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A Rose in the Twilight has a thorn in her back and blood in her puzzles

by: Randy -
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A Rose in the Twilight is a 2D Japanese indie puzzle-platformer from Masayuki Furuya, maker of htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary. In a world of monochromatic colors, accented with blood red puzzle elements, in A Rose in the Twilight you're a girl in a Darkest Dungeon-looking world, traveling with her four-armed giant.

Rose has a thorn in her back, the Curse of Thorns. She "absorbs and transfers blood." I don't exactly know what that means. But thankfully the video clarifies by saying, "Fascinated by the thorns, the girl offers blood." Well, see, I guess still don't know what that means. It looks like it's a way to simply interact with puzzle pieces.

The 3D cutscenes look neat. The 2D gameplay screens look okay. The jumping looks floaty. And you switch between rose girl and the giant in order to break through puzzles and escape the castle. Nothing mindblowing. Rather pleasant, maybe.

A Rose in the Twilight blooms on PC and PS Vita on April 11.