![]() What’s more, he remembers what happened in all his previous lives. Here’s the kicker – unbeknown to Makoto (at least initially), he has a skill. There’s no way to finish this game without witnessing at least 6 murders and while there’s very little gore, it’s still quite harrowing. Strangled, shot, hit with a pipe, shot again, stabbed, shot. There’s a lot of choices to be made and even the options that feel pedestrian can have deadly consequences. During the games 2.5 hour single run time, you’ll see Makoto and others die numerous times. Using the touch screen you get to look around the room and pick an option you want to pursue. Do you let the police officer in to your room? Do you hide from him? What do you do? When there’s a choice to be made, the game changes from a movie-esque third person perspective to a first person one. It does a lot of the same things – slowly drip feeding information about a mystery, pulling the rug out from under you as you think you’ve sussed it and makes you question the motives of every character you meet via some smart writing.ĭeath Comes True relies on player choices. What I will say is that if you enjoyed the Zero Escape games, you’ll enjoy this. To say any more about the plot for Death Come True would be to ruin it – something that the game explicitly asks you not to do when it begins – and it’s a narrative that’s best approached with as little knowledge about it as possible. And it gets worse – there’s a police man knocking on the door. One revelation is followed by another – there’s a woman tied up and unconscious in the bath tub. ![]() The news is blaring on the TV and one story cuts through the noise – Makoto Karaki is a wanted serial killer. Suffering from amnesia (I promise this isn’t as trite as it initially seems) he has no idea how he got there, where he is or even who he is. This game takes this genre in an interesting new direction though, taking branching narratives that often extend an FMV games run time and includes them in the narrative in quite ingenious ways.ĭeath Come True begins as the lead character Makoto Karaki awakes in a hotel room. Their previous work includes anime and visual novel games and these influences shine through in Death Come True everywhere you look – but this new game is an FMV title or, as the developers describe it, “an interactive film adventure game”. For the team involved, this game is a real departure from what they’re used too. The debut game from Too Kyo Games, a team filled with talent that had worked on Danganronpa and the Zero Escape series, was bound to be thought provoking and a little “out there”. Death in this game works exactly as it did for Subaru in Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, so every time this serial killer dies, he goes back to being asleep at his room, but he gets to keep his more recent memories.I knew Death Come True was going to be a little messed up. You will die! In fact, you'll die a lot! Dying is the only way to learn certain things, but it's also the only way to unlock new options. That being said, soon you'll learn that Death Come True's core mechanics don't care about you being perceptive enough to always pick the right path and avoid death. We don't want to spoil the story for you, not only because we think you'll enjoy it but also because it's too short and direct that giving anything away might ruin the whole experience. Another famous face you'll see is that of Yuki Kaji, one of the most popular voice actors, this time bringing to life a secondary yet fundamental character called Navigator. The main characters are the amnesiac serial killer, played by Kanata Hongo (Armin in Attack on Titan), and a female police investigator interpreted by Chiaki Kuriyama (Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill). Thus, this is nothing but a live-action visual novel, with 2 different yet meaningful endings that are independent of your previous choices. Since it's an interactive movie, we never get full control of the characters, but we do get to help the protagonist every time he needs to make a choice. Of course, by playing the game, you'll soon learn that's not exactly true, and death will be the key to solve this mystery. With a small but talented cast, Death Come True tells the story of an amnesiac serial killer who's trapped in a hotel.
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