Review: Paper Dolls Original (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Harvard L.

I’m not sure how much Western media knows about Chinese superstitions, because it’s a veritable goldmine for interesting storytelling, and I celebrate any developer with the intention to try to do something with it. Developer Litchi Game is one of the studios making the most of China’s recent lifting of the console ban, and like other games following this trend, ends up with some unique strengths weighted with disappointing setbacks. According to the developer, horror games are not allowed to be published (or I would imagine at the least, are very strongly discouraged) in China. This means that Paper Dolls does not play to the current trends of horror games, leading to some unique mechanics and some areas where some more polish would have worked wonders.

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