
"	O
truncated	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
