Game title -- クレプシドラ～光と影の十字架～
(romaji) -- Clepsydra ~Hikari to Kage no Juujika~
Age rating -- All ages
Genre -- Visual Novel / Otome
Company and Copyright -- Ribbon Magic (now part of TiaraMode)
Release date -- 2008-04-29 (J -- PC)
Website -- http://www.tiaramode.com/ribbonmagic/index.html
Song title -- "Clepsydra"
Artist -- 葉月ゆら(歌/作詞), 清風明月(作曲)
(romaji) -- Hatsuki Yura (lyrics and text), Seifuu Meigetsu (composition)
Game plot:
You are a young girl (around 7 years old-ish?) who finds herself in the middle of a city, hearing the thoughts of the people around her. She has no idea where she is, who she is or what is going on, but suddenly she hears two different voices. One of them is a gentle and kind voice, telling her to go forward; another is a slightly scary voice, telling her to go back. Thus, she wanders out of town and ends up at a huge church, the church of Clepsydra. Basically this is one of two churches, one is the church of light, which is close to heaven, and one is the church of darkness, which is close to hell. Here the mysterious Adam, the angel Algen and the death god Dis, together with their subordinates Cruz, Chamberain, Baro and Catechist, decide over the souls of the deceased who can't move on. At the start of the game there is a young office worker named Mizusaki Keiji who ended up being hit by a train (splat) and needs to go to either heaven or hell. Now it is up to you as the young girl, who turns out to be named Eve, and your thought reading abilities to gather information on this man to prove he is a good soul and can go to heaven. Meanwhile, you try to get to know more about the inhabitants of Clepsydra and maybe find out a bit more about Eve too.
Notes:
- Recommendation to any and everyone. Period.
- The opening may be a bit decieving, since part of the images do not appear in game (like the ones with blood for example...)
- The game is a bit short, as in you can play one route in less then an hour. To get all the endings, it may take some time, though. This game uses a "be at location X in turn Y to get item/info Z". It is also reminiscent of Phoenix Wright (Gyakuten Saiban) in that you need to present certain information during three major questioning moments at the end.
- The main heroine is a little girl so expect close to no romance here. However, her naiveté and childlike nature brings many a humorous scene. I had not expected this game to be this funny. And I give it bonus points for Zombie Baro moments.
- Apart from the humour, there is also a very serious side to the game that made me think for a moment.
- I want a sequel. I would love to see some more interaction between the characters, see some more plot points raised in this game to be answered and ... if I say more, I may spoil too much. So I recommend to buy the game and/or send letters to Ribbon Magic/TiaraMode.
- Character design is good and the backgrounds are beautiful. This game also uses comic relief expressions (the sweat drops, the bishojo eyes on male characters when they are flushed, empty circles for "wth" moments and so on) which I generally do not like all that much, but somehow really works out for this game. Especially on Baro.
- Voice actors are love. This game has a lovely cast if you ask me. For instance, one of the characters is voiced by Daisuke Ono, who also voices Sebastian in the anime "Kuroshitsuji".
- You cannot skip certain scenes and you cannot let the scenes run in the background; the second you deselect the game, it pauses.
- All characters are voiced.
Fav Character: Catechist, Baro, Dis, Devin (when he actually uses his brain)
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Suna no Shiro - 葉月ゆらby RengokuHana3,095 views
Where can you find information on this video game? I have been looking everywhere, but it seems near impossible :/
AngelGuide1 5 months ago