Crimson Spires Review - The Gothic Mystery of Vampires in the Deep South

I'm not ashamed to admit that on occasion, I appreciate some pulsed vampire fictions and although the leeches are a must-see of the bestiary video game, the games on the vampire theme based on stories or characters are relatively rare. Although they constitute only part of the history and the world, vampires are an important element of the Visual Roman Crimson turns, released for the first time in 2020 for PC and Switch, and goes now to PS4 / 5 and Xbox.

Crimson Spiers has a large amount of strangeness mixed with its history, so offbeat fiction fans and eccentric characters will probably appreciate that. Crimson Spires takes place in the recent past, although the moment is a bit ambiguous, and focuses on the FBI Erika Wright agent, who is unexpectedly sent to the battle mining city in Missouri. A notorious serial killer - but, as we will learn, full of mind and charming - named August Flynn escaped when he was transported and Wright is sent to investigate and help to catch the escape. Shortly after, the mysteries begin to intensify. Strange creatures appear on the periphery and enormous towers rise from the landscape surrounding the city, instantly killing anyone attempting to penetrate the barrier.

All this is only a prologue of the main story, which begins six months later, while Erika became the default police and that the city is cut off from the world, with only a truck bringing a supply weekly food for the decreasing number. residents and no evacuation or possible outdoor communication. I would say that Buy what the history of Crimson turns requires a rather heavy incredulity suspension, but maybe not more than for books like The Dome of Stephen King, or elsewhere, any novel, game or Movie on an immortal race of dead human blood sucking. As Johnny Carson said, buy the premise, buy the song.

So: August Flynn is the only battle resident prisoner, Erika makes surcharge in the locked little village and the mystery of Crimson turns is still not resolved. Erika is responsible for investigating two missing students, and the story is racing, with several new characters introduced - Maddy Gray, Julian Bataille and Liam Battle - who can all associate with Erika. They can also become potential love interests, and it's worth replaying the story several times to see how romantic choices have an impact on history. Talking a lot more about the story would spoil pleasure. All characters are well written and interesting.

Crimson turres is a visual novel, so the majority of the game is a dialogue under static illustrations. From time to time, the game will move to a third-person mode of action, allowing Erika to move freely in the environment and interact with objects. The mechanic feels out of order and out of order in what is also a pretty pure visual novel. Although dubbing is generally very good, only some of the characters are expressed, and these are not consistent, which gives this aspect of a patchwork or incomplete appearance. Although I understand that making the character mute could help with the identification of the player, I would have liked to hear all the dialogue.

The artistic style divides the difference between realism and the stylized illustration of anime type. For the most part, it is engaging, although from time to time a facial expression does not match the voice of the vocal actor or the script. The game works well with a controller and there is an option to adjust the speed of dialog, always welcome to any game or visual novel that focuses on the text. Speaking of narrative, it has the impression that it comes from writers paid in literary techniques, without it being too explanatory or worse, vague. The mysteries and supernatural stories are creatures difficult to tame, but Crimson Spires screenwriters find a way to do it. Having not played in his previous incarnations, I can not talk about differences (if any) on PS4 / 5, but obviously, graphics and game are not a challenge for the system.

Crimson turres is a visual novel that has interesting characters and a relatively unexplored setting for gender. Combining Romance, science fiction, horror, mystery, vampires and supernatural in a tasty blown, Crimson turns is not a perfect meal, but it's worth it to be tasted.

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