Criminal Girls: Invite Only
{{Short description|2010 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| developer = Imageepoch
| publisher = Nippon Ichi Software
| platforms = PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows
| released = PSP
{{vgrelease|JP|November 18, 2010}}PlayStation Vita
{{vgrelease|JP|November 28, 2013|NA|February 3, 2015|EU|February 6, 2015}}Windows
January 11, 2017
| genre = Role-playing
| modes = Single-player
}}
Criminal Girls: Invite Only{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|Criminal Girls: Invitation|クリミナルガールズ INVITATION|Kuriminaru Gāruzu INVITATION}}}} is a role-playing video game developed by Imageepoch and published by Nippon Ichi Software. It was originally released as Criminal Girls{{efn|{{nihongo||クリミナルガールズ|Kuriminaru Gāruzu}}}} on November 18, 2010 for PlayStation Portable, in Japan only. An enhanced port for PlayStation Vita was released in Japan on November 28, 2013, and the rest of the world in February 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/criminal-girls-invite-only/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-vita|title=Criminal Girls: Invite Only crtitic reviews (PS Vita)|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314023741/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-vita/criminal-girls-invite-only|archive-date=March 14, 2023|url-status=live}} and for Steam on January 11, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/criminal-girls-invite-only/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Criminal Girls: Invite Only critic reviews (PC)|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205021201/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/criminal-girls-invite-only|archive-date=February 5, 2023|url-status=live}} The "unabashedly risqué Japanese game" was controversially censored for its Western release, by "stripping the sound and obscuring the action".{{cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/02/with-censorship-this-inane-criminal-girls-should-have-stayed-in-japan/|title=With Censorship This Inane, Criminal Girls Should Have Stayed In Japan (NSFW)|last=Fahey|first=Mike|date=February 8, 2015|website=Kotaku Australia|publisher=Nine Entertainment|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227235617/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/02/with-censorship-this-inane-criminal-girls-should-have-stayed-in-japan/|archive-date=December 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}
Plot
The main character is sent to hell and tasked with rehabilitating seven girls.
Gameplay
Gameplay involves a lot of dungeon crawling and other RPG elements.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = (PC) 65/100
(Vita) 55/100
| 4P = 55%{{cite web|url=https://www.4p.de/test/criminal_girls_invite_only/81029|title=Test: Criminal Girls: Invite Only (PS Vita)|language=de|last=Oertel|first=Mathias|date=February 11, 2015|website=4Players|publisher=4Players GmbH|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707091330/https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PS_Vita/Test/35913/81029/0/Criminal_Girls_Invite_Only.html|archive-date=July 7, 2022|url-status=live}}
| Destruct = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-criminal-girls-invite-only/|title=Review: Criminal Girls: Invite Only (PS Vita)|last=Vincent|first=Brittany|date=March 7, 2015|website=Destructoid|publisher=Gamurs|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127024302/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-criminal-girls-invite-only/|archive-date=January 27, 2023|url-status=live}}
| Fam = (Vita) 29/40{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=29645&redirect=no|title=クリミナルガールズ INVITATION|language=ja|magazine=Famitsu|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728200722/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=29645&redirect=no|archive-date=July 28, 2022|url-status=dead}}
(PSP) 28/40{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=15807&redirect=no|title=クリミナルガールズ|language=ja|magazine=Famitsu|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109224730/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=15807&redirect=no|archive-date=November 9, 2019|url-status=dead}}
| GSpot = 4/10{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/criminal-girls-invite-only-review/1900-6416030/|title=Criminal Girls: Invite Only Review (Vita)|last=Renaudin|first=Josiah|date=February 13, 2015|website=GameSpot|publisher=Fandom|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227180428/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/criminal-girls-invite-only-review/1900-6416030/|archive-date=December 27, 2017|url-status=live}}
| PG = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/criminal-girls-invite-only/criminal-girls-invite-only/|title=Criminal Girls: Invite Only|last=Russell|first=Danny|date=February 16, 2015|website=Pocket Gamer|publisher=Steel Media Ltd|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728182203/https://www.pocketgamer.com/criminal-girls-invite-only/criminal-girls-invite-only/|archive-date=July 28, 2022|url-status=live}}
| PSQ = {{Rating|4|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/psvita/criminal_girls_invite_only|title=Criminal Girls: Invite Only Review|last=Growcott|first=Mat|date=February 3, 2015|website=Push Square|publisher=Hookshot Media|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308145011/https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/psvita/criminal_girls_invite_only|archive-date=March 8, 2023|url-status=live}}
| RPG = 2.5/5{{cite web|url=https://archive.rpgamer.com/games/crimgirls/crimgirlsvita/reviews/crimgirlsvitastrev1.html|title=Criminal Girls: Invite Only - Review (PS Vita)|last=Fuller|first=Alex|date=February 16, 2015|website=RPGamer|publisher=CraveOnline|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217235523/https://www.rpgamer.com/games/crimgirls/crimgirlsvita/reviews/crimgirlsvitastrev1.html|archive-date=February 17, 2015|url-status=live}}
| rev1 = The Digital Fix
| rev2 = The Observer
| rev2Score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/09/criminal-girls-invite-only-review|title=Criminal Girls: Invite Only review - tasteless and terrible (PS Vita)|last=Kamen|first=Matt|date=February 9, 2015|newspaper=The Observer|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728224657/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/09/criminal-girls-invite-only-review|archive-date=July 28, 2022|url-status=live}}
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The PlayStation Vita and PC versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. GameSpot thought the combat was let down by the "tedious design" and "perverse activities". In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out 40 for the PSP version, and 29 out of 40 for the PlayStation Vita version.
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Legacy
A sequel entitled Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors was released in Japan on November 26, 2015, and in the rest of the world in 2016.
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/78943/criminal-girls-invite-only/}}
Category:BDSM-related mass media
Category:Nippon Ichi Software games
Category:PlayStation Portable games
Category:PlayStation Vita games
Category:Role-playing video games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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