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Corpse Party
A friendship ritual gone awry transports high school student Ayumi Shinozaki and her friends to an alternate reality version of a tragedy-stricken institution that stood on the site of their own school long ago. As the vengeful spirits of elementary school students threaten their lives and their sanity, their only hope of survival–much less escape–...
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Despite a few shortcomings, Corpse Party (2021) is a great horror game with some nice new bonus material.
In my 10-12 hour time with Corpse Party (and the handful of endings I stumbled upon), I had lost a handful of friends and witnessed a fair amount of frights. More importantly, the twenty year-old game delivered on a captivating ghost story, fit for the most veteran horror-buffs. And while the art style and themes may turn a few people off, the game is a rewarding, terrifying experience that shows the limits of what a well-told story can accomplish in spite of its artstyle's limitations.
Lamentations over wasted time come easily when you consider the unexpected deaths, but the powerful last words of the narrative reminded me of Corpse Party's chilling highlights. Instances of fear and melancholy occur with startling frequency. And when I realized that I came to care for the students of Kisaragi Academy, I felt a little less bothered over lost time.
Corpse Party is a unique blend between horror and adventure that only falter in its latter stages. It’s hard to appreciate the gripping narrative of the game when the requirements to see it can end up becoming so obtuse and precise. Many players will absolutely need to consult a walkthrough to reach the end of the game without spending an unhealthy amount of time. Still, if you’re a fan of games that mix visual novel narrative with light gameplay elements like Zero Escape or Ace Attorney, and you’re itching for something like that that falls into the horror genre, you absolutely need to try ou...
You may not have heard of it before, but Corpse Party is actually a long-lasting franchise and proof that you can walk the distance with your passion project if you truly believe in it. This started off as an RPG Maker-developed fan game more than twenty years ago, a proof of concept to showcase you could do more than RPGs with that engine, as ironic as it sounds. It became a hit, and spawned a franchise, with sequels, anime, and actually commercial releases, including this brand new remake/r...
While Corpse Party attempts to tell an interesting tale, the PC port is clearly inferior to the PSP remake, and the narrative suffers as a result.