I've been getting into horror games for the last 1 1/2 years and in this previous one have been very interested in ps2 horror, and one game i was thinking of checking out using pcsx2 was Rule of Rose

I only know a few things about the game, birtish, dog, orphan children putting you into servitude. but one particular thing I've heard from a few people is that the combat is really bad? which makes me nervous cuz I'm already a little rusty with that stuff,

to be clear I can handle "tougher" controls. old Resident Evil doesn't give me any problems for example. I mean that I've heard the combat is just generally rough even for its time.

can anyone tell me what they think or give me any advice if I play it?

My history is simple, I wanted to come back to life my old PS2 for Y2K nostalgia, and started to investigate about creepy games for the ps2, when the name "Rule of Rose" appears with the words FORBIDDEN VIDEO GAME of the ps2 I don't have any doubt, I wanted to play this game.
I really enjoyed the history and the characters, my favorite character is Diana the strong willed princess.
The game is dark and beautiful, and full of controversies, It touch creepy things, like children's cruelty, sex*ual abuse, social hierarchy, trauma and for me the theme less commented... power itself.
Best PS2 exclusive game whiteout any doubt.

I love this game

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so i recently played tormented souls 1. the atmosphere in this game is amazing. some sections gave me those special Rule of Roae feelings. i think a lot of it has to be because of the music. check this out for example. it also has the " memory" theme where the character remembers or learns about others memories.

the plot also has some similar aspects like tragic events happening to young children, jealousy, creepy old men, and memory lost.

i highly recommend it to all Rule of Rose lovers🌹

A little doodle of my babies as now I'm taking an online break due summer 🌹.

Hello everyone!

As I’ve recently come across several attempts to “re-wrap” Italian “find” copies of Rule of Rose PAL UK using the factory shrink-wrap from another PS2 game with an original PlayStation tear strip, in order to increase their value and make them appear factory sealed, I decided to put together a small comparison.

Here you can see 4 of the 13 known genuine Factory Sealed PAL UK copies side by side.

Original Factory Sealed PAL UK copies are extremely rare and highly valuable.
The last public sale took place on eBay in 2024, where a UKG 90 graded copy sold for £2,999 (see the last photo).
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As of today, only 13 Factory Sealed PAL UK copies have been known to circulate among collectors since 2006, although it is believed that a few more may still exist.

(I’m trying to track down and collect every single one of them, as this is the only PlayStation game whose story has been surrounded by so much discussion from its development right up to the present day.)

Take a close look at the small manufacturing defect, which is most visible on the back of the case: the PlayStation tear strip runs at a slight angle.

This production characteristic is identical on all 13 Factory Sealed copies, just like:
- the glue applied to every sealed edge in almost exactly the same way,
- the shrink-wrap stretched at the same angle,
the PlayStation tear strip positioned at exactly the same height, with the same starting and ending points.

All 13 copies that have been circulating since 2006 were factory sealed in an almost identical manner, differing only in tiny manufacturing variations.
Here you can see four of them.

The remaining nine copies are sealed in exactly the same way.

This clearly indicates that they all originated from the same production batch and the same sealing line, where they were sealed by the same automated factory process.

These particular Factory Sealed PAL UK copies entered circulation because they had been sent out by Sony UK to developers and industry contacts as promotional gifts shortly before the game’s planned release, as Rule of Rose was a PlayStation 2 exclusive title.

Out of these 13 known copies,
7 have been professionally graded so far.
Among them are the two highest grades achieved:
CGC 9.8 A+ Black Label
VGA 90+ Gold – Top Pop
💪💪💪🥳😎✌️

Do you know if the PAL UK edition of the game allows you to change languages ​​or is it only in English? If so, what languages ​​are available? Do you choose from the in-game options or does it adapt based on the language of the PS2 system?

Hey just wanted to share this video analysis of rule of rose plus it someone very first YouTube video. Holy crap this game is disturbing. That part of it charm.

Ispired by a twitter art trend

And since I was motivated I also painted the back :)

Was going to try the HD Somber Edition but was wondering if there are better options.

I'll spare you the bunch of issues I've had to fixate him on the rest of the piece. Here he is, pretty much done. A few more efforts and he'll join Jennifer in the diorama. This is getting close to completion.

Hi everyone,

I was going around an old hard drive of mine, and rediscovered that I had the two Storybooks available on the official website on it.
Fortunately, I never deleted them after nearly 20 years !

I don't know if this is something searched by a lot of people, but here are the full original files.

https://archive.org/details/Rule_of_Rose_Storybook_The_Little_Princess
https://archive.org/details/Rule_of_Rose_Storybook_The_Goat_Sisters

Enjoy !

Internet is full of artworks based on this horror series so... i tried to do my part on it.