![]() With the economy literally in the pits and Queen Vicky refusing to leave her cushy palace, London has become somewhat unruly, turning into a lasciviously gothic underworld home to a whole parade of monsters, devils, living statues, cloaked beings with red eyes. ![]() In this alternative history, London has been dragged through the Earth’s crust by bats and now resides in a vast underground cavern called the Neath. Mask Of The Rose is Failbetter’s visual novel dating sim set in the Fallen London universe, an already established alt-history Victorian London that the studio has been building over a decade as a quite excellent browser game. It's giving Berocca when I wanted Coke and Mentos. Many of my romantic pursuits in the Neath totally fizzled out. It’s not something unique to my dashing, tentacled suitor, either. But in actuality, I simply don't know, because after ten-plus hours and multiple playthroughs, that all-important question remains unanswered. I had one question for Mask Of The Rose: Can I smooch the Cthulhu monster? I mean, I assume you can, they’re one of ten characters you’re able to romantically pursue in the delicious depths of this Eldritch dating sim. Reviewed on: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, 16GB RAM, Windows 10. ![]() Mask Of The Rose is an anthology of eldritch mysteries in a deliciously gothic world, but Failbetter's story-engine approach - like the studio's other games - feels odds with its dating sim promises. ![]()
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