Ive only read some Western comic books pretty dark stuff overall. Both series were quite gory and depressing, so just a heads-up if youre thinking of looking them up and arent in the mood for VERY dark and disturbing stories.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
I read all of it. It’s set in a world with anthropomorphic animals, but otherwise its like our world. The setting is the 1980s in a small city in the USA. Our main character is a serial killer, and this is her story. Its dark and bleak, which I dont mind, but I didnt find the main character very interesting. I kept going until I finished out of morbid curiosity. You might think its fun or cute because of the animal characters, but no its played completely serious and isnt funny at all.
Beautiful Darkness
I liked this one. Its very grim as well, but I actually enjoyed it. It’s like a fairytale, but played straight so actually fucking horrifying. Theres also a small narrative metaplot that can be interpreted in different ways.
I had 3 combat encounters that took maybe 10-15mins at most in about 7h of gameplay . So far only 1 of these 3 combat encounters seemed mandatory. If you are worried you wont like the game cause you wont like the combat… there is very little combat in the game. Plus I dont think you are supposed to go down there on the first day anyways. Get some levels first.
At least based on my game time.