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Oookuki

The chronicles of the Oooku, the women's quarters of Edo Castle, is remembered infamously in Japan as a classic kusoge, slang for a very bad video game. The story revolves around discourse between some of the…

5 June 2008

Oookuki is an adventure developed by GAE, released 5 June 2008 on PlayStation 2.

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What Oookuki is

Oookuki is an adventure game developed by GAE and released in 2008. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The chronicles of the Oooku, the women's quarters of Edo Castle, is remembered infamously in Japan as a classic kusoge, slang for a very bad video game. The story revolves around discourse between some of the women in the Oooku over the current shogun, which eventually leads to the player needing to endlessly search around a huge amount of empty rooms and withstand annoying load times as you interview people for their testimonies. There's spelling errors throughout the entire game, as well as typographical errors that have the Edo era characters speaking very modern at unexpected times. The graphics were criticized as especially ugly in 2008 when the PS3 was gaining popularity, and the…
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How it plays

Its themes are mystery.

What it launched against

Oookuki launched on 5 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.

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When did Oookuki come out?
Oookuki was released on 5 June 2008 for PlayStation 2.

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