![]() ![]() Taking place in England in 1930, Rule of Rose centers on Jennifer, a 19-year-old woman who is led to an abandoned orphanage by a small boy. Other items such as marbles and ribbons have no immediate use, but may be traded with the Aristocrats in order to obtain food, rare items, and weapons. Bones and other items can be used to restore Brown's health if he becomes injured. The different types of restorative items heal varying amounts of health. Restorative items include snack foods, candy, and chocolate. Most health restoring foods and all tradeable items are hidden and must be uncovered by Brown, though the player can choose to avoid searching for these items in order to progress quickly. When tracking items, Brown will lead the player through the game environments, scratching at doors in his way, signaling the player to open the door. Every item selected this way can be used to find at least one type of item. Players select an item from the inventory for Brown to locate, which is then connected to the 'find' command until changed or removed. The same system allows the player to find health restoratives and other items which, while not essential to complete the game, can help the player survive enemy encounters. He can be injured to the point of collapse, causing him to stop distracting enemies or track items.īrown's ability to locate items is an integral part of the game, used in every chapter of Rule of Rose to progress further. Brown cannot attack enemies, but will growl, which distracts some imps and bosses, allowing Jennifer to retreat or attack without fear of retaliation. Brown can be ordered to track items by scent, be commanded to 'stay' and be called to Jennifer's side. Brown accompanies Jennifer throughout the game and will respond to the player's commands. Different animal-headed imps appear throughout the game, alongside regular imps.Įarly in the game, the player encounters and rescues a Labrador Retriever named Brown. With the exception of a handful of bosses, all enemies in the game are imps-skinny, doll-like creatures the size of small children. Evasion of enemies is often a more viable strategy instead of fighting. Jennifer is a timid character: her melee attacks are neither powerful nor long-ranged. Combat is almost exclusively melee-based, with a variety of improvised weapons available, such as kitchen knives and pipes. As it is, fun in some regards, very annoying in others.Rule of Rose is a survival horror game in which the player guides Jennifer through exploring the game environments and further the plot by accomplishing tasks and while sporadically encountering enemies and bosses. I am thinking a strategy guide would have been a real asset. ![]() You use your dog to sniff out these items and from what I understand you can get him to find a whole lot of cool stuff, but I was unable to do this as I focused on the task at hand and ran, ran and ran some more from those creepy cleaner things. During the middle portion of the game you are in some strange airship where you must fetch things to prove your worth to the other cruel girls. During most of the game you are assisted by a dog the main character names Brown, her only friend among a bunch of girls in this strange orphanage where things are not as they seem. Then there is the fighting which was very annoying, my advice is run like crazy when you can because fighting is very tough going as most of the time you are being assailed by this tiny creatures which are unnerving to say the least. Perhaps it is because I did not use the gun properly in the last portion of the game, thus I did not get the best ending, but still this game had me confused on a lot of points. Unfortunately, for the most part the game is one long fetch quest where there just is not a lot of answers forthcoming. Strange things peeking here and there, I was tense wondering what to expect. You start out as a girl left in the middle of nowhere, she walks to the house in the distance and this is like the best portion of the game. I got this game when it first came out and when I first started playing it I thought it was going to be a very grand survival horror game. ![]()
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