Rule of Rose

This is a game developed in two halves, one studio to do the gameplay and one studio to do the art, music and animation. The game had a cryptic story which was clear that it was representing the truth rather than showing the truth. I thought it was very interesting and was excited to learn more. The music and animations were amazing. Everything the art studio touched was immaculate. However, the gameplay is atrocious and a complete chore. It was either insanely boring or cruelly unfair combat sections. The gameplay boils down to fetch quests but you need to follow your dog that leads you from item to item (which only spawn in when the dog finds it) and very stunlock-ey combat. Some of the bosses were insane with terrible hitboxes and required reactions and skill that should not be required for this game. Gameplay is also plagued with very long loading screens (5 to 15 seconds) every room which is basically every 2 minutes. I sum up the game as quite interesting when I wasn't the one playing it.