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Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom

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75 27 August 2009 ESRB M

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom is a visual novel developed by Design Factory, released 27 August 2009 on PlayStation Portable, Android and iOS.

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What Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom is

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom is a visual novel game developed by Design Factory and released in 2009. It was published by Aksys Games. It is available on PlayStation Portable, Android and iOS. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Japan's Edo Period was drawing to a close. The Tokugawa shogunate, which had held power in the country for more than 200 years, found itself challenged by the imperial court, and by several feudal domains who had chaffed under shogunal rule. In this midst of this political unrest, an organization rose to prominence: The Shinsengumi. Originally formed to protect the street of Kyoto from master less samurai, they came to represent the last, tragic bastion of the honor-bound samurai culture that had defined much of Japan's history. In Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom, a young woman by the name of Chizuru comes to Kyoto in search of her missing father, and soon encounters danger and the…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, historical and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 40% of the 314 rated visual novel games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 72 hrs.

What it launched against

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom launched on 27 August 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Wolfenstein. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version, Wolfenstein.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom come out?
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom was released on 27 August 2009 for PlayStation Portable, Android and iOS.

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