Разработчик: MAGES. Inc.
Описание
NOTE: This title is a followup to Corpse Party, and thus contains considerable spoilers for that game. If you have not played it, then I beg thee delve farther into these depths at your own risk, dear player!
An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one, Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is a horror/adventure game developed by MAGES. (formerly 5pb. Games) and published under the supervision of the original series creators at Team GrisGris. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows builds upon the events of the first game, exploring or re-exploring past incidents, characters, and points of view, and allowing the player to escape many of the deaths that occurred previously, thus steering them toward all-new (albeit not necessarily better) outcomes.
This PC version updates the original PSP system version’s art to HD and adds full mouse support for authentic point-and-click gameplay, providing the definitive Corpse Party: Book of Shadows experience for series fans who are eager to delve a little deeper into its storied lore.
Before, during, and after the events of Corpse Party—in the canon universe, as well as in several alternate timelines—the students of Kisaragi Academy, Byakudan Senior High, Paulownia High, and Musashigawa Middle School had far more experiences within the cursed halls of Heavenly Host Elementary than the stories typically recount. How would events have unfolded, for example, in a universe where each student went into the Sachiko Ever After ritual with an unconscious awareness of everything that was going to happen to them? What might’ve occurred to Mayu if she’d never interacted with the ghostly children in the school infirmary? What might’ve occurred to Yuka if she’d been caught during the harrowing chase in the second wing? What might’ve occurred to Seiko if Naomi had gotten to the bathroom just a bit earlier?
On the other side of the coin, how did Naho actually get into Heavenly Host, and whom did she come with? What was Tohko’s relationship with Kizami, and how did that result in a lost tooth? And what connection did Ms. Yui have to the cursed elementary school prior to ever taking part in the Sachiko Ever After ritual?
Most crucially, what happened to the survivors of the previous incident after their escape? How did the loss of their friends affect them? And what does all of this have to do with the mysterious tome known as the “Book of Shadows”…?
FEATURES
- Point-and-Click-Style First-Person Gameplay
More realistically proportioned and immersive first-person environments bring Heavenly Host to life in all its grim glory, with point-and-click-style “Search Mode” allowing players to scour every inch of every room via keyboard, gamepad, mouse, or any combination thereof… - Original Japanese Voiceovers with More 3D Audio Than Ever Before
Every line of dialogue is spoken in its original Japanese by a who’s who of Japanese voiceover talent, with many crucial scenes recorded in binaural 3D using dummy-head microphones: play with quality headphones or a hi-fi stereo setup to hear the horror coming from all around you, or perhaps from right next to your ear… - Dastardly “Darkening” System Leads to Painful Demise
Characters gradually become frightened and unstable as horrific discoveries are made, distorting the game’s graphics and altering their decision-making abilities; continuing down these darkened paths will result in one of the game’s many dozens of gruesome “Wrong Ends,” all of which are virtually guaranteed to replay in players’ nightmares… - Enhanced Focus on Side Characters
The already robust cast from the original game is further humanized, with a focus on those characters whose screen time may have been lacking before; learn more about your favorite side characters, and find out just what was going on in their heads (before those heads were crushed)… - Unlockables, Achievements, and More
Steam achievements, collectibles, voice cast interviews, music tracks, art stills, and more are unlockable through a variety of means for attentive and detail-oriented players; additionally, those who’ve conquered or even just dabbled in the first Corpse Party will be able to import their save-data to unlock dozens more art stills, and possibly even make the crucial final chapter of the story available to play through a bit sooner than it otherwise would be…
Поддерживаемые языки: english, japanese
Системные требования
Windows
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10
- Processor: 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 64 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Sound Card: Compatible with DirectX 9.0c
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13.12.2024 03:12
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Short and sweet;
-Not for kids-
Voices are great
Characters are varied with personalities
Choices matter
left-click for actions
right-click for options and settings
middle mouse for map
or
X for map, space confirm, wasd for movement
You can save and load anytime and during choices
ctrl to skip dialog
It's not the greatest but I had my fun with it due to reading the manga and playing the game back on PSP- so you could say I'm a fan of the Corpse Party genre.
My best advice: Go through chapters blind and once you get tired of being lost or not being able to figure something out (it can happen sometimes, I know it too well), def. check out the guides page only for a chapter to chapter basis, then do all the collection stuffs before moving on just so you don't have to back track.
I got my 100% today - 7.5/10
Время в игре: 1136 ч.
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05.12.2024 20:52
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READ BELOW FOR MY REVIEW + RUNDOWN & FINAL SCORE!
STORY
⬜ Masterpiece⬜ Amazing
✅ Great
⬜ Good
⬜ Average
⬜ Bad
⬜ Awful
⬜ None
🔶 8/10
GAMEPLAY
⬜ Perfect⬜ Amazing
⬜ Great
⬜ Good
✅ Average
⬜ Bad
⬜ Hot Garbage
⬜ None
🔶 5/10
VISUALS
⬜ Realistic⬜ Modern
✅ Anime
⬜ Pixelated
⬜ Unique
⬜ Impressive
✅ Good
✅ Average
⬜ Bad
⬜ Gross
🔶 7/10
DIFFICULTY
✅ Press A⬜ Easy
⬜ Medium
⬜ Hard
⬜ Easy to Learn/Hard to Master
⬜ Puzzling
⬜ Difficult
⬜ Dark Souls
🔶 8/10
MUSIC & SFX
⬜ Heavenly⬜ Amazing
✅ Great
⬜ Good
⬜ Average
⬜ Bad
⬜ WTF
⬜ None
🔶 8/10
VOICE ACTING
⬜ Superb⬜ Amazing
✅ Great
⬜ Good
✅ Average
⬜ Bad
✅ Cringy
⬜ None
🔶 7/10
GRIND
⬜ Little✅ Average
⬜ Lots
⬜ So... Much... Grinding
✅ For 100% Completion
⬜ For Side Quests
⬜ For Leaderboards/Ranks
⬜ None
🔶 7/10
EXTRAS & SIDE QUESTS
⬜ Outstanding⬜ Amazing
⬜ Great
✅ Good
⬜ Average
⬜ Bad
⬜ FETCH ME THIS AND FETCH ME THAT!
⬜ None
🔶 7/10
GAME TIME
⬜ Infinity⬜ 100-200 Hours
⬜ 70-100 Hours
⬜ 30-50 Hours
✅ 20-30 Hours
⬜ 10-20 Hours
⬜ 5-10 Hours
⬜ FOUUUUR HOOOURS?!
🔶 9/10
END-GAME CONTENT
⬜ Infinite⬜ Large Amount
⬜ Fair Amount
⬜ Small Amount
⬜ End-Game > Main Game
⬜ Not Worth Playing
⬜ There SHOULD be an End-Game :'(
✅ None
🔶 N/A
REPLAYABILITY
⬜ OVER and OVER and OVER!✅ Replay it a Few Times
⬜ Replay it Once
⬜ For Gameplay
✅ For Story
⬜ For Challenge Runs
⬜ With Mods
⬜ None
🔶 6/10
PRICE
⬜ BUY NOW!✅ Recommended
⬜ Buy on Sale
⬜ Not Recommended
⬜ STAY AWAY!
⬜ Free
⬜ HORRIBLE MICROTRANSACTIONS TO PLAY!
🔶 9/10
BUGS
⬜ None⬜ Very Minor
✅ Some
✅ Annoying
⬜ Cyberpunk 2077
⬜ Unplayable
🔶 6/10
PC SPECS
⬜ Potato✅ Windows 95
✅ Decent
⬜ Fast
⬜ Very Fast
⬜ Supercomputer
AUDIENCE
⬜ Kids⬜ Teens
✅ Adults
The following section may contain minor and/or major gameplay and/or story spoilers! Please read at your own risk!
REVIEW:
Ain't no party like a Corpse Party. Our friends are back, all of them! Plus more! And now there are 1000 (More) Ways to Die: Corpse Party Edition!! Thank you, Sachiko-san.Despite having a few story flaws, I loved this game. I loved seeing more of the characters and it did a hell of a good job. Even more so than the first game did in exploring character plots.
I immediately dove into this game after my review of Corpse Party (2021). The reason to play this game?: if you enjoyed Corpse Party (2021). If so, I'm sure you'll love it too.
RUNDOWN:
STORY
The story elaborates much more on character backstories and introduces a lot of new characters. The plot is very similar, but it's told in different perspectives/alternate universes (even though it's canon?). It relates to an alternate True End in the first game, where Satoshi and his friends keep looping.But the looping isn't really explained towards the end. I'd even go so far as to say it was forgotten. It felt a bit pointless. That, and Chapter 7, which unfortunately felt rushed. I really wanted to explore more of Kizami's "friends" reacting to his psychopathic nature for a longer time.
The horror is great and still disgusting as ever! There were a couple of times I'd even look over my shoulders, scared, after playing! But yes, much like the first game, there were fair amounts unnecessary bits in the story. Some of it was downright gross and not in a good way (Yuka's wet panties?! WTF...)
The ending SHOCKED me and sets up a great plot-twist for a sequel (Blood Drive).
GAMEPLAY
Being a visual novel, I almost feel bad for scoring the gameplay - but there's point-and-click too. The exploration is not nearly as fun as the first game, mainly because there are LOTS of samey-feel halls. It features slight puzzle elements and you can make choices to affect the Chapter endings.VISUALS
The more I got into the series, the more I love the character art. They're identical to the first game. The backgrounds are good enough, except for the overused-samey school hallways.DIFFICULTY
Just save a lot. I barely used Google for this game, unlike the absurd amount of times I did on the first one (which is a plus!). The real difficulty is to not get disgusted at some depictions of death.MUSIC & SFX
This music is better than Corpse Party (2021). A perfect example is the new "Wrong End" theme - a melancholic tune that resonates with the feeling of inevitable failure, but also accepting that you did all you could. Some audio loops are still messed up. The SFX are *still* basic, but fine.VOICE ACTING
So, originally, I felt the same as the first game - it's great, average and cringy. Sachiko's voice was as creepy as ever, though. Morishige's voice actor really went all out during this game too. Sayaka? ... Just no..So, really? Almost everyone did fantastic and the game is almost FULLY voiced. Why didn't I score this higher, then, you ask? It took me a while, but I appreciate Japanese voice acting. Not being able to understand Japanese is tough. But, I ended up having a newfound respect for the VAs.
The only two reasons I didn't rate the VA a 9/10:
1) It took me until the final few chapters to appreciate the language barrier.
2) There are absurd amounts of cringy *MOANS* and *GAAAHs* and *ORAAUGHs* and *GROANS* - just like the first game. It's not the voice casts fault; it's the writer's fault; but I still had to listen to (or skip through) some of it.
Without all the crying and screaming, I'd probably give it an 8/10.
GRIND
Redoing stories in order to find all endings is the only grind. Luckily, you can skip text fast and you have 64 save slots (THANK YOU FOR ADDING THIS MANY SAVE SLOTS!).EXTRAS & SIDE QUESTS
There's artwork from the game, "Gallery of Spirits". I've already seen the artwork while playing, so.. eh? The "Cursed Phonograph" which contains all the soundtracks from the game. An "EVP Machine", which is rather pointless but it doesn't affect my scoring. And yay. More Student IDs to collect. I still collected as many as I could, though (OCD thing).But the real GOAT, and the reason I appreciated these Japanese voice actors even more? It's the "Soulful Testimonies". Whether you're like me and don't care for Japanese voice acting, or you love Japanese voice acting, PLEASE - listen to these after playing the game. They're funny!
If you want to know why I LOVED these, click the link at the bottom of the page, for more of my compliments and complaints!
GAME TIME
It'll take you around 20-30 hours to finish.END-GAME CONTENT
N/AREPLAYABILITY
You'll want to replay the Chapters to get "Wrong Ends" and the "True Ends".PRICE
If you enjoyed the first game, and want more character backstories/plots, buy this game.BUGS
Some annoying bugs. Starting up the game, having 3 monitors and 1 TV hooked up really screwed with getting the game to even show up. I spent 2 hours trying to fix it and once I did, I had to manually click A a LOT to change the res/FPS. And this happened multiple times.Weird FPS drops (on a visual novel?) that caused lag when pressing A on the next text, on Chapter 7. I fixed it by closing out the game, but everything was acting slow. Overall, it's not buggy, but if you have 2+ monitors, good luck :)!
PC SPECS
Has a lot of different choices for resolution and frame rate - trust me, I know this 😔 (see "BUGS" section to see my pain).AUDIENCE
MATURE. ONLY.[quote]
MY SCORE AVERAGE: 7.3/10
MY PERSONAL SCORE: 8.5/10
Click here to check out even more of my compliments & complaints on this game!
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Время в игре: 1889 ч.
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26.11.2024 15:51
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sadly this game has a game breaking bug that no matter how much i try to fix it , it wont work! and it happens when you quick save one time. hopefully going to be refunded as the game is unplayable :( very disappointed
Время в игре: 101 ч.
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19.10.2024 16:01
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Ok game
Время в игре: 866 ч.
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11.10.2024 15:47
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They made Naho say "Oy Vey"
Время в игре: 449 ч.
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05.10.2024 03:04
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The incredible soundtrack and Japanese voice acting take this from being a mid game to a great one. The story is all over the place but has it's great moments and although some have complained about the gameplay... have you played the original corpse party? That game is a nightmare gameplay-wise, this game I feel is a lot better gameplay wise and makes the school much easier to navigate. Also a nice length, I beat all chapters in about 10 hours. Must play if you enjoyed the original Corpse Party, do not play this unless you have played that game first or you will be really confused for a while. (I recommend 2021 remake)
Время в игре: 598 ч.
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18.09.2024 16:11
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painful, loved it
everyone is doomed, you are doomed
sachiko, we beg of you :)
Время в игре: 322 ч.
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28.08.2024 06:08
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Boring.
Время в игре: 230 ч.
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| Разработчик | MAGES. Inc. |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 28.12.2024 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 85% положительных (246) |
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Жанры
Adventure
Особенности
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Family Sharing