Story wise, the game has been called a virtual novel. Its got a lot of story, and all of it is voiced. Japanese only, which I prefer. The seiyuus are even recognisable to me, some are from railgun/index. The voices go a long way in helping you get attached to the characters. You just can’t show fear and despare in text like you can hearing their voice, their screams. Which is very important cause this is a different kind of horror game. Its not like resident evil or dead space where the game is made to scare you, the player. Its made to threaten the characters, and scare you by worrying about them. I was telling a friend about it and he said “well what if you don’t care?” Well if you’re not as empathetic towards them then the affect is diminished. It only takes minutes of playing for me to fear for their eternal souls.

Also, why didn’t it use the analog nub? A map would have been helpful too

Reviews keep saying it looks like a 16 bit RPG. I’ve never seen a 16 bit RPG look this good. I have seen PS1 games look this good though. Its a beautiful 2d game, with large character art in conversations

Gameplay wise, its as if someone combined a survival/horror game with a point and click adventure game, and used a top down RPG graphics engine. The problem is, p&c games have the worst puzzles. It tells you to read every note to survive, but reading the wrong one will kill you. There are puzzles that involve you clicking something x times, things you wouldn’t do without a walkthrough. That’s my main complaint, its gamefaqs or die. There are one hit kills enemies which trigger a five minute unskippable death scene. Restarting my psp takes less time

All in all great work so far. I’m loving the atmosphere of this game. God that ghost in the washroom actually made me jump and very little surprises me now a days. Definitely a worth while game to add to my collection, it will sit with my Fatal Frames and Rule of Rose for sure. *grins*

Thanks again for the great work.