Sony, Please Bring Back The Unplayable Horror Game YouTube Made Me Fall In Love With

I'm in love with a horror game I have never — and possibly will never — play for myself, and I'm not the only one. is a 2006 PlayStation 2 survival horror game that sports some of the most eye-wateringly high physical disc prices in the genre, so much so that curious fans are almost entirely locked out of a real playthrough on original hardware. With the success of survival horror remakes like the and series, a resurgence is improbable, but not impossible.

follows 19-year-old Jennifer, an orphan reliving the countless traumas she experienced while at the Rose Garden Orphanage. What unfolds is a deeply disturbing look at the evils of hierarchy and the true influence of tyrannical dictatorship, all explored through the prism of a boarding school for young girls. While the game itself is a complex and harrowing exploration of abuse and control, there's even more to unpack on its release, as misconceptions and fearmongering took off the shelves while also creating a legacy — a legacy that YouTube has been analyzing ever since.

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It's the phenomenal RagnaRox who first put on my radar. RagnaRox creates fascinating deep-dives into horror games, and five years ago they uploaded a 1hr and 15 minute video essay on the story, combat, and history of I was obsessed. But even five years ago a physical copy was out of my price range, so instead it became a life goal of mine. .

Binge-watching videos online is basically a hobby of mine at this point: I simply can't digest enough information about this elusive lost game. It launched just before I discovered horror games after I first beat the original on a second-hand Wii back in 2007. After that crowning achievement I went on to explore the dense PlayStation 2 catalog of horror games, particularly enjoying and so really feels like the one that got away. Looking to YouTube view counts,