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>>46590251
I've played Continuum Shift.
The main visual novel part bored me to tears; I didn't get very far.
The fighting game part is robustly unwelcoming to newcomers. I bought the game in 2016 as one of my first fighting games. I finally beat it for the first time last year.
Every mode of the game is unreasonably difficult and unintuitive. If you don't already have a lot of fighting game experience, don't expect to be able to clear the tutorial.
Challenge aside, it's just mediocre overall. It looks cheap and feels cheap. There are lots of original and creative ideas, but nothing that adds up to a game I'd want to spend time with.
The best part of the game IMO is the episodic comedy/slice of life side visual novel. I found it to be well written and rather enjoyed it. You can't just read that part though, you have to do other stuff to unlock it.
The characters and character designs are also beyond reproach. I really like Makoto, she's super duper cute.

If you're interested, I'd recommend checking out the Guilty Gear series instead, which is by the same company and also has a significant visual novel mode, but better written and attached to an easier, less obtuse, more fun fighting game.