[PS2] Rule of Rose - A survivor horror fairy tale.

Release date: 9/12/06
Developed by Punchline / Shirogumi, published by Atlus.

Japanese official site with movies, screens and wallpapers.

http://www.playstation.jp/scej/title/ror/

English official site

http://www.atlus.com/ruleofrose/

Story analysis Blog

http://ruleofrosemysteries.com/



From Left to right: Wendy, Amanda, Meg, Diana, Eleanor, Brown the dog, and Jennifer.

Quote:

March, 1930. A young girl named Jennifer, whose parents were killed in a tragic airship accident, is taken to the Rose Garden Orphanage, located in a remote portion of the English countryside. What Jennifer discovers is a dilapidated building and a ragtag mob of children who call themselves the "Aristocracy of the Red Crayon." The demented residents of Rose Garden kidnap Jennifer and take her into the dark heart of an impossibly large zeppelin, on a meandering course for a distant land. Now, with the help of a canine companion named Brown, Jennifer has to find valuable gifts for the Aristocracy, or suffer a fatal punishment for her insolence...

Atlus U.S.A., Inc., a leading publisher of interactive entertainment, announced a soundtrack CD for Rule of Rose, an action-horror game for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. The soundtrack will be available at participating retailers, while supplies last, by pre-ordering Rule of Rose.

"Yutaka Minobe's incredible musical score for Rule of Rose enhances the emotional intensity of every aspect of the game," said Carl Chen, Project Lead for Atlus U.S.A., Inc. The soundtrack features a half-dozen selections that stand on their own as great compositions, and as some of Minobe's best work."

Minobe's gameography includes Skies of Arcadia, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and Space Channel 5.

The track listing for Rule of Rose: Songs from the Original Soundtrack is as follows:

1. Bullying (2:06)

2. Ambient Music for Strings: "Fear" Part II (1:28)

3. The Attic (2:46)

4. Backbiting (1:56)

5. Piano Etude I (Rule of Rose) (0:53)

6. A Love Suicide ~The Theme of Rule of Rose~ (3:51)

The soundtrack CD will also include exclusive CD-ROM content in the form of Rule of Rose wallpapers, music sheets, and a Rule of Rose promotional video which debuted at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Developed in Japan by Punchline and Shirogumi, and published in Japan by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Rule of Rose is scheduled for release in September 2006.

Rule of Rose has been rated M (Mature) by the ESRB for Blood, Intense Violence, and Suggestive Themes.

Gametrailer's video preview of the English version of the game:

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?fs=1&id=2271

Anyone who is looking for a survival horror that is mixed with Alice in Wonderland and fairy tales, along with watching a tragic tale about manipulative girls, preorder this now.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Watching the gametrailer video preview should tell you alot, along with the trailer below that link. The major theme in the game is the difference between a child's and an adult's way of thinking. This is shown through how Jennifer feels as she is a prisoner of the malicious children, whose behavior is very childlike even while being evil. Hence there are some psuedo erotic hints in the scenes ( though there is no actual sexual acts), and the story is also engaging, creepy and tragic that unfolds with hiddent clues in various places, and one must pay attention to what's happening, read the notes and talk to people to find out more on what's going on.

The only downside to this game is the combat, so look out for that. The story and setting makes up for that though, along with character relations, these girls are all manipulative, and to them status is more important than friendship, its almost like Mean Girls gone horror and set in the 1930's, cept much more horrible and there's less humour.

Most amazing jew boots

Originally Posted by Rock

Or rather not, because it should be noted that this game is bad. Really bad. It might look interesting and unorthodox, but trust me, it's a sheer and utter disappointment in the gameplay department.

I DID stated in my 2nd post that the gameplay is the only downside, the thing is, people who are getting this are interested in the story, and not the gameplay. And there are people who have imported that said that the story was worth it despite the horrible gameplay.

So be warned, get this game if you're interested in the story, if you're into great gameplay, stay away.

And yeah, the music does get repetitive, great tracks, but some of them loop too fast. Though I'm personally not bothered by it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

http://www.atlus.com/ruleofrose/

English official site with interviews, movies, downloads and more.

Just read the interview, and its really interesting, I recommend anyone interesred in this game to read it.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Well as long as you buy the real game later on at a cheaper price, in the end is pretty much okay. And the story is still worth the purchase, I mean it's not like Silent Hill 4 where the gameplay and the story were subpar to the previous games. This one has a good story and you have to discover clues and piece them together yourself to find out what's going on.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The Combat system leaves alot to be desired, its just poorly implemented, and alot of the times the camera doesn't help either,causing you to book it most of the time and only fight in boss battles, which is what most importers did anyway.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by soapy

Ok that first boss fight is hard. I only tried it once since I was too lazy to go back and save. You guys were right, the fight system is pretty awful and the camera angle doesn't help at all. It's even worse when you're low on health and Jennifer ends up sluggish.

Besides that, it's an interesting game. Nice mood and atmosphere, the cut scenes are great. The story is interesting at least.

edit: ok, I've finished the game, has anyone else with a japanese copy have been able to?

Spoiler:

I'm a little confused by the ending.... what is the relation between Jennifer and Joshua? They seem like they are the same person.

Regarding that spoiler:

Spoiler:

Jennifer is NOT Joshua, the man Gregory had a son named Joshua, but one day he died, and when he found Jennifer after she lost her parents in that airship crash, he took her in, but due to his grief he treated Jennifer like she was his dead son. Then Wendy came along and start manipulating to get Jennifer to like her and to control Gregory and basically stirring up shit., which end up creating the Aristocrat club and everything, and killing all the children through her control over Gregory.

FELIPE NO

Spoiler:

Basically, Wendy found Jennifer at Gregory's house, they exchanged letters, swore a love oath as prince and princess, and Wendy then took her away from the house to the orphanage, then Brown came along and Wendy got jealous, fueling her anger and causing her to seek revenge by ordering the other girls to treat her like crap, since Wendy is the princess of Rose.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?