Mask of the Rose
Welcome to Fallen London: a darkly hilarious gothic underworld where death is a temporary inconvenience, the rats talk, and Hell is only a stone’s throw away.
Thanks to an unknown bargain, London now resides in a vast cavern under the earth. Down here, the sun doesn’t shine, and Parliament has sunk into the Thames. Queen Victoria never emerges from her palace. Cats spy on their owners and whisper their secrets abroad. The fabric of strait-laced Victorian society has begun to fray.
New Masters are in charge. Why are they so… tall? And always cloaked? And why are they so interested in love stories?
The possibilities for personal connection in London are different now. Thrown together in crisis, you might befriend or romance many of the characters you meet, from Griz, your assertive housemate for whom the Fall was a chance to break free of Victorian societal norms, to the infernally well-dressed gentleman at the Brass Consulate with the amber eyes.
Even death itself has a twist here: the first murder victim since the Fall is feeling much better, and keen to see justice done. Unfortunately, as the doctor who treated him immediately before he expired, your housemate Archie is the prime suspect…
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(Re)invent yourself: who were you before the Fall? Who will you be now?
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Create outfits from a selection of clothing and unusual accessories to unlock different story options
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Fall in love with a cast of diverse Londoners, each with their own secrets
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Matchmake among your friends, or seek love for yourself (by any definition you like)
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Write love stories in a delightful minigame, and use them to impress the new Masters
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Pick up odd jobs to earn money and gather resources. How are you at rat catching?
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Solve the first murder since the Fall, with the assistance of the victim
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Discover cosy, mysterious and magnificent locations in a dark and delicious version of Victorian London
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Seek deeper and deeper secrets over multiple playthroughs
Will you be a brilliant matchmaker, connecting friends and rivals while remaining unattached? Or are you looking for lasting love? Perhaps you’re open to whatever comes your way? Every major storyline is accessible regardless of whether your approach to love is romantic or platonic.
Use an elaborate, dynamic story-crafting system to create love stories – and murder theories. Are the twists in the tale not to your taste? Then change the motive, the location, even the victim, and see how the stories adapt!
Your past will open different doors for you in London. What was your life on the Surface like? Were your family landed gentry? Or did they own a tailor’s shop, or dabble in the occult?
Your clothing will also make people think differently of you. Your outfits open new possibilities in conversation: be bolder, more commanding, more flirtatious. Ingratiate yourself with London’s inhabitants by changing your style of dress – they won’t be able to resist you in that hat!
You’ll also work odd jobs and collect resources which will open new avenues in social situations. Your housemate Griz has found you work as census-taker for those curious new Masters. Fill your census-taker’s notebook with intimate details about your fellow citizens and you’ll find you can pursue deeper relationships with them, romantic or otherwise.
Griz
For your fellow lodger Griz, the Fall of London has been a liberation – the chance to throw off her corsets, dump the dresses and be taken seriously in a position that would have been forbidden to her when she was ‘Miss Griselda’.
Archie
For your other housemate Archie, the change is terrifying. What is a medical student supposed to believe in when even the laws of death no longer apply?
Harjit
When the Fall struck, Harjit stepped up to help anyone who needed it. Now he’s settling into his role as a man in uniform, but the territory is unfamiliar – and, secretly, he has a missing person of his own to find.
Milton
Milton is the amber-eyed host of a literary parlour with a scalding handshake and a prior address in Hell. He’s an excellent listener, but does he only want you for your soul?
Rachel
Rachel was halfway through her serialised novel when London fell and everything she was writing about was turned upside-down. Her publisher grows impatient. Fortunately (?) meeting Milton has rekindled her passion – for more than just writing.
David
Rachel’s brother, and no fan of Milton, David is also destined to be Fallen London’s first murder victim. When he returns from the dead, you can ask him all about it.
Horatia
For a decade, Horatia has taken in lodgers and turned them into family. Since London fell, people need the security she offers more than ever. So when a man made entirely of clay knocks at the door, offering to pay handsomely for lodgings, she can hardly refuse.
Mr Pages
One of London’s new, mysterious “Masters”, Mr Pages has embarked on the titanic endeavour of conducting London’s first post-Fall census! But why are its questions so concerned with the love-lives of London’s citizens? How do people declare their affection, in this fair city? How lasting are their attachments? Might a Londoner take an interest in a very tall, broad-shouldered, cloaked personage that leans towards the chiropterous, hypothetically speaking?
Explore this unique city in glorious, richly rendered 2D. Experience London through three seasons: the season of Confessions, the season of Yule, and the season of Love. Help establish the first Feast of the Rose, a festival of romance that will be celebrated in London for decades to come!
For players of Sunless Sea and Sunless Skies, Mask of the Rose offers a chance to immerse yourselves in the city that founded this deep, dark, and marvellous universe. And for veteran players of the Fallen London browser game, it marks your first opportunity to visit the city just after it fell. But fear not: Mask of the Rose is an excellent introduction to the universe we’ve been building for more than a decade, and you don’t need to have played our other games first. Come on in. Most things won’t bite, unless you want them to.
Explore the locales, lives, and loves of an impossible city. Exchange bon-mots with devils. Investigate the first murder where the victim can testify at the murderer’s trial. Dive into the sunken ruins of poor drowned Parliament. And if you’re truly reckless, fall in love.
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Grey Instinct
I am emotionally invested in this game. It’s been 20 days. I have not seen my family, friends, or civilisation in general since the dawn of this simulation. My love for Kana grows while my sense of reality dims. I am CumMaster69 and I got every single achievement in this game. Life has no purpose. I have no purpose. Until Grey Instinct 2 comes out, I shall halt my existence till my love returns. This game should be renamed Sheenz Instinct because my love for Kana is unlevelled.
I do not know who I am anymore. So I leave you with this warning. If you play, you may not live to see another day.
– Real player with 14.4 hrs in game
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This game, even from just playing the first chapter, I can tell is going to be a 10/10!
Really fun, interesting, the mechanics are smooth, there are mini games within it (like in the arcade after you unlock the dating app) the graphics are great (keep in mind this is a style I like, and not just be thinking this is the best graphics engine out there. I like the 2.5-D vibe it has), it is really fun! I was wrapped into it almost immediately. The thing I liked the most was the STYLE. And this game definitely has it. I’ve also never run across the idea of using a dating app to “whoo” your potential dates with puzzles and stuff they like so that is definitely a cool mechanic that I was not ready for, but was impressed by.
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game
My Silly Life
very nice , good story .
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
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I enjoyed the game. It has nice graphics and music. The story is interesting and gets better as you keep reading. It has a heartwarming ending. It’s a nice game, about 1.4 hours long but I read pretty quickly. I would buy it especially on sale. It’s a fun, short game. I like the characters especially the main character. It was very peaceful.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
New England Detective: Breakfast in Boston
This is a nice experience. The story, characters, dialogue, it’s all very smart, more than you could expect at first glance, I really encourage everyone to give this a try. No details are overlooked, when new developments happen in the story they take the time to address them and ponder their significance, A smart game.
– Real player with 3.8 hrs in game
If you don’t pay too much and don’t expect too much it is a close decision. This is a 5 out of 10 so a tie goes to the runner like in baseball. Too many stereotypes and too little plot. The author does create interest at some points but then it sort of is wasted. One reviewer online trashed it for being unrealistic as he knew something about real police work. I also know something about “real” police work and the thing that struck me as wrong was that the police did not treat him as an enemy. I have hired a number of private investigators and the only ones that the police tolerated were retired police (from that department) that took up private investigation work. But this is not a documentary and we should allow some artistic license to the author. There is no romance or love in this just a tiny bit of sex. This is not a real mystery just a read along and see what happens. You get to make a FEW choices like whether or not to eat peanuts at the bar. Seriously!
– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game
Agent Of Love - Josei Otome Visual Novel
Please see below’s review for the LI’s that I have played.
Yes, it says free to play but you have to purchase the remaining chapters at an affordable cost. The only time that it will cost you more is when you become GREEDY like me. Like you want to play the other routes, read his POV (10 chapters), epilogue (3 chapters) and the secret ending (1 chapter but it says to be continued so I hope this is true and give us feel good chapters). This game is NOT a scam because I have played these kind of games before. Usually adult otome games; most probably to deter kids from playing the game LOL.
– Real player with 105.5 hrs in game
Agent of Love plays like most mobile Otome, and anyone familiar with Valve’s Love 365 app will be able to navigate the paid chapter system with ease. Like Voltage’s games, you have the option to unlock the complete main story for each route for a fairly reasonable fee. (I think it was about $5 for each main route. Epilogues and His POV stories are an additional charge, and it remains to be seen if there will be future story updates in the form of “seasons.")
To summarize the pay system for those unfamiliar: you can play the first chapter for free, but you will have to pay to unlock each route. There are lots of mobile otomes that overdo it with micro-transactions, but (so far) this one doesn’t.
– Real player with 38.4 hrs in game
Sakura Dimensions
Great game which has amazing storytelling, the bgm used is also really good and is fitting to the scenes. This game has 3 very distinct routes, there is probably one that sparks your interest.
– Real player with 3.8 hrs in game
pretty decent overall, I’d give it like a 6/10 so far (~2hrs into the game)
try it out if you want, maybe wait for a sale
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Johnny Mystery and The Halloween Killer
Great game with an intriguing and pleasant story. The characters are well designed and the dialogues are intelligent and fun. Music and art are excellent, and in general the game is surprisingly much better than you can imagine at first sight. Also, the price in unbeatable! Recommended for everyone that likes a good detective story.
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
I don’t play this kind of game often, but this one seemed intersting enough and with an attractive price, so I gave it a shot and it was a very rightly one. But take this review as from a newcomer.
The characters are fun and charismatic and history is intring. You eager to solve the mystery and connect to the characters right from their first appearence. It has some good pop culture references to help the immersion. It’s not long too, so you can try different pieces of dialogue in new runs.
The game freezes a little. It doesn’t crash, but you have to load it again. It’s not a huge problem since we usually save a lot on this kind of game, but it would be good see it solved in the future. But again, not a huge issue.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
To Each of Their Hearts
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
How could I ever regret this amazing purchase?
– Real player with 98.5 hrs in game
Four Dark Devas of Destruction
– Real player with 71.8 hrs in game
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Easily the weakest from all of them, even than UDG.
Dull soundtrack with few exceptions, shallow characters, interesting premise of truth and lies thrown entirely in the trash when you get to the last chapters. The ending wasn’t even that bad or hard to understand, my problem with this entry is the lack of any foundation whatsoever, it has so many back-and-forths that it feels like it doesn’t know where it wants to go with the story, especially chapter 5.
This one is a port from PS4, so it runs better than the PSVita counterparts, right? Wrong, it has a myriad of technical issues, it feels worse and slower than playing any of the other games in the series.
– Real player with 130.3 hrs in game
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– Real player with 117.4 hrs in game