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[Napalm_Frank]

Let it be Book of Shadows .

 

[cj_iwakura]

Could just be TitS SC

Or Brandish

I'd buy that twice.

 

[Carl]

My copy FINALLY downloaded. Looking forward to playing it

Not sure i should play it before bed though, hmm

 

[Alex]

Bit of mild confusion on chap 4 extra end

Spoiler

just the death, I mean, with the rubble and whatnot, where did that come from?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Bit of mild confusion on chap 4 extra end

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just the death, I mean, with the rubble and whatnot, where did that come from?

Finish Chapter 5.

 

[Alex]

I finally wrapped up everything, really good game. As much jank as you'd expect from a spruce up of a 1996 indie title, but they really nailed a proper horror experience for my tastes and I'd really like to see more games like this which just omit combat altogether. My only real complaints being how rare the HP meter was actually put to work and Chap 5 (which is the only modern made one, I think?) really stood heads and tails above 1-4, it really makes me want that full blown Corpse Party 2 that was announced.

But yeah, bleak as hell, really whittled at your soul, it was all very appealing to me since I like the horror genre but all you get nowadays is cheap jump scares and murder porn.

Really hope we get some more, will sell a couple friends on it to help the cause although Xseed seems sadly very allergic to sequels! I'm still lamenting Half Min Hero 2.

 

[JumpingTheGun]

I want this game just for the "butter up my pooper" comment or whatever that girl says.

Outstanding.

 

[Deified Data]

Would get this if it weren't on PSP. I hate dragging that old thing out.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

My review went up if anybody cares.

 

[creid]

Noticed this was the best-selling PSN PSP title last month. Congrats!

 

[graywolf323]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012...s-sonic-cd-races-to-the-top-in-december-2011/

best selling PSP game in December as well

 

[creid]

Erm, that's what I meant.

 

[Snowballo]

I'd love you to tell me that there is a way to play this game using analog stick..
Playing it using d-pad on first Psp model (1000) is an actual pain in the ass.

 

[Yuripaw]

Yeah, playing this game in the dark with headphones on was a bad idea.

 

[Curufinwe]

For anyone wondering it's 555mb.

This info should be added to the OP. I don't have much room left on my 4 GB memory stick, but I have enough for this.

 

[graywolf323]

Yeah, playing this game in the dark with headphones on was a bad idea.

I still can't bring myself to play the second chapter and I beat the first one at Thanksgiving :-(

love the game but it scares the freaking bejesus out of me

 

[Takao]

iOS port comes out Feb. 9, will cost 2200 yen.

This info should be added to the OP. I don't have much room left on my 4 GB memory stick, but I have enough for this.

Done.

 

[tokkun]

Finished chapter 1, played some of chap 2, and I both like and hate this game. It has a really nice atmosphere and is surprisingly disturbing at times... and the story is quite interesting as well, which keeps me going.

At the same time, I have a number of problems with this game (some which I can still accept), but the biggest one for me is the frustrating game design. Instant-deaths that appear out of nowhere, which leads to me dying, forcing me to watch a boring, overly long death sequence everytime that can't be skipped.
Or another example towards the end of chapter 1, I got really pissed off in a particular room where I died several times because I had no idea what to do... just a lot of trial-and-error followed by a lengthy death sequence everytime until I gave up and checked an faq (and still had problems because of the clunky controls). I dunno, maybe I'm not as forgiving as others.
Hopefully, the game has less of these 'action' sequences going forward, because I still intend to keep playing.

I have very similar feelings. The ghost dodging in Chapter 2 is just so awful. You can speed things up a little by quitting the game with the Home button, then restarting and reloading, but obviously it's still extremely frustrating. I'm not sure whether I'll bother continuing the game, which was otherwise enjoyable.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Whaaaaat? I can't imagine chapter 2 ghosts being any problem :/. Way more easy than chapter 1 one with

Spoiler

breaking floor and ghost in infirmary

.

 

[Alex]

Yeah, they should let you skip the death sequences, but none of those portions of the game were even remotely difficult.

My only real complaint in the end is, as mentioned above, the lack of skipping features and from a design standpoint I wish they would have done more with the HP meter, it's woefully underused and theres a lot of interesting things that could be done with it.

Great game, though. Still hope we get Book of Shadows and hopefully we aren't stuck with another franchise Xseed flakes out on.

 

[tokkun]

Whaaaaat? I can't imagine chapter 2 ghosts being any problem :/. Way more easy than chapter 1 one with

Spoiler

breaking floor and ghost in infirmary

.

I didn't die once on that Chapter 1 part. You can survive multiple hits from that ghost. The problem with the Chapter 2 ghosts is that they are all instant kill and there are a lot of times they take you by surprise.

For instance,

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if you use up the power crystal the first time you see the ghost boy, you will be auto-killed after the scene in the entryway, after you throw the 2nd switch one of the ghosts appears in the room with you on a narrow corridor, later a 2nd ghost appears in the main area without warning making it easy for you to get surprise killed after dodging the first ghost and thinking you are safe

. There is also an issue that there seems to be some randomness in the starting placement of the ghosts. Once when I came down the west stairs, both ghosts were waiting for me. Dodging one ghost in an enclosed space is pretty easy, but dodging two is nearly impossible.

 

[Snuggles]

Just started playing this over the past few days. It's super creepy and I like a lot about it, but right now I'm dealing with the chapter 2 frustrations mentioned above. It's frustrating because not only is it unclear what I need to do to proceed, but because failure means I have to skip through the same heaps of texts again and again.

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First I ran into the Ghost kid when he unexpectedly reappeared in a hallway. After reloading, I tried to do some exploring first, but then I couldn't enter the room with the shoes where the chick runs off to, the only thing I could do is push the levers which inevitably kills us both off. I looked up a guide and it seems I have to do some very specific things early in the chapter to be able to survive later on. EDIT - tried again and the ghost boy gets me not matter what when I leave the shoe room.

I'm gonna give it another shot, hopefully I do things correctly this time and get over this annoying hump.

 

[Volcynika]

Just started playing this over the past few days. It's super creepy and I like a lot about it, but right now I'm dealing with the chapter 2 frustrations mentioned above. It's frustrating because not only is it unclear what I need to do to proceed, but because failure means I have to skip through the same heaps of texts again and again.

Spoiler

First I ran into the Ghost kid when he unexpectedly reappeared in a hallway. After reloading, I tried to do some exploring first, but then I couldn't enter the room with the shoes where the chick runs off to, the only thing I could do is push the levers which inevitably kills us both off. I looked up a guide and it seems I have to do some very specific things early in the chapter to be able to survive later on. EDIT - tried again and the ghost boy gets me not matter what when I leave the shoe room.

I'm gonna give it another shot, hopefully I do things correctly this time and get over this annoying hump.

I got stuck there too, you just have to do one thing.

Spoiler

Go out of the shoe room, see the ghost, but then go back into the shoe room. You'll then be able to actually get past him.

 

[tokkun]

Just started playing this over the past few days. It's super creepy and I like a lot about it, but right now I'm dealing with the chapter 2 frustrations mentioned above. It's frustrating because not only is it unclear what I need to do to proceed, but because failure means I have to skip through the same heaps of texts again and again.

Spoiler

First I ran into the Ghost kid when he unexpectedly reappeared in a hallway. After reloading, I tried to do some exploring first, but then I couldn't enter the room with the shoes where the chick runs off to, the only thing I could do is push the levers which inevitably kills us both off. I looked up a guide and it seems I have to do some very specific things early in the chapter to be able to survive later on. EDIT - tried again and the ghost boy gets me not matter what when I leave the shoe room.

I'm gonna give it another shot, hopefully I do things correctly this time and get over this annoying hump.

On the positive side, I can say that once you make it past Chapter 2, the game never gets that annoying again. I'd recommend sticking with it to the end.

 

[Snuggles]

I actually just got past that part. Turns out I needed to do what Volcynika said. Yay. I'm relieved to hear that's not a regular occurrence.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

I stumbled upon this, and the game premise sounds amazing. I think I'm gonna buy it now.

Is it an adventure game?

 

[Snuggles]

Yeah, I would call it an adventure game. It's mostly focused on story and exploration, and there's no combat. Definitely give it a shot if you like horror, I'm a couple hours into chapter 3 and loving it.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Have you guys been following the Corpse Party 2U game? It looks all kinds of ridiculous.

http://andriasang.com/con0gz/corpse_party_anthology/

Not sure if want.

 

[Snuggles]

Wow, the intro for chapter 4 was really creepy lol.

 

[Sniper McBlaze]

This game can suck my dick. I'm somehow stuck in a save where I can only reach the wrong ending. Why does this don't have a skip dialog option? I'm stuck in chapter 1 and I have to play the whole thing over again to get to the real ending because i didn't read a newspaper somewhere. First I thought I was doing something wrong after the spirit chased me, but I just get the wrong ending no matter what I do.

I won't play this game again and I can't say I'll miss the long, unskippable dialogues about butts and and the ghost dodging sections. I love the premise, but the execution is so shit. I usually have great patience with shitty gameplay if the story is interesting, but this is just too much.

 

[InfiniteNine]

You know you can read the newspaper at any point in the 1st chapter?

 

[Black Republican]

just started chp 1 , really is a good game so far, nice music too, how long is it roughly?

cant belive i never played this earlier

lmao at seiko tho " keep dat ass parked on dat bed you got it?" weird girl

 

[XiaNaphryz]

So I found a PSN card I had gotten as a gift a while back and decided to buy this blind as I heard its closer to something like 999 than a JRPG.

What am I in for?

 

[Black Republican]

yahoo! i gutcho!:-D


love this game, but on ep5 i got my first bad ending for that episode and i dont get it

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the one with ayumi stabbing naomi and satoshi being possed, then at the very end she was puzzled for some reason

was it because i didnt see the other bad endings i dont understand?

 

[cosmicblizzard]

So I found a PSN card I had gotten as a gift a while back and decided to buy this blind as I heard its closer to something like 999 than a JRPG.

What am I in for?

An atmospheric and emotional horror adventure game with more expressive characters than you'll see in most modern games.

Also, make lots of save points. It's easy to get stuck with no way to advance.

 

[Jawmuncher]

So I just beat it and was hoping someone can calrify the games ending for me.

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The girl in the red dress died with her mom in the 50s, but she killed those 3 kids in the 70 how the hell was she actually there? Also how did she have the other guy working for her?

 

[cosmicblizzard]

So I just beat it and was hoping someone can calrify the games ending for me.

Spoiler

The girl in the red dress died with her mom in the 50s, but she killed those 3 kids in the 70 how the hell was she actually there? Also how did she have the other guy working for her?

Spoiler

She's a malevolent ghost with powers.

That's probably the closest thing to an explanation you'll get unless it's expanded on in Book of Shadows and/or Corpse Party 2.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Spoiler

She's a malevolent ghost with powers.

That's probably the closest thing to an explanation you'll get unless it's expanded on in Book of Shadows and/or Corpse Party 2.

Guess that'll just have to do.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Is america getting Corpse Party 2 and Book of Shadows?

 

[Takao]

Is america getting Corpse Party 2 and Book of Shadows?

They've yet to be announced.

 

[Jawmuncher]

They've yet to be announced.

Damn.

 

[SOLDIER]

Any chance of a surprise October release?

Wasn't the first Corpse Party released as soon as it was confirmed localized?

 

[Takao]

Any chance of a surprise October release?

Wasn't the first Corpse Party released as soon as it was confirmed localized?

Announced September 1, 2011 and released November 22.

 

[warpaint]

am just about to re-start it now

 

[Slermy]

Glad this thread was bumped. I had forgotten all about this game. About time I pick this up.

 

[Koroviev]

Glad this thread was bumped. I had forgotten all about this game. About time I pick this up.

I like it so far. I wouldn't say it's really scary, but it is rather dark. It does a good job evoking the feeling of a Japanese horror film.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Didn't know BoS wasn't considered canon. Makes it less of a big deal to me.

I like it so far. I wouldn't say it's really scary, but it is rather dark. It does a good job evoking the feeling of a Japanese horror film.

Example the first bookshelf multiple times for kicks.

 

[Koroviev]

Didn't know BoS wasn't considered canon. Makes it less of a big deal to me.



Example the first bookshelf multiple times for kicks.

Oh, do you mean when the

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face appears

?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Oh, do you mean when the

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face appears

?

Yep.


Also, I auditioned for a fandub, as Kizami and Morishige. Sounds like fun.

 

[Ohnonono]

Its October! If you haven't tried this game yet its a great month to do it. I got it just to see what the hell it was and didn't think I could get freaked out by little 16-bit looking stuff but it does a pretty good job!