Release Date: October 10, 2019
A visual novel adventure, a continuation of Death Mark in 2018. NG is a horror and tells the story of a young man trying to find his missing sister. The title was developed by Experience studio and released by Aksys Games.
NG is the second installment of the Spirit Hunter series of adventure games, following Death Mark. The game belongs to the visual novel genre and is maintained in the horror convention. The plot of this title complements the story known from the previous part. The game was developed, same as the previous part, by the independent studio Experience and published by Aksys Games.
The main character of NG is a young man who tries to find out what happened to his missing younger sister. Unfortunately, the task turns out to be extremely dangerous - in order to save the girl, the protagonist has to engage in a conflict with exceptionally villainous characters and face dangerous ghosts.
The gameplay in NG is mainly about observing illustrations, reading text and making occasional choices that affect the further course of the game. The creators have prepared a special mechanics called Judge System, which enables us to react to situations in different ways - we are not limited to a few predetermined choices, as is the case with most other games in the genre.
As we play, we explore locations that combine ordinariness with supernatural elements, making them even more disturbing. The hero sometimes must also search for traces in the places he encounters. He does this by using his flashlight, but it is worth being careful - sometimes we can find more than we would like to and thus expose ourselves to additional danger.
NG is a single-player game, whose mainstay game is a story campaign.
The game offers an interestingly designed two-dimensional graphics, which consists mainly of manga style illustrations created by an illustrator named Sumio Fumiya. The artistic style is subdued and the colors used by the artist are rather cold. A lot of attention was paid to the proper representation of emotions (e.g. fear) on the faces of the characters.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch
Developer: Experience
Publisher: Aksys Games
System Requirements for Spirit Hunter: NG Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 650 or better, 2 GB HDD, Windows 7 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5 3.3 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 960 or better, 2 GB HDD, Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Spirit Hunter: NG Video Game.
VGChartz: 7 / 10 by Thomas Froehlicher
NG fully captures what made Experience so well-regarded in the horror adventure genre following Death Mark's success.
Game Freaks 365: 3.5 / 5 by Kyle Bell
Let’s get this out of the way: Spirit Hunter NG is not for everyone. In fact, it probably only fills a small niche in the horror video game market.
oprainfall: 4.5 / 5 by Josh Speer
Ultimately, I spent about 15 hours playing through Spirit Hunter: NG. Though I got the normal ending, I really enjoyed my time with this sequel. It does justice to the first game while still differentiating itself enough to keep things fresh. While it may sound like a short game for $49.99, only having five main chapters, I found myself happily immersed in the experience. I’m glad this one got localized in North America, and feel fans of horror have a lot to enjoy here. If you are hankering for a spooky mystery this October, you can’t go wrong with Spirit Hunter: NG.
Average score from votes.