I think this is, at least for now, the best visual novel in the whole Science Adventure series... provided you played Chaos;Head. Its whole story adds a lot of weight and reason to the story of Chaos;Child.

Characters: It's a step up from Chaos;Head in that every character in the game feels vital and the experience would be a lot worse had any of them been missing, that's pretty much only a hit on Daisuke, with some of my favorite characters... honestly of all time. Shinjo being a very reasonable human being with a heart in the right place, despite not being able to comprehend a lot of what's happening he's aware of consequences and just does his best and Wakui jesus christ i want to see more of him in next games in the science adventure series, insane antagonist, absurdly overpowered but it's also kind of what makes him fun to topple over.

Story: There's a plenty of terrifying twists in the story, which in hindsight realize how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up things really are. I don't even want to put anything in spoilers for this, because i know it's tempting to click and see what's behind. It's better experienced first hand.

Music: Takeshi ♥♥♥'s compositions are some of my favorites in video game franchise. His calm, peaceful tracks are gorgeous and contain what feels to be a secondary meaning to them, his serious pieces really carry a lot of weight and Chaos;Child is very much a proof of all that. One of the first tracks you hear, REVIVED SHIBUYA -another-, being my favorite track in the game.

Side notes: Get a patch made by zero committee. Fixes some translations and eases you a bit into the visual novel, whether you play it standalone or after Chaos;Head.
If you want to stay with these characters for longer and like bleeding from the nose area, there is an archived video translation of Chaos;Child Love Chu Chu, a sort-of-sequel that's mostly fanservice (kinda like what Robotics;Notes DaSH is to Robotics;Notes, except that has more sequel material). Chaos;Head also has its LCC, but whether there is a video of its playthrough in English or not I can't say.
Chaos;Head NoAH (Chaos;Head with extra content, like characters' routes) is almost fully translated to english. If you want to experience this chunk of Science Adventure series in its fullest, it's best to wait for that to come out, though I still recommend checking out Chaos;Head. Its interface isn't what you might be used to from Steins;Gate, but it's still perfectly playable.

I think this is, at least for now, the best visual novel in the whole Science Adventure series... provided you played Chaos;Head. Its whole story adds a lot of weight and reason to the story of Chaos;Child. Characters: It's a step up from Chaos;Head in that every character in the game feels vital and the experience would be a lot worse had any of them been missing, [spoiler]that's pretty much only a hit on Daisuke,[/spoiler] with some of my favorite characters... honestly of all time. Shinjo [spoiler]being a very reasonable human being with a heart in the right place, despite not being able to comprehend a lot of what's happening he's aware of consequences and just does his best[/spoiler] and Wakui [spoiler]jesus christ i want to see more of him in next games in the science adventure series, insane antagonist, absurdly overpowered but it's also kind of what makes him fun to topple over[/spoiler]. Story: There's a plenty of terrifying twists in the story, which in hindsight realize how fucked up things really are. I don't even want to put anything in spoilers for this, because i know it's tempting to click and see what's behind. It's better experienced first hand. Music: Takeshi Abo's compositions are some of my favorites in video game franchise. His calm, peaceful tracks are gorgeous and contain what feels to be a secondary meaning to them, his serious pieces really carry a lot of weight and Chaos;Child is very much a proof of all that. One of the first tracks you hear, [spoiler]REVIVED SHIBUYA -another-[/spoiler], being my favorite track in the game. Side notes: Get a patch made by zero committee. Fixes some translations and eases you a bit into the visual novel, whether you play it standalone or after Chaos;Head. If you want to stay with these characters for longer and like bleeding from the nose area, there is an archived video translation of Chaos;Child Love Chu Chu, a sort-of-sequel that's mostly fanservice (kinda like what Robotics;Notes DaSH is to Robotics;Notes, except that has more sequel material). Chaos;Head also has its LCC, but whether there is a video of its playthrough in English or not I can't say. Chaos;Head NoAH (Chaos;Head with extra content, like characters' routes) is almost fully translated to english. If you want to experience this chunk of Science Adventure series in its fullest, it's best to wait for that to come out, though I still recommend checking out Chaos;Head. Its interface isn't what you might be used to from Steins;Gate, but it's still perfectly playable.