Let's Play Rule of Rose - Completed - 11 sets

Katrinonus

Right so you've got a long set coming for you guys bailing on you guys sooo long and also cause I have to take care of my grandfather next week. Will tell when it is uploaded.

I've finished the game but I'll release it slowly on here for you guys so you don't get overwhelmed.

Alebak

I just watched them up to where you are now.

I've heard of this game before but its WAY creepier than I thought it would be.

Katrinonus

Sorry for the long wait everyone, lots of personal crap all explained in the first minute of the video. I've finished the game for you all due to me leaving and being unable to record much on my own for the next 3 weeks. So, it's all up on YouTube now if you are interested and I will slowly release it on the thread.

Set 10 - An Epic Set - Part 1 (1 - 4)

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

InfestedGnome

Watching it now, sorry to hear about your RL troubles. Hope they get better soon!

Katrinonus

Set 6 had some audio issues, sorry about that.

Set 10 - An Epic Set - Part 2 (5 - 8) (part 6 has audio issues, sorry )

Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8

InfestedGnome

Just watched the finishing set, I am kinda confused about some elements of the story, so a theory video would be very cool, along with the extras if you feel you want to play through it.

Great job on the LP!

Alebak

Yes, theory video please.

Toxic Pickle

The last set seemed like it cut off kinda suddenly, in the middle of a cutscene.

apotheos

I am displeased that I never found this game for anything less than full retail. I really wanted to try it.

Toxic Pickle

I don't know why you would want to try this game... If you're interested in the story (which I thought was pretty lame to begin with) you can just watch this LP, but playing the game just looks like an excercise in tedium.

I was not even playing Rule of Rose, just watching Kat do it, and I still wanted to pick up my controller and throw it through the screen.

Adus

Toxic Pickle wrote: »

The last set seemed like it cut off kinda suddenly, in the middle of a cutscene.

It did. There are more videos on her Youtube page. I'm not sure why she only posted those few. Perhaps she got sidetracked or her post got eaten or she wanted to pace the amount of videos she posted. I dunno.

I'm gonna be honest though, I think I'm just going to wait or look for a plot summary. I've found myself basically skipping nearly full videos save dialogue and cutscenes just to see what's going on and the premise has sort of lost its novelty.

Sorry, the game just looks boring by now. Kat, your commentary is fine, though personally I would have preferred you severely cut down on the talking during cutscenes apart from reading the dialogue. Whatever atmosphere or ambiance is there is pretty much ruined when you're talking over the music and audio with the "No, I didn't do it. Get your shovel, Jennifer!" etc.

Toxic Pickle

Adus wrote: »

Toxic Pickle wrote: »

The last set seemed like it cut off kinda suddenly, in the middle of a cutscene.

It did. There are more videos on her Youtube page. I'm not sure why she only posted those few. Perhaps she got sidetracked or her post got eaten or she wanted to pace the amount of videos she posted. I dunno.

Yeah, I actually found those too, and watched the rest of the game. I've noticed Kat has some issues with ending videos, often cutting or ending them in the middle of talking. Usually it's just her talking, wrapping up or whatever, so it isn't a big deal, but in this case it was right in the middle of the cutscene.

Adus wrote: »

I'm gonna be honest though, I think I'm just going to wait or look for a plot summary. I've found myself basically skipping nearly full videos save dialogue and cutscenes just to see what's going on and the premise has sort of lost its novelty.

Sorry, the game just looks boring by now. Kat, your commentary is fine, though personally I would have preferred you severely cut down on the talking during cutscenes apart from reading the dialogue. Whatever atmosphere or ambiance is there is pretty much ruined when you're talking over the music and audio with the "No, I didn't do it. Get your shovel, Jennifer!" etc.

Much agreement with everything here. Part of the boringness was due to the game itself; item hunting and wandering around seeing the sights can be fun for a player, but watching it gets painful after a time. The excessive room hunting towards the end (and especially the epilogue) was maddening, and I still don't really get what was special about the plot even though I tried to watch as much as possible.

The commentary also got a bit excessive during cutscenes, which did go a long ways towards hurting the mood that the story was trying to present. Calling the girls names, responding (often yelling) at the characters as they talked, that sorta thing. Very jarring.

At this point I don't think I even care what the plot was. :?

Gyral

apotheos wrote: »

I am displeased that I never found this game for anything less than full retail. I really wanted to try it.

I actually found it used in a FYE in Raleigh once for $20. Bought it so damn hard because I just couldn't justify the full price used sticker everywhere else I'd seen it.

Katrinonus

I haven't had time to post the rest of the sets up but they are in a playlist on my channel on YouTube. Also, there was a vote on what I was to do next.

It was Chrono Trigger [Blind] (As in I've never played it and don't know the story etc.)
Or Parasite Eve.

Also, if you found the talking excessive there is a complete pure walkthrough up and a couple of other Let's Play I could link.

As for the cutting off in the middle of a cut scene it was difficult to find a better spot to cut it. I tried my best there.

Katrinonus

Sorry about the long wait. Helloween4545 came to visit for 2 weeks and so I was not really at my computer much.

The Rest of the Videos

Part 9
Part 10
Part 11

Set 11:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12

Casually Hardcore

So is the story of this game worth playing the game? I mean, the game can't be that painful to play, right?

cj iwakura

The story is the ONLY reason you should play it.


Yes, it is. The gameplay is HORRIBLE. Believe me. It's so bad.

The story, CG, general atmosphere, all that is excellent. Whoever designed the gameplay had a grudge against humanity.

Casually Hardcore

That's the thing, every time I see this game on the shelf....well I want to actually enjoy playing the game, you know? Cause for the majority of the 10 or so hours of playing the game...I'm going to be playing the game.

How does the story, atmosphere, etc, compare to SH2? If it's anywhere near SH2 level....I'll give RoR a try.

cj iwakura

Rule of Rose isn't really a scary game. It's just unsettling.


It's similar to SH2 in that it's mostly psychological horror, and it's going to take you some time to piece together what happened.

You'll be spending hours running around empty halls and getting jumped on by little imps, while only having a little knife to defend yourself with for 85% of the game.

Playing it is an absolute chore. If you can endure that, then by all means, but more than not, you'll realize the story isn't worth the effort.

Adus

cj iwakura wrote: »

The story is the ONLY reason you should play it.


Yes, it is. The gameplay is HORRIBLE. Believe me. It's so bad.

The story, CG, general atmosphere, all that is excellent. Whoever designed the gameplay had a grudge against humanity.

And since this LP is right here, you don't even have to play it. Good deal if you ask me.