Interaction with the other girls is definitely one of the highlights of the game, and seeing Mai go from pushing her peers away to helping them overcome their trauma is heartwarming. These elements combined with the school setting reminded me of the Persona games, but socialising isn’t quite as essential to growth here. Each day you can talk to as many of your peers as you like, and are occasionally given conversation options to choose between for some light Visual Novel flavour. From cliques of horrendous bullies to girls still recovering from the neglect of their past, the dormitory is host to a colourful cast of characters. Once arriving at Wordsworth Academy, you’ll get to meet all manner of mistreated teens. Mai’s situation is handled tastefully (and the tremendous voice acting adds to this) but the content is undeniably hard to stomach and won’t be for everyone. The opening of the game especially is some of the darkest content I’ve ever experienced in a video game. After an unforseen change of circumstances, Mai ends up in a boarding school for abused young girls when all sorts of otherworldly activities start to take place. You play as Mai, a teenage girl who has always tried to escape the abuse of her father by absorbing herself in online worlds. Fortunately for my corrupt tastes, Death End re Quest 2 is packed full of sinister monsters and despair. In my early teens I was suitably frightened by the gothic world of Shadow Hearts on the PS2, but even today there is a distinct lack of truly horrific RPG experiences. The pacing and story focused nature of an RPG provides the ideal opportunity for a spooky experience.

There simply aren’t enough JRPGs with a horror theme.

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