basically the entire cast of the Goosebumps books. 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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