Mask of the Rose Lets You Play Detective and Census-Taker
Given Fallen London’s rich gothic Victorian setting, it’s a wonder why chatter about a visual novel based on this universe had only materialised in recent months. As a browser-based RPG that has been spinning tales and yarns about an underground version of London for 12 long years, the bountiful lore of Fallen London feels ripe for a character-driven experience. It’s due for a game that will, perhaps, delve into the trials and tribulations of its eccentric cast, from tentacled, squid-faced men to conniving, yellow-eyed devils. After all, I wasn’t the only one looking forward to such a game; its community seemed to also have a hankering for one like this, too.
“The whole idea for Mask of the Rose was bourne of players basically chanting at us ‘MASTERS DATING SIM WHEN’ for a number of years,” says Hannah Flynn, Community Director of Failbetter Games, about her studio’s upcoming release and visual novel, Mask of the Rose. In particular, the community is referring to the mysterious Masters of the Bazaar, the cloaked figures that influence the machinations—and economy—that drive this fictional London. And in the Mask of the Rose demo, you’ll even get to meet one of the Masters too: Mr Pages, a figure who favours speaking in verbose language, deblaterating and extravaging with lengthy phrases that are just a little too dense for conversations.
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You don’t get to date them, however. At least not right now, anyway; Mask of the Rose doesn’t seem like the sort of visual novel where you are merely getting to meet a colourful assortment of odd characters, simply to decide who you wish to date. There is some romance involved, for sure; the Masters are
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