Qureate’s previously teased “Loop Many Times” project has had its secrets revealed, as the game is now titled Sentimental Death Loop, and it’s a mystery time-travel adventure game about trying to break an endless loop of deaths while trying to figure out why she’s doing it!
The game features your character Noa, who’s celebrating her birthday at her friend Nemu’s house and receives a black diary as a gift. When looking around her home though, Noa gets distracted by a photo, which enrages Nemu, causing her to stab Noa and kill her immediately.
Almost immediately though, Noa wakes up and finds herself back in Nemu’s room unharmed, and she thinks she was daydreaming but realized the events were actually real as the black diary she held in her hand was still there. How will Noa figure out a way to escape death from Nemu, and can she save the rest of her friends from Nemu as well?
Sentimental Death Loop launches on July 6 for the Nintendo Switch in the summer of 2023 for PC.
▍Sentimental Death Loop Official Gameplay
▍Sentimental Death Loop Characters
■ Noa Asahi – CV: Honoka Kuroki
The main character of the game. A likable person whose also congenial towards anyone she meets, earning her quite a lot of friends despite being shy, but she’s also quite athletic and smart.
These qualities lead her to reach out to Nemu, a lonely-looking girl attending the same college as her. Being close friends Nemu invites Noa to celebrate her birthday together, but who knew a happy day the day of her birth could be twisted to something far worse…
■ Nemu Tsukishiro – CV: Yuuki Takada
A college student in the same school as Noa.
Around Noa’s birthday, Nemu invites her friend over to celebrate… But an incident at that time leads her to kill Noa. Something besides simple friendship stirs in her heart for Noa…
■ Akane Higuchi – CV: Haruka Yamazaki
Another friend of Noa’s who attends the same college as her, which is how they met.
Somewhat lazy at times and has a habit of slacking off, often asking Noa for help with her homework or having her say she’s present during classes. Despite that though she has an extremely good memory for things she’s seen, though she never puts this in use for her studies.
■ Suzuka Hayami – CV: Satsumi Matsuda
A diligent student and long-time friend of Akane, despite how different they may seem at a glance. She often finds herself keeping up with Akane’s antics, giving her an earful along the way. She’s quite good at good with her hands after her mother recommended she take up sewing, and she even gave Nemu a plushie before.
▍Sentimental Death Loop Gameplay
One Noa’s birthday, she was invited over to her friend Nemu’s house to celebrate. After receiving a black diary from her she notices a photo on Nemu’s desk featuring Noa, and another figure who was seemingly cut from the photograph. Enraged, Nemu suddenly stabs Noa, instantly killing her, but suddenly, Noa immediately wakes up again in the middle of the house before she was killed, holding the black diary she should have received later!
This 2D desperate time-traveling adventure game has you taking on the role of Noa, trying to guide her in ways to avoid being killed by Nemu, or else she’ll be killed time, and time again.
You’ll need to solve puzzles, disarm traps, learn key information, set up your own traps and use different tools to escape Nemu. Each action you take can also influence the story and how Nemu will pursue you, and depending on your actions you may reach entirely different endings, where everyone’s lives are at stake.
