CORPSE FACTORY

I was so eager to give Corpse Factory a glowing review during its first 8 hours or so. At first the game seemed to join the original Ace Attorney trilogy, the Hotel Dusk duology and Disco Elysium as one of the all time great visual novels that I couldn't stop reading/playing. I can barely tolerate most games for longer than an hour, yet I ended up binging its 12 hour runtime in 3 days. How could this end up as a negative review? There's an obvious inspiration from Death Note with the initial premise (and Silent Hill 4. If you know, you know.), but Corpse Factory is very much its own thing and much more grounded - no paranormal elements or anything of the sort. There's a prologue/epilogue and 3 main acts, with the first one being the longest and focusing on the main character, Noriko. Unlike other stories, Noriko isn't a genius master of 4d chess and this is a more realistic take. In fact, she's a disaster of a human being (most of the cast around her aren't much better either) and the story makes it clear that the reason she doesn't get caught is out of sheer dumb luck. I said the story is more grounded, and this is because Corpse Factory is mostly about broken people (especiall…

Absolute peak 10/10,best vn I played so far I guess ,really nice Death Note vibe

As someone with many mental health issues, I found myself relating to the cast of characters, especially Noriko. I believe this VN genuinely wrote what it's like to struggle with a variety of different complexes and mental disorders to perfection, atleast from my personal experience. The characters were written so humanely, showing the indepth struggles we all have and why our emotions lead to drastic actions. I reccomend this game to anyone whos inteterested in the psyche, thrillers and murder mystery. Genuinely my new favorite VN of all time.

I really enjoyed the story telling of this game. It felt very unique and compelling. I would definitely recommend this for anyone interested in psychological, almost creepy pasta-esk, games. The length of the game is fairly good for the price point in my opinion as well. It took me about 12 hours to complete the game at a comfortable pace. Give it a try.

I ended up binging almost thirteen hours of this story upon clicking in, hooked on the plot and what was a really fun read. Then came Act II and some of the goofiest nonsense I have ever read. I don't want to give away plot points... but as soon as the rival group joins the story, it goes downhill and gets silly and unreadable very fast. Unsure if a refund is possible, but I can't see myself finishing the rest of the story. Sad.

The holes are plotting. Starts off pretty good and devolves into a hot mess. It’s inconsistent - the plot, the characterization, all of it. It treats you like you’re dumb. I swear, hours could be cut from this with how repetitive it is. It’s way, waaay too long for the fact that it’s barely a game. I’m going to save you time if you think this is interactive like the tags say. You make a grand total of three choices near the beginning and then you’re done. What a disappointment.