Draft:Class of '09 (video game)

• Comment: The article itself reveals that there has been little independent reception of the game other than one non-RS review. The notability guideline under WP:GNG as it applies to games under the manual of style at WP:VG/MOS and WP:VG/S typically requires multiple reliable sources that independently review the game. Absent a properly sourced reception section, it's often very difficult to justify that a game is notable. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 03:32, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

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Not to be confused with the drama thriller TV Show Class of '09.

Class of '09
Genre(s)	Visual novel
Developer(s)	SBN3
Publisher(s)	Wrath Club
Platform(s)	Windows macOS Steam Deck

Class of ’09 is a visual novel developed by SBN3 and published by Wrath Club for personal computers. It was released on June 10, 2021. Set in the late 2000s as the name implies, the game follows a sociopathic teenage girl named Nicole attending a high school. SBN3, the developer of the game, describes the game as an "anti-visual novel (...) a rejection sim rather than a dating sim" because it doesn't include typical visual novel progression.

Gameplay

As expected from a visual novel, gameplay consists of listening to dialogues with the ability of pausing and rewinding. Aside from the HUD elements and such, every line of writing is fully voiced.

The player assumes the role of a self-identified sociopath and nihilist named Nicole from the beginning of her junior year in September 2007 to her graduation in June 2009.

The game revolves around Nicole dealing with issues such as her drug problem, the harassment and sexual abuse she receives from teachers and classmates, bullying and white nationalism in the school environment. She can directly or indirectly fuel these scenarios when the players choose their routes with a T-Mobile Sidekick which shows up in certain story events (ex. In one scene Nicole will be confronted by her gym teacher in the girls' locker room and begins to flirt with her. With the players then getting a pop up on the T-Mobile Sidekick choosing to either make Nicole scream as loud as she can or humor the gym teacher or as the phone says: "Humor a literal pedophile.")

Nicole's associates throughout the game include:

• Her mother and brother.
• Her best friend Jecka (short for Jessica), who has similar problems to Nicole.
• Kylar, a lacrosse player who Nicole usually manipulates.
• Jeffery, a nerd who Nicole often ignores or bullies.

The game has 15 endings varying between Nicole committing suicide, becoming homeless, dying in a school shooting, becoming a famous Youtuber or winning a $500,000 trial and living in Los Angeles and so on. Once the player obtains all the endings, a bonus scene is unlocked in which Jeffery criticizes Nicole and Jecka for being "socially spoiled" and mean to everybody around them.

Reception

In Metacritic, Class of '09 currently lacks reviews from official game critics. Luke Maguire from Movies Games and Tech states that Class of '09 is a "very niche game" which one can "enjoy or won't be able to stand."