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2018 · FromSoftware · Adventure

Déraciné

PlayStation exclusive

"Déraciné is a brand new story adventure created by the renowned Bloodborne developer, FromSoftware, available exclusively on PSVR.

Released
6 November 2018
Platforms
PlayStation VR
Genres
Adventure
Developers
FromSoftware
Publishers
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Virtual Reality
Themes
ActionMystery
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB T
Directors
Hidetaka Miyazaki

About

Déraciné is a 2018 adventure game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. The player takes the role of a fairy in an isolated boarding school who attempts to solve a mystery in virtual reality via the PlayStation VR headset. The game's development was led by Hidetaka Miyazaki, better known for creating the Dark Souls series. Déraciné was met with mixed reception. The game's title is French for "uprooted".

Keywords

  • time manipulation
  • students
  • spirits

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The Faerie wakes up in an orphanage and learns from a mysterious voice that they must acquire a red ring on their hand that stores life energy, and a blue ring on their left that manipulates time. The Faerie then meets a girl named Yuliya, who requests that the Faerie convince the orphanage's other children that the Faerie exists. The Faerie manipulates artifacts and objects to convince the other children. Once the inhabitants of the orphanage are convinced, the Headmaster makes a request of the Faerie.

Holding out a golden wand, he asks the Faerie to use his remaining time to prevent the incident that wounded Rozsa's leg. The Faerie does so, fixing Rozsa's leg in the present. Happy to have a friendly Faerie at their boarding school, the children begin working on various ways to honor the being. This culminates in a concert in which the Faerie brings Nils' pet mouse back from the dead in order to repair the music box in the music hall.

Development

Déraciné is a first-person adventure game developed for virtual reality (VR) by FromSoftware, with assistance from Japan Studio, and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 via its PlayStation VR add-on peripheral. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, better known for creating the Dark Souls series of action role-playing games, with the goal to recreate the first-person adventure game genre in VR. Miyazaki sought to explore the theme of "existence versus non-existence," which he felt would only be possible via VR. Due to the change in perspective, the development team placed more focus on facial expressions in comparison to previous FromSoftware games, which presented a challenge. Déraciné was developed using Unreal Engine.

Reception

Déraciné received mixed reviews from critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic. It debuted at number thirteen on the Japanese charts, selling 3,086 copies in its first week.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation VR6 November 2018Europe · Australia 6 November 2018 · North America 6 November 2018 · Japan 8 November 2018

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