Spirit Hunter: NG

favorite out of the death mark series tbh

[h1]このジャンルが好きだからこそ、言わせてほしい。思い出は、思い出のままの方が美しいかもしれない。[/h1] [h3]要するに[/h3] [list] [*]✅ 独特の不気味なアートスタイルと、心霊ホラーというテーマは素晴らしい。 [*]❌ しかし、物語もゲームプレイも、かつての名作たちが放っていた輝きには遠く及ばない。 [*]❌ 正直、本作をプレイする時間で、過去の傑作を再訪した方が、満足度は遥かに高いだろう。 [/list] [h3]期待と、そして失望[/h3] 自分は、心霊ホラーアドベンチャーというジャンルを心から愛しています。背筋を凍らせるような恐怖、少しずつ謎が解けていく快感、そして魅力的なキャラクターたちが織りなす人間ドラマ。このジャンルには、今なお色褪せない数多くの名作が存在します。 だからこそ、本作『Spirit Hunter: NG』には大きな期待を寄せていました。そのアートスタイルは一級品で、不気味な雰囲気作りも実に見事です。最高のホラー体験が待っている、最初はそう確信していました。 しかし、物語を進めるうちに、その期待は静かな失望へと変わっていきました。恐怖を煽ろうとする演出は空回り気味で、物語の核心にはなかなか引き込まれない。調査パートは単調なクリック作業になりがちで、恐怖よりも退屈が勝ってしまう。ジャンルのファンであればあるほど、かつての名作たちと比較してしまい、「何かが違う」という感覚が拭えませんでした。 [h3]👍 あなたが本当にプレイすべきゲーム[/h3] 本作をプレイしている間、自分の頭に浮かんでいたのは、悲しいかな、このゲームのことではありませんでした。2000年代初頭、このジャンルが黄金期だった頃に夢中になった、あの傑作たちのことばかりでした。 そこで、あなたに一つの提案があります。 もし、あなたが私と同じように、このジャンルの真髄に触れたいと願うなら。もし、あなたが本当に「面白い」心霊ホラーADVを求めているなら。 [b]本作に手を出す前に、少しだけ、過去を振り返ってみませんか。[/b] あなたの心の中に、忘れられない思い出の作品はありませんか？ あるいは、名前だけは知っているけれど、プレイしたことのない「伝説のゲーム」はありませんか？ 押入れの奥で眠っている古いゲーム機を、もう一度起動させてみるのも良いでしょう。あるいは、少し知識と手間をかければ、PC上で仮想的な環境を構築し、過去のハードを再現することも不可能ではありません。いわゆる[b]VMware[/b]のような仮想化ソフトの知識や、少しマニアックな[b]エミュレータ[/b]という世界の扉を開いてみるのも、一つの冒険かもしれません。幸いなことに、今の時代、過去の名作に触れるための道筋は、驚くほどたくさん用意されているのです。あの頃のゲームが、今のあなたの心にどんな火を灯すのか、試してみる価値は十分にあります。 [h3]まとめ（本作の唯一の功績）[/h3] このゲームは、私に一つの大切なことを思い出させてくれました。それは、「自分がいかに心霊ホラーADVというジャンルを愛しているか」ということです。そして皮肉なことに、それは本作以外の、過去の偉大な作品たちを思い出すことによってでした。 その点においては、感謝すべきなのかもしれません。 しかし、購入をおすすめするかと問われれば、答えは明確に「ノー」です。 あなたの貴重な時間とお金は、もっと輝かしい「思い出」になるべきです。その思い出は、未来ではなく、過去に眠っているかもしれません。

萌新入坑也是玩上了心心念念的死印系列了，先从ng开玩，目前体验非常好，就是没汉化机翻硬啃有点难受，一玩就是6小时，太上头了，扛不住只能先睡觉了。但是又睡不着，又不想看视频剧透，后面通关再把1和2入了，直接爽玩，就是汉化什么时候会有啊，机翻连看带猜越来越绷不住，虽说知道什么意思但是看久了太出戏了

It's not as scary as death mark, but I really enjoyed the story and characters anyway.

i would have to write a big essey, but i am too lazy for that xD so i just wanna say, I would say, i can recomment these games (the spirit hunter series!) :3 (death mark 1, NG, death mark 2) and.. when i played NG or the death mark games, i played them addictively (*i would recommend using a guide tho, especially for the death mark 1 game)

If you liked Death Mark 1 (and it is kind of important to play that first, but also not really, in my opinion), this is a no-brainer buy, fantastic game yet again from Experience. While I think this game is weaker than Death Mark 1, I also think it excels in areas Death Mark 1 didn’t. My biggest complaint overall, is I feel like this game was more static. Death Mark (and 2 now that I'm playing it) have a lot of art screenshots and moving parts, whereas NG had maybe a art screenshots a case, and the spirits barely moved. The story was really good, but again, I think Death Mark was written at a better pace. There feels like a weird amount of downtime, even though there's the implication of a time limit all the time. Also, nothing wrong with re-used SFX, but getting the squeaky doorknob turn SFX on a new glass door felt really out of place. The characters and relationships in NG are much stronger though. I was genuinely invested in every character and their development and outcome, something I felt was a tiny bit lacking previously. The spirit designs were less creative than Death Mark in my opinion. It was all based off folklore and fairly tales though, so I guess they’d be a bit more limited on it. This game had the better ending and payoff, personally, but I might be in the minority there since Death Mark got a sequel and NG didn’t. I really hope Experience decides to come back to this world and characters for a sequel, I think it deserves another look as the world and characters are so strong.

死印和死啮都是好游戏，但NG就像一部中二病的黑历史笔记一样，充满了劣质网文小说一样的角色设定

Overall, I had a lot of positive experience while playing this game. The main character is tough, yet feels alive. You can see his emotions, his love and care toward the people around him, and even empathy(all of it is quite rare for a horror MC). I got attached to the side characters, though sadly they tend to disappear from the spotlight after a few arcs (this can be considered a downside of the game). The gore aspect of the game was also decent. Personally, I would like to see more cruelty and less censorship, but even as it is, everything is drawn and presented very nicely. I can’t say this is THE best plot I’ve ever read, but if you’re looking for something interesting and not too hard to understand, this game is a very good choice. Gameplay: This part was the most disappointing. First of all, even though I’ve played a lot of visual novels, the control keys in this one were VERY unusual. There was also no manual for shortcuts. It’s not a huge problem, but I still spent an extra 10 minutes just figuring out how to skip text, open the backlog, and use a few other functions. Text skipping is also not implemented in the best way: you need to hold Ctrl continuously, and there’s no option to skip only the text you’ve already read. This makes replaying the game for different endings unnecessarily inconvenient. The saving system also confused me. You can’t save whenever you want. I don’t mind limited saving — in fact, it can make the game more challenging and forces you to stay focused so you don’t have to replay an extra 20 minutes because of a mistake (although it’s pretty hard to make a mistake in Spirit Hunter NG, xd). However, combined with the poor text-skipping, the saving system feels unnecessarily inconvenient. Puzzles are mostly quite easy to solve, but whether that’s good or bad depends on the player). For me, it was a good part of the game, because I wanted to relax (though doing so while playing horror game is kind of ironic, ahah) Overall, I would give this game a 7/10. For me, that’s a high rating, and I don’t regret a single penny and second I spent on it ;)

보통 2탄이 나오면 망한다고들 하는데, 오히려 이 게임은 2탄이 되어서도 1탄의 그 맛을 잃지 않고서 더욱 발전한 모습을 보여줍니다. 전작에서 여럿 난해한 요소들이 있었는데(시스템, 스토리적인 요소), 그런 요소들을 확실히 간략화해주었습니다. 약간의 실험적인 요소들도 여럿 추가한 것이 보이는데, 지나치게 실험적이지는 않아서 한 두번 막히고 나서부터는 대충 어떻게 돌파해야하는지 감을 잡으실 수 있을겁니다. 다만 언어의 장벽에서 발생하는 문제들은 어쩔 수가 없나봅니다. 문화의 장벽에서 발생하는 문제들도 좀 있구요. 근데 그건 사실 전작에서도 있던 문제거든요? 그냥 문화 교양 공부한다 생각하고 받아들이십시요. 본인이 PSVITA 게임을 좋아하고, 공포 게임을 자주 즐기며, 영어/일어로 게임을 플레이하는 것에 큰 지장이 없다면 추천드립니다.

I enjoyed Spirit Hunters: Death Mark quite a bit and held off on NG for a while because I felt like it was going for a different vibe. While it's definitely it's own thing, NG is just as fun and satisfying. It's a great mix of point-and-click and choose-your-own-adventure with fantastic art assets and sound effects.