Three character routes are available in Casual mode - Zen, Yoosung, and Jaehee. Deep Story must be unlocked for 80 HG, while Another Story will set you back 300 HG more on currency momentarily. On subsequent playthroughs, or if you’re determined to power game right from the start, you can consult our Mystic Messenger character guides (spoilers) or our Mystic Messenger chat times schedules (no spoilers), and set yourself reminders to check in when an important chat is due to unlock.Īs of early January 2018, there are six love interests in Mystic Messenger and three story modes: Casual, Deep, and Another. Make sure you focus on the character you like, though! If you fail to catch anyone’s interest by Day 5, you’ll finish with a bad end.
On your first playthrough it’s fun to experience Mystic Messenger organically – answering the beeps on your phone when you can, ignoring the ones you can’t, going with your gut on choices, and just rolling with whatever happens. Each route has multiple endings – Bad Ends (fail states), one Normal End and one Good End. The first four days are always the same, but the game splits into multiple routes (one for each love interest) once you hit Day 5. The story of Mystic Messenger takes place over 12 days, during which you’ll swap messages of various kinds with a number of different characters. Around 50% participation is the minimum requirement to advance and secure a particular ending. Mystic Messenger isn’t a game you’re supposed to play on the bus, when you feel like it – you’re supposed to pick up the phone and action notifications when they come in (or choose to ignore them) - just like in real life.ĭon’t worry, though although the IMs pop up at all hours of the day and night, you are not required to action every single IM. Here’s the thing, though: the IM comes in real time, on its own schedule. Which IM chats you participate in, and the responses you make, shape which character route you’ll experience. Although you’ll also receive phone calls and texts (SMS), instant messages and occasional visual novel segments are the really essential part.
The hearts of Mystic Messenger’s gameplay is reading and responding to instant messages. Make it easier for yourself by getting across the core concepts. Mystic Messenger is the most hardcore game about texting cuties you will ever play.