I stumbled into this game kinda by accident and was instantly curious. The Adventure Player is a "game" for the psp From Software released that is basically a VN maker program where everyone can design their own games and then post them online. Kaikiken, which seems to translate to The Haunted Zone is one of the three games Fromsoft included with the Adventure Player to show what it could do and inspire users. Unfortunately I don't think this game is particularly interesting. It is a collection of 3 really short ghost stories, and none of them were remarkable. The vibes were actually not bad since the accompanying soundtrack and sound effects were effective in making me feel tense and the backgrounds are decently spooky, but each story ended so fast there was barely any time to feel scared or disturbed. Each of the 3 stories has 2 different endings based on a single choice you get on each of the stories near the end, and the changes are minimal. The stories themselves are pretty cliché stuff, if you've seen The Grudge or even had a semblance of the story drunkenly explained to you by a passing hobo you can pretty easily guess what its gonna happen here.

Reviewed on Feb 25, 2023


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