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Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko’s Hysteric Birthday Bash (Steam/GOG/Humble Store) launches April 10 in the West
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Had to look up what this was:
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Sounds interesting, but super niche. Will keep an eye on it, thanks for the heads up!
corpse party wiki said:
corpse party wiki said:
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Sounds interesting, but super niche. Will keep an eye on it, thanks for the heads up!
So, this isn't a horror game at all, it's strictly a romantic spin off that's just using characters from corpse party?
It's a little more complicated than that. It's a comedy game, but all of Sachiko's victims are being forced to participate at her whims. There's certainly creepy undertones and some hints of 'we could die', and it's canonical to the series despite the much different feeling it contains. But ultimately, it's a comedy game.
I can actually kinda answer that. Hysteric Birthday runs in the same engine of Book of Shadows. Since we were going to port Book of Shadows to PC anyway, by localizing Hysteric Birthday at the same time, logically it would essentially be two ports for the price of one (not literally, but that kind of idea), right? In this way, we got more out of the port job and got to release a fun (if definitely niche) game that had been passed over before, at the same time.
I don't think there are even any Japanese games on there at all.
book of shadows
no wait that's Blair Witch 2
no wait thats Corpse Party 2
To give some context for those who know absolutely nothing about this game, this was a Japanese only Corpse Party game for a long time since it's a parody game, and appeals more to... Japanese sensibilities. There's some aspects to this that some here may not really like, including tentacle scenes, boys with cat ears splashing in a pool, some BDSM shit, but outside of the sexualized humor the game has, it also has really weird absurdist humor like having a trivia game show against most of the enemies in the first game and the sort, or the game building up atmosphere and some creepy set-up only for the pay-off to be some absurd comedic scenario.
There is some lore and stuff hidden in there, but this is really a game only for those who diehard really like the series and characters and don't mind a super anime parody game of sorts.
Like literally the plot of the game is it's Sachiko's birthday, and she wants to have fun, so she tells the people trapped in her realm, "Do a romantic comedy or DIE♥" What commences is nine short anthology stories, each parodying a certain thing in Japanese media.
There is some lore and stuff hidden in there, but this is really a game only for those who diehard really like the series and characters and don't mind a super anime parody game of sorts.
Like literally the plot of the game is it's Sachiko's birthday, and she wants to have fun, so she tells the people trapped in her realm, "Do a romantic comedy or DIE♥" What commences is nine short anthology stories, each parodying a certain thing in Japanese media.
Nothing wrong with BDSM~
That said I know nothing of this series but the title says "Corpse Party" and I hate gore so I'll pass.
I'm also hoping "boys with cat ears" doesn't mean children.
You're right with the BDSM thing. I actually forget the gore level in this particular title, but the other titles definitely are gory. I'm not sure if this being a more light-hearted game takes away from that or not.
Unfortunately that's part of what I meant by "Japanese sensibilities," almost all the characters in the Corpse Party series are under 18 (there are a few in their 20s and 30s, but it's safe to say like 80% of the cast at least are high schoolers). In Japan this sorta' thing is viewed differently, but something to keep in mind with this particular entry. Of course they're not going to have sex or anything, really if you kinda' know comedy/parody anime aimed at adults, and imagine that mixing with Corpse Party, you'll have a pretty good idea of what this game has in store.
I still can't believe this is getting localized. I would've thought the absurdist humor and the complete tonal shift from the rest of the series doomed this game to be Japan-exclusive.
Like, how would you even market this in the West? lol
Incidentally, this game introduces like 4-5 characters that Western audiences first met in Blood Drive. It actually explains what would otherwise have been some pretty random elements of that game.
Like, how would you even market this in the West? lol
Incidentally, this game introduces like 4-5 characters that Western audiences first met in Blood Drive. It actually explains what would otherwise have been some pretty random elements of that game.
The other Corpse Party games have exploration and walking around, not sure about this one as I haven't played it.
yeah - i adored 1, passed on 2 cause of the format change, and stupidly bought the last one which was really crap. this looks about par at this point.
It's a straight up VN. No real horror to this. It's all comedy in the most Corpse Party way it knows how to be.
This track should really explain the mood of the game.
The game always gave me a sinister vibe, like there was something unsettling waiting at the end.