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For Players drawn to supernatural mysteries, branching perspectives, and visual-novel storytelling: Unravel a web of curses and urban legends in Showa-era Honjo, following several people whose desperate wishes bring them into a supernatural ordeal. Tradeoff: The experience centers on reading and story progression, with little emphasis on action or free-form exploration.
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point-and-click
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visual novel
horror
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How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game. Set in Honjo, Tokyo's Sumida ward during the Showa period (1926-89), this is the unsettling tale of those with the power to curse, derived from the gruesome real world urban legends: "The Seven Mysteries of Honjo." Follow the cursed seven as they embark on a supernatural ordeal over a three-day period to realise their desperate hopes and dreams.
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