Rule of Rose Video Preview!
eToychest was kind enough to point this out to me and since I can let no Rule of Rose material slip through my grasp, I am logging it here with mad glee. This video documents a bit of movement and a boss fight, and talks about various dog functions and the overall mechanic of the game.
The reviewer says the dog is used primarily for locating objects and solving puzzles, generally with a "find" command with which you can match keys to locks and so on. The beast helps in combat by distracting critters so Jennifer can run, but doesn't appear to inflict or absorb damage.
It also looks like combat is not a big part of the game at all, and in fact is to be mostly avoided. I've heard reports of frustration from people who got their hands on a review copy that boss fights are annoying, due to the three-strikes-you're-dead feature. I usually don't mind low character health or even one-shot kills (remember Bushido Blade? That game was sweet.), so I don't think it'll be insurmountable.
Overall, the game is reputedly more along the lines of an old-school adventure game than a survival horror, the difference being the focus on the combat that survival horror usually entails. I will definitely be picking this up, but any review I give will be late because I'll be getting it the same time everyone else does. But my review will have a lot more literary references, of that much you can be sure.
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