<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
episodic	O
followup	O
to	O
Hatoful	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
set	O
around	O
the	O
holiday	O
season	O
and	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
universe	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Bad	O
Boys	O
Love	O
do	O
not	O
occur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Holiday	O
Star	O
is	O
a	O
mostly	O
linear	O
visual	O
novel	O
rather	O
than	O
an	O
otome	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
with	O
more	O
standalone	O
scenarios	O
and	O
fewer	O
branching	O
plotlines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
remake	O
of	O
Hatoful	B-Application
Boyfriend	I-Application
:	I-Application
Holiday	I-Application
Star	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
15	O
December	O
2015	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
22	O
December	O
2015	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
remake	O
received	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
54/100	O
for	O
PC	O
and	O
58/100	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
from	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
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