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Another nine guests were invited to an annual banquet called The Sexy Brutale at the flashy mansion casino owned by their close friend Lucas Bondes. It seemed like a normal spinning party, but hidden behind large spacious rooms, flashy lights and enchanting music was a devastating conspiracy: to destroy all guests. But that conspiracy will never succeed because you as the priest Lafcadio Boone will be the redemptive hero who destroys the path and protects all the guests … No! Are not! The conspiracy never succeeds because: in this place, time is in eternal circulation.
You and the entire villa will be swept into a 12-hour time vortex, and your task is to find a way to prevent the deaths of the previous guests. If you don’t succeed… it’s not that big of a deal, because when the clock hits midnight, the “old day” will start again. Will you “endure with time”? Yes, but “immortal” doesn’t mean unbeaten. Time may be on your side, but neither do humans.
Every character in this mansion, including you, wears a mask, and each mask can hold a special ability. Possessing a “stealth” mask, you can avoid being detected while moving in the mansion, but it only lasts a while. When appearing beside someone, whether it is the guests needing help or assassins, they will rush towards you to drain the mask’s power. Therefore, you need to try to avoid appearing in the same room as other people, no matter what they are, because when the power of the mask is exhausted it’s time … the day begins.
Therefore, the game asks you to protect and save the guests but must be done in quiet silence, not letting them see. At the same time, you must also keep an eye on the servants, because they are the assassins of the castle. Passing through single rooms, eavesdropping on characters and piecing together everything you know, you have to do the “noble mission” alone: to save everyone.
Finally, each character you save will give you a new face, which is also a new ability. Superior hearing, speedy lock or even spiritual communication … all are great and useful abilities, opening up new puzzles, new challenges and increasing the depth and diversity of the game. However, not only the game mechanics are unlocked, but the faces are also closely related to …
So what’s the reason things are going to “return to the beginning” after midnight? Surely you are also wondering about that, and to imagine this game is set in a certain magical land … Absolutely not. The Sexy Brutale is not a journey in a material world, but a story about a man trying to be a better person, a woman filled with forgiveness, and a messing mistake. Tear timeless. Specifically how the content is, you have to experience it for yourself, but indeed this is a very tragic story, really enough to make you want to “turn time”.
After that, the raw materials to blow the soul of a game-specific world are indispensable for the sound image array. In terms of graphics, it can be said that The Sexy Brutale has done … well enough, revealing the beauty in the medieval architecture of the mansion, the constant light, and dark effects, the characteristics of the characters, and other supernatural entities. In short, there is nothing to blame but does not really stand out. However, what is worth mentioning in this game is the sound. The important events in the game are highlighted, painted with climactic music, emphasizing the influence of what is happening on the screen. That’s how the game feels like adding more plot flow to your mind.
Finally, The Sexy Brutale also tried to put something mysterious into the journey. In addition to saving the characters, you have another side quest: collect all 52 cards to unlock the hidden ending of the game. Both the main ending and the hidden end have their own sad and happy points, giving you different perspectives on a story that is extremely heartbreaking. If you want to experience a little more thought about the game, do not miss this ending.
It can be said that The Sexy Brutale is a typical example of owning good “ingredients” such as mechanics, storylines, or overtones, is not sure to build a great game, or at least touch all the potentials of itself. Leaving aside small stinging issues like technology or timing, what The Sexy Brutale has yet to accomplish is the ability to present content to engage players.
As a simple example, The Sexy Brutale puts you in a fateful spiral in which you have to “contemplate” constant, continuous death, and this can create two dimensions of emotion. First, the game can make players sympathize with the character, feel-good nostalgia because they have to see the character they love to sacrifice and sacrifice continuously. Or second, the game will make you feel that each character and their deaths are nothing special, just like a “good” child on a certain game. Unfortunately, The Sexy Brutale will probably make you think in the second direction.
Wanting to create feelings for the player is not easy, it takes time, it takes time to go deep into each character to understand them. Is this beyond the stature of a small indie game? May! But The Sexy Brutale even goes the opposite way: the game depicts a dozen unknown people, and then throws the player on the mission of “saving them all!” Why need help? What are these people related to each other? Instead of revealing the mystery gradually, sequentially, with something to go into the past each person, the game … is silent, at least until the end. As such, players will not be motivated to try, and not gradually feel the value of the story, making them feel like they are experiencing something a little pointless. Then when it all cleared up, they might not be interested in the game anymore.
In short, The Sexy Brutale is a combination of a groundbreaking mechanism, a heavy story, and unique overtones. Is this a game worth experiencing? Yes! It was only able to shine brightly… but in the end, it failed.