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The game does not support Japanese display at present.","whyItMatters":"LogiK is leading with art direction: black-and-white cutout and ink-painting visuals that flood red in violent scenes, paired with a map-less forest read through relics carried out of dead bosses.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBosses come from folklore: Koschei the Deathless, described as an evil magician, and Baba Yaga, who lives in a hut with chicken legs. A beaten boss leaves a relic such as chains, a skull, or ice fragments, hung on the roots of the World Tree. The next hunt can carry two relics, and Baba Yaga\u0026#39;s skull burns brambles and reveals hidden things. Combat pairs knife attacks with timed parries, dashes, and jumps off enemy attacks; breaking a boss\u0026#39;s stance opens a finishing blow. The forest has no map. Red Riding Hood turns her blue-lined coat inside out to see spirits and liars.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Once Upon a Kill pairs Lotte Reiniger's cutout animation with Japanese ink painting. LogiK keeps the frame black and white outside the violent scenes, where the screen turns red.","twitterPost":"Once Upon a Kill's black-and-white cutout style borrows from Lotte Reiniger, with red entering in violent scenes.","threadsPost":"LogiK gives Little Red Riding Hood two knives in Once Upon a Kill and sends her after other fairy tales' witches and monsters. The black-and-white art turns red in violent scenes, so the kills are where the palette breaks.","newsletterBlurb":"LogiK has dated its 2D action game Once Upon a Kill for PC on January 15, 2027. Little Red Riding Hood fights fairy-tale monsters with two knives, and beaten bosses leave relics that hang on the World Tree and carry into the next hunt. 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