Crimson Gray
John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl… a very special girl.
Though Lizzie appears affectionate and devoted, it quickly becomes clear that she’s so violent and unstable that a normal boy would run away from her. But when John sees her, he sees someone else suffering from a mental condition. John is willing to risk his safety for a chance to help Lizzie gain some mental stability. Lizzie is willing to murder everyone in school if she believes it would make him happy.
Your every choice will impact both characters’ mental states, changing their fate. John might reject Lizzie, succumb to his depression, or die violently. Lizzie might lose control and ruin her chances, or become obsessed with shadowy conspiracies that may or may not exist. Or just maybe the two of them might be exactly what the other needs, and their story could end in happiness…
Crimson Gray is a psychological thriller, exploring the psyches of the characters and the strange circumstances that brought them together. It has a focus on subtle actions having consequences, your choices impacting the characters’ mental stability in ways that could make choices down the line have very different results.
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
Crimson Gray, is another yandere visual novel, that i had occasion to play through.
After quite harsh review of “It gets lonely in here”, it came time for this vision of lovesick character.
This game delivers much better story. The characters are well developed and offer deep backstory.
Their actions make sense and are realistic. The Yandere character is well written and feels like they were created with love. They are not just simply evil, there is much more to them. The game even offer the reason why the Yandere is the way they are and I think, that is really good especially because it makes sense! The protagonist of this story is not generic, boring type, that only is love interest of the Yandere, because they are the protagonist. They are actually well fleshed out and it makes sense, why someone would be interested in them. I really enjoyed the dynamic, that those two had between them. It was very fun and interesting. Outside of those two characters, the game offer intriguing side-plot, that is also well written and advanced. Plot of the story deserves rating 5/5
Visuals of the game are definitely the weakest part of the game. However, it doesn’t mean that they are bad. The sprites of characters are decent quality. Especially, worth attention are the scene graphics. They let the skill of the author shine. This all plays well, with the slightly old school feeling of the VN itself. (Like for example “The way we all go”)Rating 4/5 is fair for graphics.
Audio of the Game takes it to the next level. Background music really gets the reader into the mood of the story. They are fit perfectly to the scenes and work with them perfectly. Sound effects are well done and complement the novel. 5/5
Rating of this Visual novel is 90.
Steam User 3
A well written yandere romance story dealing with themes of suppressed emotions and overbearing emotions.
Recommended if you like romance, highly recommended if you like yanderes.
Steam User 0
Crimson Gray is a visual novel about a high school student with high functioning depression named John. One day he decides to stick up for Lizzie a girl at his school who is deemed a social outcast. Immediately after this John notices Lizzie has become obsessed with him. Depending on your choice for Johns reason to get involved with this girl, he either deserves the ending he gets or doesn't.
Personally I greatly enjoyed my time with Crimson Gray. It was short, but intense. For the record there are nsfw scenes in this game that can be patched in. I didn't do this because I wasn't interested. The only thing I disliked about the story was the subplot with the pharmaceutical company. It felt unnecessary and silly. Buy it on sale if you get the chance!
Steam User 0
A short yandere romance/thriller game. Has multiple routes with good and bad endings. Protagonist is relatable, and his beloved eventually becomes a great waifu, even if more on the mid tier yandere side at first.
Music seems to be public-domain only. Servicable enough, although I did wish there was a bit more variety.
Artstyle and drawings of the characters (and some of the enviroment) are pretty good, inlcuding the H-scenes you can see on the complete version of the game (free patch provided by the developer required).
Story is also pretty good and feels worth it to get the best ending. Do avoid getting a certain bad and depressing ending, though.
Final Score: 7/10; Lizzie's waifu tiering: A tier.
Steam User 0
I recently replayed.
Lizzie is the best yandere girl of all time. Gasai Yuno can go ♥♥♥♥ herself
Steam User 0
Short but fun with a good amount of replayability.
Steam User 0
I remembered this game on a whim, I had seen a play through of the game 6 years ago and fell in love with Lizzie (metaphorically) and bought this game and its counterpart Dusk and Dawn and 100% the game. I love this game with all my heart and I am so glad I remembered it and got to play it myself!