Kagami advertises itself as a Japanese horror event in Second Life and I have to say it’s pretty bloody funky, but it’s only here for the month of August. Wait, what is Kagami?
“Hey, you know what? At midnight, put two mirrors facing each other. Then you can see your future spouse in the mirror! “
Everything started from these words from my friend.
Of course I didn’t buy that story, but I thought of giving it a try anyway. I’d waited till midnight…. and well, nothing had happened as I expected.
No special reflection on the mirror.
“It’s silly. I should’ve known that from the beginning… better go to bed now.”
A 15-year-old girl shouldn’t have believed it.
But―, I couldn’t have imagined, what was happening to my old friend Kasumi then.
Ok yes yes yes you do indeed play the role of a 15 year old Japanese schoolgirl but you should be big enough to look beyond that, it’s not as if you actually wear such an avatar …. well I didn’t anyway. One of the first things you’ll notice with Kagami is the impressive use of cut scenes that automatically appear on your screen when you wear the HUD.
This is a point and click adventure in many ways, which is something a platform such as Second Life can very much pull off. Initially you’re going in search of your friend Kasumi, who has disappeared, did she try the two mirror trick?
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