7.4 /10 1 Votes7.4
67% Metacritic Mode(s) Single-player Publisher Koei Tecmo | 8.5/10 Destructoid! 70% GameFAQs Initial release date 27 February 2014 Developer Koei Tecmo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date(s) JP: 27 February 2014NA: 25 March 2014EU: 28 March 2014 Similar Deception games, Koei Tecmo games, Action role-playing games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deception IV: Blood Ties, known in Japan as Kagero: Dark Side Princess (影牢 ダークサイド・プリンセス), is a strategy game for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 by Tecmo Koei, and sequel to Kagero II: Dark Illusion within the Deception series. The game was released in Japan on 27 February 2014, and the western localization of the game was released in North America on 25 March 2014, and Europe on 28 March 2014.
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An expanded version titled Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess was released in Japan on March 26, 2015 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita.
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Gameplay
The game is a revisit of Tecmo's 1996 PlayStation game Devil's Deception. As a game focused on strategy, the player aims to defeat enemies by luring them into a wide variety of traps. The aim of the game is to prevent the enemy from reaching the player, exclusively using traps. Players can choose to utilise a variety of different traps, including rolling boulders, electrocution, fire, spring boards, spiked walls, human cannons, falling bathtubs, banana peels, an iron maiden, and locomotives. Proper timing of traps is an important aspect of the gameplay, as the player is also able to fall victim to their own traps.
Players are able to set their trap combinations within three methods, namely Brutality, Magnificence, or Humiliation; each different type used will grant different rewards from the devil's three servants. Effective utilisation of the environment also allows the player to deal additional damage to foes. The PlayStation Vita version of the game allows players to select and activate traps using the touch screen.
Plot
The game follows the main character Laegrinna, the devil's daughter who was created from a fragment of his soul. Three thousand years ago, the devil was defeated by twelve warriors known as the Saints where they sealed him using the Holy Verses. After the devil's imprisonment, the Verses were divided into 12 items and given to the Saints and their descendants. In the present, Laegrinna is tasked by her father to find the Holy Verses from the descendants of the Saints so the seal imprisoning her father can be broken. Helping in her mission are Caelea, Veruza and Lilia, daemons and servants of her father.
Development and release
The game was announced at the SCEJ Press Conference in September 2013 prior to the Tokyo Game Show, and intended for a 2014 release in Japan, North America and Europe.
Deception IV: Blood Ties was the first physical PS3 game in North America that changed the top spine insert to blue from the traditional black design on the box art as well as the symbol surface on the disc.
Reception
During the first week of release in Japan, the PS3 version sold 23,254 physical retail copies, whilst the PS Vita version sold 19,322 physical retail copies. Famitsu gave both the PS3 and Vita versions of the game a review score of 34/40.