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Plot Synopsis

Twin sisters, Mio and Mayu Amakura visits a place where they usually play when they were still little. Mayu, who walks with a perpetual limp after a childhood accident follows a mysterious crimson butterfly deep into the woods. Mio saw her and quickly chases Mayu who went even further in to the woods. Now, the two girls are led to a lost village, the All Gods Village. As they go further, in the village they found the Camera Obscura that has exorcism capabilities. Mayu who was more spiritually-awared becomes posessed and only Mio can save her. They began to unravel the village's disturbing rituals.. involving twins.

Story & Playability

Summed up in one word easily, either "freaky" or "scary." This guys that made this game sure went overboard when they wanted to freak the living sh*t out of survival-horror gamers.

Here's a synopsis; a pair of twins, Mio and Mayu, wonder into a forest they used to play in, when Mayu chases a crimson butterfly into a village shrouded in a dark cloud. This village, called the "All God's Village," along with its inhabitants, were a sort of guardians to a place called "The Hellish Abyss," which was rumored to be the gateway to hell. In this village, twins were born periodically. After a certain amount of time, these twins were sacrificed to appease the Hellish Abyss. Additionally, outsiders were also sacrificed, along with anyone who looked at the Hellish Abyss. These people were called "Mourners," and had their eyes sown shut, since all who looked at the Hellish Abyss became insane. The one of the twins, the elder, strangled the other to death during the Crimson Sacrifice Ceremony. (During the time before the village fell, the elder twin was the one that was born second, since it was considered that the elder always allows the younger to go first; nowadays, the first is the elder; Mio is the younger in the old law, older in the new law.) The mark remaining after the elder strangled the younger became a crimson butterfly, its new reincarnation. Because of the suffering of both (emotional to one, physical to another) appeased the Hellish Abyss, it was resealed. However, if this failed, the Hellish Abyss would eventually open and annihilate the village, and slowly consume the world. This is just part of the story, play the game to get the rest.

Quite original...

Rating

9 (very good)

Graphics

OH GOD! SAVE ME!

These visuals are so detailed, it makes the game scarier than it already it. The graphics itself is psuedo 3-D anime, similar Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. This is good or bad, depending on how you look at it (good because its scary, bad because of that). What's scarier is that a camera is the main weapon, so its first-person perspective when fighting (except when running and avoiding, which is third-person). For this reason alone makes this game scarier than the Silent Hill series, since you can at least fight in third-person in those games; this also makes you see the spirits up close and personal. Additionally, everything is draped in a black shroud, adding to the creep value.

Also, whenever you take a picture of Mayu (you play as Mio), her picture becomes increasingly distorted as the spirits of the village take her soul away, similar to the Ring.

Very scary...

Rating

10 (excellent)

Sound

All the additional sounds added will make one paranoid of creeking sounds and small sounds. There is just so much extra sound put into this that it effectively adds to the freak level of the art. The music doesn't help either. Also, a couple of enemies make sounds (moans or cackling) that just makes you wish you had a couple of ghostbuster guns/anti-ghost ballistic missiles to beat the spirits' @$$es to the deepest level of Hell. But no such luck, as the camera is the ONLY weapon (although the player can upgrade it with some abilities).

Rating

9 (very good)

Fun

<b>Originality</b>
This game is highly original, as well as its prequal of sorts, are extremely original. With an extremely strange weapon, scary visuals and story to boot. The idea of twins being used as a sacrifice to prevent the end of the world from the gate to Hell is grand. Additionally, the visuals go in your head, and never leave for at least a month.

<b>Overall</b>
Put short, the creaters made the perfect game to scare the living sh*t out of anyone. There are several difficulty levels, although, even the easy difficulty is fairly hard (with the toughest being "experts only," literally). The game is similar to merging the Ring with Silent Hill (any of the games, number four being preferable) with the setting in a feudal Japan village. For people that say they are afraid of nothing, use game will sure test them to the limit. All under the cover of an extremely unique plot.

Make no mistake, for if you do, you die.

The Hellish Abyss has opened, the All God's Village has been annihilated, a maniacal spirit wants her older sister to kill her, Mayu keeps disappering, Mio fights a pair of evil-possessed dolls, several spirits, and lots more.

Rating

10 (excellent)

Final Verdict

9.50 (excellent)

Reviewed by AtmaCashino, 2y 47wk ago