Corpse Party: Book of Shadows

A collection of side stories that fills in the blanks left by the original and answers some of its lingering questions. Unfortunately, those answers are rarely good news. "No way this is another Wrong End, right?" It was.

Played the Corpse Party (2016 Steam or is it 2006 version? I'm not too knowledgeable on that part.) It has a nice story for its time, simple yet thrilling. I went to check out how should I progress from there and landed on Book of Shadows as my second game in the series. ...and I am quite disappointed? Definitely doesn't give a similar vibe to the first game, and I'm not talking about gameplay style changing into the point&click VN type, I don't mind it that much. It says "sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one." But it either retells some of the first game, gives two or three alternatives to one of the endings of the first game which is [spoiler] timeloop ending [/spoiler] barely gives some backstory or what's going on. I'm not saying I haven't enjoyed it at all, but I've definitely speed-read the game -which is something I haven't done since meh Dogenzaka otome games- The fanservice in this game is not my cup of tea either. I guess it is a must to understand the series better? At this point I don't know because I still have several games to play. Could be picked up during discount.

again, yuka pissing her self, but wtv. the chapter 8 was insane, the animation of ayumis sisters head blowing up was just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy

Played two hours into the game clicked the quick save button like a normal person would. bricked the game. I managed to fix it but that's gonna knock off massive points off my review. Just like the other games in the franchise the story is gripping however I'm not going to talk about that. I'm going to talk about the game breaking bug instead. It is obvious no one play tested the pc port game or a bug of this magnitude would have be fixed. especially when feature that most people are going to touch is so damaging to the game that you have to delete 3 sperate files that are scattered all over your steam directory. This includes the games Save_data, 778390/remote and get this, it's hooked itself into Blood Covered as well under 251270/Shadows.

That's as great game as the first one is! There was only one chapter I felt like bored and dozzing off, but all others were totally worth the time. Def recommending it for those who loved Corpse Party Blood Covered. Even though its writing isn't that good as standalone VN, it's still working greatly as the continuation of favorite story that answers all the questions you could wonder about before (like, about Shishido-sensei, Suzumoto, Morishige, Kizami & his classmates, and others). So, don't hesitate and enjoy the game freely ^_^ Note for Dualshock players: despite the fact there's no official PS4 support, everything works fine thanks to Steam Input. I had here no problems with 100% completion.

This game is a great sequel. It gives some insight on the past of a few characters, and shows "what if" scenarios of what happens in the previous game (Corpse Party 2021). The new mechanics are interesting, but not too different from the previous. Said mechanics are similar to Ace Attorney, if you've played that. You're put in an area, made to investigate, and are able to look around or move somewhere else. The prologue to Blood Drive is a very nice decision to add at the end and left me really wanting the game, although it went on a bit too long for my liking. If you've played the first game and liked it, I absolutely recommend this one.