I was wondering, what are some of the video games (not necessarily h-games), books, anime/manga that are similar to the story/atmosphere of this game? I know that eccma is a mad genius and came up with much of it himself but I was also wondering what might be some of the possible inspirations for the world/characters/monsters in this game? I've honestly never seen a more disturbing/hopeless atmosphere before, and some mechanisms (like the large city map, map system, the wound system) I find pretty original. I know a few possible inspirations:
There are clearly goblin slayer references. Although the goblins here are much more disturbing, mostly due to the gore.
The MC seems to be based on violated heroine.
Probably took inspirations from Berserk? Not sure about the specifics as I never really read it. Also eccma clearly played Dark Souls but honestly the atmosphere of Dark Souls is nothing compared to this game.