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{{quote|''When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.''|'''Thomas Hobbes''', summing up the setting of the game}}
 
'''''Critical Point''''' is one of the older visual novels to be translated by Peach Princess, having been first released [[The Nineties|overin a decade ago1998]]. Its primary claim to fame is the writing talents of Kenichi Matsuzaki (''[[Mobile Suit Gundam|Kenichi]]'', ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Matsuzaki]]'') and as one of the few sci-fi visual novels to receive the licensed translation treatment.
 
The year is 2037. Thanks to overpopulation and a chain of sudden food and energy crises, humanity was plunged into [[World War III]] and, being the [[In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves|violent bastards]] that we are, the population of Earth is reduced to about 15% of what it was. The situation stabilized, eventually, but the war was never officially declared over and each of the four major power blocs has settled into a new [[Cold War]], content to stare each other down. In addition to their sovereign holdings on Earth, the great powers have divvied up the Moon and each one maintains a base there to keep tabs on the others.
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Hint: [[Captain Obvious|sex ensues]].
 
 
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* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Averted by Elise {{spoiler|except when it's not. Bad. End.}} The trope was discussed very briefly during Ending No. 25. {{spoiler|Elise claims that it's the nature of the EL series to want to control humans, though it doesn't get any farther than that.}}
* [[Anime Chinese Girl]]: The oh-so-cold Lai Wong.
* [[Berserk Button]]: For Leiji, any mention of androids triggers traumatic memories from his past. Normally he doesn't act on this but...
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