It certainly isn't worth the $600 - $1000 asking price for an English copy you'll find listed today. I was lucky enough to buy it back when it was $50 on eBay. Ultimately, I was let down by RULE OF ROSE. I was less of a fan of this direction, as it brushes the initial compelling themes aside in favor of something completely different. Then, toward the end, the game shifts focus to rumors of a serial killer of children, and it ends up becoming the MOST significant thing about the story next to Jennifer's relationship with her dog. Even the characters who seem like inseparable friends relish the idea of psychologically destroying one another. Something about children being innately evil has always fascinated me, and the fact that these children are so gleeful about breaking each other down is particularly compelling. If you don’t, she gets bullied in increasingly horrible ways while the other children jeer in delight. As Jennifer, you have to find various gifts with your companion dog, Brown, to appease the Red Crayon Aristocrats. I think From Soft has made me a more patient man. I originally rage quit around the "Mermaid" boss, but it honestly wasn't that bad this time around. The surreal storybook narrative, atmosphere, and art direction, however, are good enough to keep me coming back to try getting through it, again. 50% PlayStation 2I’ve had this game for over a decade and have never beaten it- mostly because the combat itself is both awful and mandatory.
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