Title screen - wonky fonts

Diana

Amanda

I've been reading more about SCEJ's new release into the world of "survival horror": Rule of Rose.Not so much "survival" going on but more "horror". From what I can garner from reading the site the story revolves around the main character Jennifer's visit to an isolated house after boarding a bus, a mysterious girl called Rose and an all girls society.

I recommend visiting the site and downloading the PDF story book, printing and getting your fingers mucky with some glue and scissors.

The game itself looks to cover most Japanese otaku's fantasies with horror, ropey bondage looking monsters and pubescent girls, still it can be lauded for its change in artistic direction, the 1930's brown shaded palettes and the look n feel reeks HP Lovecraft. The character design looks fantastically sinister, especially "touched" Amanda - "she follows the rules better than the others, but is still a lower rank member of the group" and the lolita-esque malevolent Diana.

Its released in Japan next week (19th Jan), where I hope it makes a welcome edition to my collection. I will report more after purchase.