THE HEART OF DARKNESS / Ver: 1.05

Overview

Year of release: 2019
Release Date: 2019/04/11

Censorship: Yes
Developer / Publisher: BigWednesday

Platform: PC / Windows
Edition type: Original (license)
Tabletka: Not required
Version: 1.05
Game language (plot): Japanese
Interface Language: Japanese
Voice Language: Japanese

System requirements (minimum): OS: Windows 7 or Greater
Processor: Intel Core 2 1.06Ghz
RAM: 1 GB of RAM
Video card: Integrated graphics
DirectX: Versions 9.0
Disk space: 500 MB

Description: A RPG game combining Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne.

Gameplay
You choose your character from 4 (+1 that you can unlock later into the game) different starting classes (Knight, Adventurer, Aristocrat, Sorcerer and the Transcender) and then you can take 2 NPCs out of the 12 existing souls that you find throughout the game. Afterwards you start exploring the various dungeons called dark sanctuaries. You use bonfires to fast travel from location to another in a similar way as the souls series way of transportation, and defeat various enemies and bosses whilst collecting and crafting stronger equipment. According to the game site there are multiple endings affected by your choices and your class though i haven't confirmed this.

Controls
Movement - Arrow keys
Interact/Confirm - Z
Decline - X
W - Hide text during H CG

Story
(This is my understanding how the story goes, could be wrong since i don't speak japanese.)
The Kingdom of Haillord falls under a curse of darkness. You then are resurrected into the gloomy and old Haillord Kingdom where the king sends you to the Sanctuary of Darkness (if i understood correctly) to break the curse.
(It's pretty much how dark souls' story goes)

Some things worth mentioning
The game has a sort of base/home location (Puppet of Haven) that you can teleport to by interacting with the first bonfire you find.
To save your game you need interact with a gravestone that you find in the Puppet of Haven.
To level up your characters you talk to Alma and use the games currency, which increases every time you lvl up.
To level your teammates you talk to them and choose the third option.
Mei/Mel can craft you some gear and reconstruct your home.

Run 3 ways to choose:
- Through start.bat
- In the Windows control panel - Language and Regional Standards - Change the system language - Japanese (a reboot may be required)
- By emulator locale LEInstaller in the folder (Locale.Emulator.2.4.0.0) (in this game may not help)