Veteran story-tellers AQUAPLUS will be bringing their visual novel strategy RPGs to the west in 2017, with the releases of Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth.
Mask of Deception will be releasing first, featuring a story that boasts 40-50+ hours of visual novel content, along with strategy RPG combat that will include an active battle system against a range of monsters. When you awake with no memory (classic JRPG trope, right?), you’ll quickly befriend a girl named Kuon, who takes you under her care and begins a journey across the land, building deep relationships, battling foes and learning about the political machinations of the nation of Yamato.
With a deep combat system and anime-style art, it will release in coming months before the sequel, Mask of Truth, finds a release later in the year.
Both games will include their original Japanese audio for traditionalists; while it’s not a franchise we know much about, we’re certainly keen to try it after learning more about it today! Check out the trailer for Mask of Deception below!
What do you think? Are you intrigued by the world of Uawarerumono?
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