Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth 2016

Released: September 21, 2016
Anniversary: Turned 10 on September 21
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Tactical · Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PC · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch
Developer: Aquaplus
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: Steam
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Affiliate links: GOG, Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, ININ Games and Amazon

About this game

Haku has to pretend to be the general Oshutoru while his companions mourn his supposed death, in a civil war across several nations. This is a 2016 tactical role playing visual novel, the third Utawarerumono, out in Japan on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Vita and in English in 2017. It is mostly a visual novel, with turn based battles on a grid between the scenes. In battle a well timed button press during an attack lands a critical hit, guarding and countering work the same way, and magic runs on a charge. An anime adaptation followed in 2022. The timed presses still keep the battles active today, in the stretches between the long scenes of text.