PixlBit | Since its humble 32-bit beginnings, the PlayStation brand has been home to some truly unique and sometimes downright weird games from its native Japan. The PlayStation gave us games like Incredible Crisis, Bust a Groove, One Piece Mansion, and Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman. The trend continued on PS2 with Mr. Mosquito, Katamari Damacy, Gitaroo Man, and Okage: Shadow King. Sadly, with the video game industry being such a volatile, cutthroat business in the current climate, releasing quirky games like these has become a gamble that rarely pays off for publishers. Thankfully, we still have handheld machines like the PSP to give us our experimental Japanese games. Enter Corpse Party, a digital release for PSP that is so niche that I’m surprised it was translated. Surprised, but happy; this is one of those unique, under-the-radar games that is not to be missed.
XBA says: There's plenty of horror content to experience in this remaster of a remaster of a remake.
Neil writes: "The original Corpse Party released in Japan way back in 1996. Some 25 years later though, it's finally made it to Europe, the Americas and, most notably, Xbox."
Gather round the fire and we'll tell the tale of the little RPGmaker game that could. And what it could do was make us laugh, make us cry, and scare the pants off us.
I bought it.
I downloaded it.
It's sitting on my PSP right now.
Don't know that I'll ever play it (NOT a fan of horror games, particularly the overstylized "anime horror" I've seen) but I do what I can to support the release of esoteric games.
This is one of those games that I hope is available to download on the Vita sometime down the line since I don't have a PSP and don't plan on getting one anytime soon. (will be getting the Vita day one though).