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You see, without wanting to give too much away, the game unfolds as a series of vignettes all representing moments from Jennifer's tortured past and, the further you proceed, the clearer her memories become. There are certainly a few sequences here that'll no doubt raise an eyebrow - anyone who's played the game will probably flinch at the words 'onion bag' for ever more - but it's all presented with remarkable restraint.
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Just to get it out of the way once and for all though - is the game a obscene proponent of child torture? No, of course it isn't. In case you're wondering about that 'controversial' element, it's here - with a minority of the beautifully-presented cut scenes focussing on Jennifer's torment at the hands of the Red Crayon Aristocrats. Along the way, you'll fall foul of the Red Crayon Aristocrats, a domineering clique of children with a fondness for humiliating punishments, exacted on anyone who crosses them.
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In a nutshell, Rule of Rose sees you take on the role of nineteen year-old Jennifer, an "unlucky girl" (as the game would have it) as you search to uncover the meaning behind your incarceration in strange, fish-shaped zeppelin high over 1930s England. Unfortunately, there's one thing it does so desperately wrong, it may as well not have bothered with anything else. Actually, that's probably a little unfair - there's an incredible amount that Rule of Rose does very, very right. Well, for all the brouhaha surrounding Rule of Rose, for all its 'controversial' subject matter and clamouring for the game's ban, there's one simple fact, almost guaranteed to ensure the game never corrupts the European masses - it's a bit rubbish.