![]() ![]() It's a straightforward visual novel outside of the two different paths which is both good and bad depending on what your looking for. Having a guide sort of defeats the thrill of this but it's there for you to make choices based off information that is told to you throughout the chapter. ![]() The only thing that makes you pick an answer is LIFE or DEATH which is a scenario that happens a few times each chapter where you guess right and you survive/progress the story or if you guess wrong, you die/have to start over. There's very little combat which is turn based which is basically you and your chosen partner/ally picking an item and combining it to defeat or defend yourself from the spirit, no quick time event or anything that makes you have to be quick with your responses. The trophies basically have two different scenarios on how to end a chapter, either KILLING the spirit or SAVING the spirit so thankfully the saves you can do right before decision time are big time as far as trying to fully complete each chapter. You care enough about the characters and the different spirits are pretty crazy, tons of lore and buildup behind them and some of the scenes shown can be gruesome. There is minor gameplay in the form of a dungeon crawler with the navigating which is often in a maze/labyrinth esque format which I can admit can be confusing without a guide but it's text heavy as the way it should be. It sounds confusing at first but it becomes rather simplistic once you do, not sure why the system save below in the tabs is even there as an option. You need to manually save on the upper right hand side whenever your at the main hub which is a mansion and not do a system save. It's nitpicky admittedly but I am not sure why that wasn't an option given?ī) Lost about 15 minutes due to the saving system, it isn't autosaved which isn't a problem but what is.is knowing how to save. The game tries to portray MALE or FEMALE by different color of text(Orange for male, blue for female) but it isn't enough when there are multiple guys and the character model isn't being shown, even though in the context of a character's traits, you can sort of guess who it is. Especially when there have been almost 10 different characters mentioned thus far in the game altogether(Even though I haven't run into a scenario where you have more than 4 characters at a time). I don't think it's asking a ton to get "Name: _" to know who is saying what. This works with 2 people and the game does try and match character on screen with the dialogue below but not always. It's a pretty good visual novel for the most part, my lone two criticisms would beĪ) No labeling of which character is saying what, it gets a bit confusing trying to figure out who is saying what. ![]() I am following a spoiler-free guide in the sole purpose of getting the full platinum trophy(Playing on PS4). Along the way, you meet up with other people who have the same mark and are in turn helping them conquer these spirits that are based off Japanese lore. You end up meeting a doll(Yes it's pretty far out shit) who indicates to you that you have _ days to live due to this mark and you must defeat the spirit/presence that gave you this mark. Plot in a nutshell is that your main character who is some sort of detective ends up getting a dog bite like mark on his wrist randomly and then ends up in a mansion after hearing rumors or reports of what this mark represents. The game has a game log so if you miss something, you can go back and see what the dialogue was all about which is a staple for any visual novel IMO. Very limited voice acting or cutscenes, all in Japanese the soundbites that are in this game. It's horror inspired as you are dealing with the paranormal hence why I think it's the X-Files(Without the alien stuff) but maybe more graphic with the content inside. It's a very digestible game for the most part, it's very straight to the point in it's plot and very rarely does it get too wacky with the humor stuff, which a lot of visual novels from Japan end up falling into. Got a full completion of Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, think of this game(or series) as the equivalent to a TV-MA X-Files, only with Japanese spiritualism.
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