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Irisu Syndrome [いりす症候群!] Game Sample - PC/Doujin

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Channel: Vysethedetermined2 · 2011 · Gaming

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Do not be fooled by this game's seemingly innocent looks or the protagonist who looks like forgotten concept art of a in-progress Touhou character; Irisu Syndrome is not as it seems. It's actually a rather stirring, Japanese horror-themed puzzle mini-game of sorts that has garnered a cult following across the web and was later expanded to include the extra game "Irisu Syndrome Metsu" (which expands on the story and character motivations) as well as a fan-translation, which is shown here. It is considered by some to be one of the creepiest games ever, which, while that's quite a stretch, there's little denying that this game is twisted once you come to understand it and you're occasionally presented with one hell of a scary graphic upon playing. It's probably one of the creepiest puzzle games ever. It should be warned that it may give the fainthearted nightmares.

The game deals with a mentally unstable cutie named Irisu Kyouko, a university student who has an obsession with rabbits which is tied to her youth. She was fascinated with them when she was a child (a rabbit was the class pet when she was a kid) and couldn't get along well with others as she was anti-social, which led her to believe the rabbit was her only friend. However, the rabbit is horribly decapitated one day and Irisu sees a cat licking the bunny's bloody head, which traumatized her and sent her into a state of shock and hating cats with a demonic malice. Irisu then disappears for years... and the story begins with three university students on a camping trip whose fate is determined by how well you play the game as the game has a "good" and bad ending.

The students are Edogawa, a energetic if not hyperactive boy, Ageha, a girl obsessed with cats (we can see why this is bad), and Uujishima, a relative dimwit and sociopath of sorts. Edogawa tells his friends of a witch who lives in the woods, which they obviously assume is a joke, until he ends up missing. The others go looking for him but one by one, they get seperated, leaving Ageha alone with what they now suspect as someone of ill intent preying on them. To say much more would spoil the interesting backstory of the game and characters, but the point of the game is to play a physics puzzler titled "Irisu Syndrome", a game concocted by Irisu as it is the only thing that keeps her sane and prevents her urge to kill from surfacing. You have to reach a certain score to get the good or different endings (20k+, over 50k, over 100k, etc.), but fail or do poorly too many times in a row and you will be treated with a horrible ending. You also get stirring secrets in both games by meeting special requirements. The scariest part is Irisu kinda isn't the scariest one in this game.

Whether you're playing Irisu Syndrome or Irisu Syndrome Metsu (which will be saved for another time), the game has a relatively simple interface with a simple (disturbing) background, falling objects, and your choice of a few well-composed tunes like in Tetris. The game is all about colliding like-colors that fall from the top of the screen into others as they descend to the ground. You can use your mouse to shoot the incoming shapes or uproot the ones on the bottom to give them a lift, but they must make contact while they are lit. If they touch the ground and haven't made contact with a like color within a second or two, your sanity meter will be penalized. Once two of the same color collide, you can only shoot them once without destroying them, and objects that fall out the play area do not harm you. You can also use the mouse to speed up the appearance of objects during slower intervals. The game isn't as refined as "Irisu Syndrome Metsu" (which can now be unlocked by getting the necessary in-game score or through a code), but this is natural. The game can be somewhat addictive. You can get this version of the game at:

http://www.mediafire.com/?s537n5av6rf3115

This video stops early as to not spoil too much. Enjoy.

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