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Gameplay Features

• Stealth-based Pinocchio II "blood feasts"
• Top-down fighting
• Branching storylines based on your actions
• Clothing customization for Duffy
• Horse minigame with Rivet
• Baking minigame with Morgan
• Hunting minigame
• Unlockable character side stories, endings that no one asked for, and who knows what else!

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Prologue

Prince Duffy is a reclusive shut-in whose existence has been kept a sort of family secret; he's been confined to the castle for most of his life and has picked up a habit of nighttime thrill-seeking to see the outside world by his own means. The story begins when Duffy happens upon the royal vault in the castle, beckoned by the voice of the demon sword sealed within it, Chastice. Figuring he doesn't have much going for him anyway, Prince Duffy breaks the seal on Chastice's confinement and agrees to the offer she proposes: the prince can become her next wielder and have access to her arcane powers in exchange for feeding her blood.

There's not much for Chastice to gain in their current situation at the castle, of course, so she begins planning an escape. Prince Duffy's caretaker and the Captain of the Royal Guard, Ilessa, comes to casually chat with him, and Duffy cracks under the pressure of it all. He confesses to making a contract with a demon, but Ilessa curiously puts no stock in it and disregards it. Chastice, on the other hand, takes it very seriously; revealing herself and challenging Ilessa. They have a brief struggle, but Ilessa reassures them that her sworn duty is to protect the royal family, including Prince Duffy. She'll look the other way and help Chastice and Duffy escape the castle, so long as Chastice promises not to harm the royal family. With this, Duffy leaves the castle; taking on the alias of Pinocchio II while working with Chastice, and navigating as the commoner Duffy by day.

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Plot

Chastice introduces the main quest to Duffy: in order to gain more power for the two of them, or as a way out if he's really too cowardly to work with her and wants to escape their new partnership, he needs to hunt down ancient leeches that are currently possessed by demons living in the mortal world. You're probably doing the mortal world a favor by ridding it of demons, anyway. By investigating supernatural events and unconventional crimes, you follow this trail until you find the leeches Chastice desires. Most of these leech-keepers are a duo of demon and user, much like Duffy and Chastice... unfortunately, those demon users die along with the demon contracted to them.

During the daytime, Duffy can explore the map, investigate leads on other demons, and interact with NPCs. During the night, he works as Pinocchio II, initiating battles with the leech-keeping demons, or wreaking havoc on the innocent populace if that's your style. You can abstain from slaughtering innocent civilians, but if Chastice goes hungry, she'll start sapping your power, and eventually give you no other option. If you want to be humane, you'll have to ration blood by visiting butcher's shops and other similar avenues.

Throughout the game, you can choose to be merciful and stymie Chastice's plans, err on the side of caution and take some lives to save your own hide, or indulge in brutality to reap the full benefits. Based on your actions, you can get different endings and unlock different side stories with characters. But no matter your actions, at some point near endgame, Chastice breaks her contract with Prince Duffy and initiates her own independent plan to subjugate the mortal world with her newly amassed power.

Chastice is the final boss you'll be up against. Unless— Unless you really fucked up, and you're on her side...? In that case, the final boss will be Uratecca, the Queen of the Underworld, so Chastice can become its new ruler. But you can kiss your humanity goodbye if you've gone that far.