Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is a horror, gore and violent game
developed by MAGES. Inc. and 5pb.
and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA and Inc..
Released on October 29th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 2 languages: English and Japanese.
It has received 445 reviews of which 392 were positive and 53 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 7.49€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10
- Processor: 1.5 GHz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: 64 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Sound Card: Compatible with DirectX 9.0c
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The stories are pretty good, but they might have been better off sticking purely to the visual novel format. The "gameplay" is just annoying. Seeing the more minor characters get some spotlight is pretty cool, and like in the first game there's lots of gorey bad ends! It's worth your time.
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Before anything: 1. Play Corpse Party 2021 first! 2. If you're stuck on Chapter 1 in the hallway, because clicking anything in the hallway doesn't work, open your map, click on the class to enter the classroom. It's how moving works in this game. 3. This game exceeds Corpse Party 2021 (the prequel, AKA Blood Covered) by MILES in terms of how scary, artistic and bloody it is! This game makes Corpse Party 2021 look like a CHILD'S TOY! That's how scary this game is! Corpse Party 2021 vs Corpse Party: Book of Shadows 1. Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is both the sequel and also the prequel to Corpse Party 2021. Book of Shadows will cover events happening before and after the Kisaragi Academy gang entered and escaped Heavenly Host in Corpse Party 2021. However, unlike most people's expectations of Book of Shadows being mainly a sequel, literally 12.5% of the game is a sequel. Just one chapter out of all that's in Book of Shadows is the sequel to Corpse Party 2021 you're looking for. Most of the game/chapters, in Book of Shadows, focuses on alternate endings to how Corpse Party 2021 ended. Many of such chapters in Book of Shadows are like extended versions or continuations to some of the bad endings in Corpse Party 2021. And they really help you understand the mindset of some characters more. The rest of the chapters are prequels, which I believe were two. 2. Corpse Party 2021 had a linear story - meaning, the chapters continued in order. In Book of Shadows, there is no order. The chapters in Book of Shadows are all disconnected from each other, and are all their own story from different timelines. 3. The biggest difference between the two is all about gameplay. In Corpse Party 2021, we took control of characters in a map from a third person, birds eye view, in a somewhat pixelated world. It was a RPG Maker Engine styled game. Well, in Book of Shadows, all of that completely changes. In Book of Shadows, our map is entirely made out of art the developers created that fit the whole screen and we take control of our characters in first person and sometimes encounter cutscenes and events in third person. However, unlike Corpse Party 2021 where we felt like we were moving a doll in a dollhouse, in Book of Shadows, you'll actually feel like you're wondering inside of Heavenly Host at the level (height) of the characters. And I think this element makes Book of Shadows way more scarier to experience. Unlike Corpse Party 2021 where you moved your character using the arrow keys or WASD, in Book of Shadows, you have to move your character by clicking on locations on your map. Also, unlike Corpse Party 2021 where you grabbed items by pressing your 'Enter' key, in Book of Shadows you have you to move your cursor and click in order to interact with an item - this is why others describe this game as a "clicker game". 4. The abundance of art in Book of Shadows exceeds Corpse Party 2021 by miles. That's all I'm saying about art. 5. There are new extras in Book of Shadows that we didn't come across in Corpse Party 2021. I won't spoil them, but I loved listening to one of them! 6. Unlike Corpse Party 2021 where there were like 25 extra chapters, in Book of Shadows, there is only 1 extra chapter. 7. Unlike Corpse Party 2021, in Book of Shadows getting darkened is now a thing, it's a new mechanic. You experience how darkening works and get a better understanding of how exactly it works, or what triggers it exactly. There is a darkening meter you have to watch out for. It can't reach 100% or bad stuff will happen! My Thoughts On Corpse Party: Book of Shadows Just like how Heavenly Host hosts some thoughts of victims throughout the school, I have noted down my own thoughts while exploring Heavenly Host! XD 1. So first and foremost, very painful cutscene to witness when you first boot up the game and don't head on to the main menu yet. It definitely has to be seen before the sequel chapter. I felt bad for Shinozaki. 2. Starting with the first chapter in Book of Shadows, chapter Seal, I just know that it is based on the "Loop/Looped" bad ending from Corpse Party 2021 where Satoshi enters and reenters Heavenly Host forever and ever! Very interesting way (chapter) to handle that ending from Corpse Party 2021! 3. I didn't note the chapter down but I think it was Demise(?), I just know that it is based on the bad ending in Corpse Party 2021 where Kishinuma doesn't check on Shinozaki when she gets possessed for the first time (or second time). Once again, very interesting way (chapter) to handle that ending from Corpse Party 2021! 4. It was quite fulfilling to learn more about Naho and Yui Sensei before the events of Corpse Party 2021. Their chapters were really well written prequels and helped me connect with those two more better. They were background stories that I needed! 5. After playing Corpse Party 2021, I felt displeased about how Morshige was handled. When I wrote my review for it, I mentioned that: it felt like he had too little screen time, that we didn't really understand how his personality turned 180 degrees and why he had to be left behind in Heavenly Host. I was left to assume that he changed because of seeing Mayu's splattered corpse on the wall on his phone in Corpse Party 2021. But I couldn't help but wonder...was it really the case? Did that event alone completely change Morshige? And well, Chapter 5 of this game answers the personality change question. In Chapter 5 of Book Shadows, you can clearly see that Morshige was initially mentally fine/stable once he entered Heavenly Host but slowly succumbed to the darkening and became the twisted corpse phone photo loving maniac we saw in Corpse Party 2021. I got to be honest guys, it was really painful seeing Morshige succumb to the darkness in Chapter 5. He tried so hard to find Mayu, he tried so hard to fight his psychopath intrusive thoughts and focus on continuing to find Mayu but he just couldn't control himself. His twisted intrusive thoughts won and took over himself. It was just so upsetting to witness that and made me sympathize with Morshige more. This made me realize that Morshige isn't really like Kizami. However, this explanation has to be taken with a grain of salt because....it isn't canon. At the end we learned Chapter 5 is just an alternate ending to Corpse Party 2021...this is the one thing that ruins this chapter, but, I guess it wouldn't be wrong to make the assumption that Morshige experienced a similar experience (darkness succumbing fight within himself) in the main story of Corpse Party 2021. So, I really appreciated this chapter, it helped me better understand Morshige and his thought processes as a character. 6. I just know that Chapter 6 is based on the bad ending from Corpse Party 2021 where Kizami catches Yuka during the second wing chase in Chapter 5! Once again, very interesting way (chapter) to handle that ending from Corpse Party 2021! I loved something about it though, which is that we saw that part of Kizami is actually human and why Kizami is...Kizami! The chapter really provided much needed background story to Kizami! 7. I just know that Tooth (Chapter 7) is based on the Tooth extra chapter from the old Corpse Party. Very amazing remaster! 8. Lastly, Chapter 8 the long awaited sequel to Corpse Party 2021, focused on something interesting which was ambiguity to the deaths of those we lost in Corpse Party 2021 (why was everything about our dead friends erased from history while stuff from Naho, Yoshie and Sachiko stayed?} I was so excited to play it, I was so awake during it from start to the end and I absolutely loved it. The end had my mouth open in shock. Overall Rating: 10/10
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💔Initially I didn't like the controls in this part of the game but then I got used to them💔 💔I hope there will be new parts of this game I really like this story💔 ðŸ’”ã… .ã… ðŸ’”It's a shame that by my own mistake I got through Corpse Party: Blood Drive first before this part ðŸ’”ã… .ã… ðŸ’”
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I would recommend this game for someone who likes scary games without the scary game play. A decade ago I watched all Corpse Party game play on YouTube (for the games that were out) because I was too scared to actually play them. Now, I've finally gone through and played all of the games, but I am drawn back to this one for the story lines. They can be played out of order, they really are "chapters" of their own, they just require background knowledge of the franchise. I've just unlocked the whole game, and I already know I'll be replaying some chapters here and there in the future.
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As a longtime corpse party fan, I think Book of Shadows is neat lore-wise. It gives a lot more development for characters who did not get much of a chance to shine like Mayu and Seiko in the original. The sprites and CGS are actually really nice too along with the voice acting that I always admired. A cool feature is that it brings over your Blood Covered save-file too. Something I really DISLIKE though is the game-play features. For a point-and-click adventure, this game sure loves to punish you for exploring. The darkening feature is so annoying and I wish I had the chance to explore without feeling stressed out. /: Sometimes, I get confused or stuck and then am overcome with the darkening before I can even progress. I wish this was an optional feature tbh.
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Developer
MAGES. Inc.,
5pb.
Publisher
XSEED Games,
Marvelous USA, Inc.
Release
29 Oct 2018
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