Corpse Party is an elegant old-school adventure game that makes great use of its limited tools. The sound cues and visuals create a sense of dread that doesn’t rely on jumpscares that seem to have become a staple of recent horror games.
Corpse Party2008
Corpse Party
2008 XSEED Games69Worthwhile
Overview
Corpse Party (Corpse Party BloodCovered in Japan) is a part of the Corpse Party survival horror adventure game series created by Team GrisGris for the PC. It is the remake of the original Corpse Party released in 1996 for the NEC PC-9801 with a reworked plot and new characters.
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Worthwhile- OpenCritic69from 12 reviews
Corpse Party gets everything right, but falls short of greatness due to its unimpressive gameplay.
Corpse Party, a new port of the 2008 remake of the original, will bring exposure to the title's great narrative for many. It is, however, decidedly lacking in comparison to the PSP remake of 2011 or the upcoming 3DS version. It can still bring the spooks but it simply doesn't go as far as the other versions. Play those instead.
As a horror experience, Corpse Party is absolutely mandatory, and should be experienced in whatever platform that is available to you. If possible, however, the PSP version is still the definitive experience, and scales perfectly on the Playstation TV if you also happen to own one of those. Otherwise, the PC version is still a solid experience on its...
Corpse Party will be a fascinating experience... but only for those who'll come for the story, the characters, and the spooky atmosphere, because, as a game, it's somewhat flawed, and even boring at times, since it focuses around "randomly" searching for objects, or going back to certain areas, for no other reason than to set an event in motion in order...