An enhanced port of the game for the PlayStation Portable was released in 2010 as Corpse Party: Blood Covered ...Repeated Fear[c] in Japan.
Unlike the original 1996 Corpse-Party, the remake omits role-playing game elements like magic and a battle system, with characters taking damage exclusively through overhead navigation.
These sequences make use of the game's binaural audio, allowing players to hear events in perceived three-dimensional space.
If a character's hit points reach zero or a poor decision is made, a Wrong Ending will be achieved, requiring the player to reload their save file to continue playing.
Prompted by Ayumi, the group gathers at night at Kisaragi Academy to perform a charm circulated around the internet as Sachiko Ever After, which would supposedly allow them to stay friends for eternity.
With four of the original group members dying along the way, the remaining five learn that the school's existence is a result of Sachiko Shinozaki, a young girl in a red dress.
The first game in the series to receive a proper English release in late 2011,[3] this port of Blood Covered contained further additions and enhancements, including a more professional Japanese voice cast, redesigned graphics and character artwork, and an animated opening sequence.
[15] Dom Kim of RPGFan shared this sentiment, describing his frustration at seeing all of the game's long wrong endings, especially when he was unable to find save points.
Kim found that the gameplay was uninteresting in general, stating as the conclusion of his review, "I like Corpse Party a lot, just not as a game.
Among his criticisms were a lack of iPad support, unpleasant screen borders, blurry filtered graphics, unaccommodating controls, and frequent game crashes that he experienced while playing.
[30] In 2008, the game was adapted into the manga series Corpse Party: Blood Covered, published by Square Enix in Japan.