![]() One of anime’s most used tools in other genres is their depiction of violence. One thing we’ve been missing, though, is a mind-peeling, hair-whitening, balls- through-the-wall gorefest. We’ve had emotional stories, thrillers and impossibly weird non-linear storytelling, and all of it fits into one subgenre of horror or another. Solid storytelling paired with top notch Japanese voice acting and HD audio turns this 2D tile based cult classic into something quite interesting.This whole month, I’ve been trying to watch horror anime that demonstrates the range of the medium. For fellow fans of the horror genre, check out Corpse Party remastered on the Nintendo DS. However, if you just play the game once you will still get most of the story so there isn’t much to worry about. This can take a while and may not be for everyone. Furthermore, to get the whole back story players will have to play the entire game over again to unlock different endings. In this case, I would have to retrace my steps and reconsider my choices, making the game rather repetitive and somewhat frustrating at times. Overall, I found Corpse Party enjoyable for the puzzles and J-horror element but it did get bothersome when I arrived at a dead end. This can keep you replaying the chapters over and over, but for those that can’t keep playing the same stage repeatedly, this might present itself as a nightmare since you will have to keep a mental note of the choices you have made to decide where you went wrong. There is a challenge of collecting all the nametags from the dead bodies around the school, another challenge is to unlock all the dead ends or bad endings to unlock bonus items in the gallery. ![]() This game has a lot of replayability for those who are a perfectionist. Like most J-horror titles, there are not very many jump scares but rather, it is the overall atmosphere that makes the game so eerie. Since the ambient music changes with your every move you are sure to find yourself listening to the slightest change or the floorboards creaking and such for hints to progress the game. This is especially prominent with headphones as it enhances those jump scare moments. Despite the dated visuals, the game doesn’t shy away from detailed images ranging from grotesque blood stained walls and the horrific fate of your team.Īudio plays a big role in the game, changing pace as you are getting close to discovering something new. The graphics are 16-bit-style sprites but some are animated videos and HD stills which lend well in bridging the anime of the same title and game. As the story progresses, you rediscover back stories to the main characters and of the souls that are trapped in the school. As such, there is a lot of backtracking until the correct choices are made. With each chapter on average being an hour long, you might be stuck playing the chapter over and over till you clear it. Things will begin to get more complicated since choices made at the beginning of the chapter will not indicate if it was the right or wrong choice until later on. Choices made at the beginning of each chapter will dictate the outcome of the story. The game is broken down into several chapters in which you get to control one or two characters on a tile based map (i.e Zelda for NES) with a visual novel aspect.
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