#yurukill

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[hopeymchope]

Danganlike, Ahoy: 'Inescapable' begins

I know it's been out for three months, but I only started playing "Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue" just last night.

Most critics weren't very kind to this Danganlike upon its release; there were a lot of complaints of it being boring. But after a couple of hours with it, my initial impression is VERY positive. Before I get into that, though, let me give a detailed run-down of the basic setup.

A group of 11 Europeans (including our POV character, a Brit named Harrison) are abducted and taken to a tropical island loaded with cameras. There, a pair of "producers" broadcast to their phones to inform the group that they're now part of a reality show called "Inescapable."

Their situation is thus:

They are now part of a limited-broadcast reality show called "Inescapable."

They must live on this island together for the next six months.

There one rule: They cannot interfere with the cameras and broadcast equipment.

Other than that? No other rules or limitations apply, and no law enforcement will ever punish them for any action they take. They may manipulate, assault, or even kill without fear of repercussions.

The phones they are each provided can communicate with one other or the two producers, but that's it. Any other calls are blocked.

The production team will airdop necessary tools for survival (food, fresh water, etc.) regularly provided that the participants leave the broadcast equipment alone and keep the show "entertaining" for the audience.

Failure to be "entertaining" or otherwise non-comply will cause the producers to intervene in ways that make their lives more "interesting." Maybe they'll withhhold supplies to cause starvation/dehydration. Maybe they'll reveal private details about the participants that will generate conflict among them.

Similarly, those who make the show more "entertaining" will receive rewards. These can be new sources of entertainment for them, luxury goods, and who-knows-what else.

Everyone still alive/present by the end of the six months will receive 500,000 Euros. (For most of the cast, this is a princely sum. But for a few, it's a mere pittance.)

The two producers are available to the cast via their phones for any suggestions/requests, but said producers prioritize entertainment value above all other considerations. Requests for information on loved ones, jobs, or possessions left behind are ignored; they are only given the vague promise/warning that "No one will be coming to rescue you."

Admittedly, this setup does not inherently promise murder and betrayal the way that something that Danganronpa, Yurukill, Your Turn to Die, or Virtue's Last Reward all did. Instead, there's a pervasive unease around every action your character or the other characters take. If you see someone on the phone, are they bartering with the producers in a way that will harm your or someone else? If someone is wittholding basic info about themselves, why would they feel the need to do so — are they potentially dangerous for the sake of "entertainment"? If you see two characters whispering, are they conspiring? Even if you try to have a whispered conversation in the middle of the jungle, are you truly alone?

Most of the gameplay is essentially structured like Danganronpa's "Free Time Events." On most days, you get a morning, afternoon, and evening. You look at the map of the island and can see who is hanging out where; from there, you choose where to visit and who to talk to. These conversations each last one of those time periods, can reveal more about the characters in question, and can also include dialogue choices that will affect your "route" through the game. But even the decision of who you choose to talk with affects the route... and once that time period is up, there's no guarantee you can see the other conversations that you skipped out on at a later time.

Any given playthrough can wind up on one of four "routes" to a unique ending based on the conversation choices you make, the people you choose to speak with, and some other actions. For example: There are some side games in an Arcade setting that you can spend time playing. It's also possible to earn "points" with the producers based on your choices that you can use to unlock "gossip" or "dirt" about any character you choose, with each character having multiple items in both categories. Whether you choose to purchase any such items and which ones you get also affect your ultimate route. In fact, based on what I'm seeing online? The number of simple actions that can affect what path your character is leaning towards reminds me more of a Silent Hill game than a standard visual novel! We're seriously talking shit like "Spend X amount of time looking at Y in inventory" can have an impact.

Sadly, there's no easy signposting for how you wind up on a given route or what you'd need to do to get a different one. I'd really prefer they had a flowchart like a Zero Escape game, but this is instead more like a SciAdv visual novel where unlocking a different outcome is going to be dependent on either (A) blindly trying different approaches as you go or (B) consulting an Internet walkthrough.

Either way, the stress of daily decision-making and the quirkiness of the characters/their dialogue has me hooked RN. We'll see if it can carry me satisfactorily across the finish line.

[consumedshadow-mysticmc]

[hopeymchope]

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games.

It's a game that clearly take some inspiration from Danganronpa/Zero Escape.

There's (1) some form of killing game in an isolated location, and (2) it involves people who were wronged who are set up to get revenge on the original (believed/assumed) perpetrators—just like a Duel Noir?! Kirigiri is going to feel driven as fuck to uncover and investigate this shit.

if DR could have an official crossover with any piece of media, what media would choose? 🤔

doesn't have to be something that's plausible, by the way. have fun with this one!

(daily-ish question #2)

[odysseys-blood]

this game's sprite art is ugly as sin but damn if it isnt making me obsess over mechs again

[bxtonpxss]

.

[tobiasdrake]

What games are on your radar, can I ask?

Let's see here....

Not all of these are there to be played on Tumblr liveblogs; While I am having a lot of fun with that, I do have to pick and choose what I think will work with my particular format. For instance, right now I have Mario vs. Donkey Kong as a rental, but that's not a game that I can use for liveblog content. It's just a fun little puzzler.

I use GameFly to rent a lot of my games, but that's only an option for games with physical distributions.

My GameFly Queue:

Airoheart

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case

Alchemic Cutie

ANONYMOUS CODE;Steel Book

Another Code: Recollection

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

BELOW

Blade Assault

Crime O'Clock

Demoniaca: Everlasting Night

Dokapon Kingdom: Connect

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons

Elderand

Live a Live

Monster Crown

Monster Menu - The Scavenger's Cookbook

My Time at Sandrock

Nine Witches: Family Disruption

Paradise Killer

Process of Elimination

Record of Agarest War

Stray

Vernal Edge

Yurukill - The Calumniation Games

I also have Xbox's GamePass, so I'm always watching for new games to drop there. GamePass was where I picked up Sea of Stars from.

And then I have a few games that I can't access through either, so I want to play them but I need to scrape money together for them and/or wait for a sale.

To Buy List:

Baldur's Gate 3

The Entropy Center

Inscryption

In Stars and Time

SANABI

The Talos Principle 2

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered

[nebul-anna]

WIP game: make a 24-hour poll listing the titles of every WIP you want to work on. Whichever gets the most votes, write one sentence for every vote received.

Ty Kiwi!! I have a few WIPs I'm cycling through and only a few of them have concrete titles but take your pick!! (Listing these in no particular order)

Tags: @musicalpancakes77 , @4ragon

(anyone else following me is also free to do this!!)

WIP game: make a 24-hour poll listing the titles of every WIP you want to work on. Whichever gets the most votes, write one sentence for every vote received.

Thanks for the tag @braveseeker3! Since most of mine are unnamed or have secret names, I’ll list concepts and vibes—both serious and semi-sarcastic.

Tagging @karlyanalora @lets-try-some-writing @sphnyspinspin @onewingedsparrow @blighted-lights and @lord-squiggletits (I know you have mentions off, but I’m counting on you seeing this. Consider yourself tagged.)

[loveotomization]

Got accepted to run a panel on recent obscure games at Colossalcon East uwu

I'm definitely discussing:

Gnosia

Yuppie Psycho

Yurukill

but I'm also trying to come up with one more in case I have too much extra time. Maybe Tokyo Dark?

[smallsleepyoarfish]

Yurukill is weird but it is super good tbh, I’ve been watching streams of it lately and no one knows about that game. It’s from 2022 😔

[cryptidsandcatacombs]

Playing yurukill and I just realized why I love these two sm

Isaac and Miria vibes

[hopeymchope]

Hey peeps? Try this Demo some time if you haven't.

I think "Yurukill" is definitely one of the better and more unique "Danganlikes" (as I've come to call them) in recent years. The shoot-'em-up element can be toned down to a very low difficulty if that aspect bugs you, and most of the game is definitely focused on the visual novel/puzzle elements.

I just think not enough people have tried this one yet. But with a Free Demo out there, there's little reason to not at least give it a chance.

Publisher IzanagiGames and developer G.rev will release a demo for escape adventure and bullet hell shoot ’em up game Yurukill: The Calumniation Games for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on April 28 in Japan, the companies announced.

The demo will allow users to play the entire first chapter of the game. Save data from the demo can be transferred to the full game when it launches.

IzanagiGames will also host a “Demo Play Report” live stream featuring Yurukill: The Calumniation Games official ambassador Moe Iori on April 22 at 20:00 JST. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Niconico.

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games is due out for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on May 25 in Japan, July 5 in North America, and July 8 in Europe. A PC (Steam) version is also planned.

[hopeymchope]

It's kind of amazing to admit, but it's been over a year since I played Yurukill: The Calumniation Games. And even though it was only 12 hours long, I still think about it. It comes up in my mind regularly. The storylines, the characters...

I'm saying that if there was a Yurukill fandom, I could definitely see myself being active in it.

..............but as it stands, nobody would read any content I wrote or said about it, so like. Why bother?

WHERE MY YURUKILL PEEPS AT???

[consumedshadow-mysticmc]

This game is interesting so far.

[redisawkward]

I'm just gonna drop my own "to play" list of mystery/detective games and if you see anything that looks like it'd spark your fancy go ahead and add them to your list:

CollarXMalic

Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane

Death Mark

Meteor World Actor

Higurashi When They Cry

Umineko When They Cry (though this one is over 100 hours long)

Anonymous;Code 

Hotel Dusk

Master Magistrate

PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness (Also check out the anime if you can it's really good)

Tears of Themis

Steins;Gate

Gnosia

Disco Elysium

Kara no Shoujo

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games

Loopers

The Letter

Soulslayer

Your Turn to Die

Amnesia Memories

Disaster Detective Saiga

Return to Shironagasu

The House of Fata Morgana

Another Code: Two Memories

Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa

7'Scarlet

The Silver Case

Buried Stars

428 : Shibuya Scramble

Root Double

Fatal Twelve

Remember, Remember

Nameless, the thing you must recall

Return of Obra Dinn

even if TEMPEST

Sweet Fuse: At Your Side

HOLY FUCK THATS A BIG LIST

i've never heard of most of these games!! im definitely going to have to go through this whole list at some point!!! i do own but haven't played death mark, and i've heard of steins:gate before but haven't been able to take a look or purchase it yet

thank you so much for sharing your list with me ❤️

[nicht-alles-gold]

where my yurukill fans at!!!!! (deafening silence again)