<s>
Love	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
stylized	O
as	O
Ø	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
exclusive	O
adventure	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
General	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Enix	O
on	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Enix	O
game	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
campaign	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Love	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
depicted	O
in	O
continuous	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
videos	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Events	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
quick	O
time	O
events	O
featured	O
in	O
Sega	O
's	O
game	O
Shenmue	B-Application
are	O
also	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
1999	O
,	O
Enix	O
 '	O
Chief	O
of	O
General	O
Affairs	O
Kouichi	O
Hasegawa	O
announced	O
to	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
that	O
four	O
titles	O
were	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
2	I-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
he	O
had	O
not	O
revealed	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
known	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
would	O
reportedly	O
feature	O
large	O
quantities	O
of	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
videos	I-Application
in	O
DVD	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Love	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
showcased	O
in	O
February	O
2000	O
with	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
actresses	O
at	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Festival	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Sony	O
's	O
campaign	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
soon-to-be-released	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
Enix	O
 '	O
second	O
adventure	O
game	O
in	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
,	O
following	O
Murder	B-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Eurasia	I-Application
Express	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cast	O
recruited	O
for	O
Love	B-Application
Story	I-Application
includes	O
Japanese	O
actresses	O
,	O
television	O
personalities	O
,	O
and	O
models	O
;	O
notably	O
Aya	O
Hirayama	O
and	O
Kaori	O
Manabe	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
star	O
in	O
the	O
Waterboys	O
film	O
and	O
television	O
series	O
,	O
respectively	O
;	O
and	O
Erika	O
Yamakawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
demo	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
journalists	O
in	O
March	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
showcased	O
a	O
second	O
time	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
in	O
April	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
visited	O
Enix	O
attractions	O
after	O
Dragon	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
VII	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
of	O
Love	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Konatsu	O
Yuzunogi	O
and	O
includes	O
two	O
vocal	O
songs	O
,	O
"	O
Hello	O
Again	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Old	O
Friend	O
"	O
,	O
both	O
sung	O
by	O
Aya	O
Hirayama	O
with	O
lyrics	O
written	O
by	O
Haru	O
Yuki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
for	O
IGN	O
and	O
GameSpot	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Digital	B-Algorithm
Pictures	I-Algorithm
 '	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
games	O
and	O
its	O
storyline	O
to	O
the	O
movie	O
Ghost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
5.8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
video	O
quality	O
was	O
good	O
,	O
despite	O
occasional	O
compression	B-Algorithm
artifacts	I-Algorithm
,	O
while	O
the	O
few	O
non-video	O
sections	O
were	O
considered	O
"	O
more	O
like	O
average	O
PlayStation	B-Device
graphics	O
than	O
those	O
of	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
noted	O
that	O
an	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
language	O
is	O
indispensable	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
even	O
then	O
non-Japanese	O
players	O
are	O
likely	O
to	O
find	O
Love	B-Application
Story	I-Application
odd	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
high	O
amount	O
of	O
cultural	O
references	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
varies	O
greatly	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
worst	O
instances	O
being	O
comparable	O
to	O
"	O
a	O
heavily-artifacted	O
RealVideo	B-Algorithm
file	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
these	O
artifacts	B-Algorithm
are	O
"	O
awful	O
"	O
and	O
detrimental	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
minigames	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
search	O
for	O
a	O
girl	O
hiding	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
crowd	O
.	O
</s>
