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{{short description|2018 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Déraciné
| image = Derecine artwork.jpg
| caption = Promotional artwork
| developer = [[Company:FromSoftware|FromSoftware]]{{efn|Development assistance by [[Company:Japan Studio|Japan Studio]]}}
| publisher = [[Company:Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Interactive Entertainment]]
| director = {{ubl|Hidetaka Miyazaki<!--lead-->|Shigeto Hirai|Takaaki Yamagishi}}
| producer = {{ubl|Yuzo Kojima<!--FromSoftware-->|Masaaki Yamagiwa<!--SIE-->|Teruyuki Toriyama<!--SIE-->}}
| programmer = Jun Ito
| artist = {{ubl|Kozo Maeda<!--lead environment artist-->|Taisei Nakagaki<!--character artist-->|Yuki Nakamura<!--character artist-->}}
| composer = {{ubl|Tsukasa Saitoh|Shoi Miyazawa|Yuka Kitamura}}
| engine = Unreal Engine 4
| platforms = [[Engineering:PlayStation 4|PlayStation 4]]
| released = November 6, 2018
| genre = Graphic adventure
| modes = Single-player
}}

'''''Déraciné''''' is a 2018 [[Software:Adventure game|adventure game]] developed by [[Company:FromSoftware|FromSoftware]] and published by [[Company:Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Interactive Entertainment]] for the [[Engineering:PlayStation 4|PlayStation 4]]. The player takes the role of a fairy in an isolated boarding school who attempts to solve a mystery in [[Virtual reality|virtual reality]] via the [[Engineering:PlayStation VR|PlayStation VR]] headset. The game's development was led by Hidetaka Miyazaki, better known for creating the ''[[Software:Dark Souls|Dark Souls]]'' series. ''Déraciné'' was met with mixed reception.

==Plot==
The Faerie wakes up in an orphanage and learns from a mysterious voice that they must acquire a red ring on their hand that stores life energy, and a blue ring on their left that manipulates time. The Faerie then meets a girl named Yuliya, who requests that the Faerie convince the orphanage's other children that the Faerie exists. The Faerie manipulates artifacts and objects to convince the other children. Once the inhabitants of the orphanage are convinced, the Headmaster makes a request of the Faerie. Holding out a golden wand, he asks the Faerie to use his remaining time to prevent the incident that wounded Rozsa's leg. The Faerie does so, fixing Rozsa's leg in the present. Happy to have a friendly Faerie at their boarding school, the children begin working on various ways to honor the being. This culminates in a concert in which the Faerie brings Nils' pet mouse back from the dead in order to repair the music box in the music hall.

Afterward, the Faerie learns that it has actually been talking to a ghost of Yuliya, and the other children, now inspired by the Faerie's ability to bring back the dead, have made a plan to bring back Yuliya. Yuliya's ghost informs the Faerie that the children have wandered into the forest in search of something large enough to revive Yuliya, and pleads for the Faerie to save them. The Faerie follows the children's trail and discovers that it is too late to prevent an evil faerie from sucking their life energy. Lorinc survives and decides to sacrifice himself so the Faerie can go back and prevent their doomed excursion. The Faerie travels in time, attempting to dissuade the children from entering the forest, but finds them unconvinced. The Faerie travels further back to revive Yuliya, discovering the body of another caretaker, Margareta, who committed suicide after her daughter Alexis died. Taking the red ring from Margareta's corpse, the Faerie places it on Yuliya's. This quickly goes poorly as she transforms into an evil faerie herself, stealing the life force of the children and Headmaster. A remorseful Yuliya allows the Faerie to use the life force she has accumulated for the Faerie to travel to the night of Yuliya's death.

The Faerie learns the Headmaster and Margareta were scholars from the city of Rohn studying faeries, but the city burned down and evil faeries stole life force through the land. The Headmaster and Margareta set up the orphanage to continue their experiment. Concluding that humans with regrets will become evil, and that a newborn is the perfect candidate, they attempted to turn Alexis into a faerie, resulting in her death. The Faerie realizes that it is the faerie version of Alexis, summoned when Yuliya stole the Headmaster's golden wand and wished to see Alexis again, inadvertently trading her own life force.

Ultimately, history will prove to repeat itself unless the Faerie decides to return Yuliya's life to her instead of taking the ring for itself. Yuliya comes to the realization of how special her own life is, and resolves to live her life to the fullest. However, this means the Faerie sacrifices its own ability to interact with the world, slowly fading away into nothing. Yuliya lives happily with her friends and the Headmaster.

==Development==
[[File:Hidetaka Miyazaki, The Game Awards 2022 (cropped).png|thumb|''Déraciné'' was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki.|upright=.7]]
''Déraciné'' is a first-person adventure game developed for [[Virtual reality|virtual reality]] (VR) by [[Company:FromSoftware|FromSoftware]], with assistance from [[Company:Japan Studio|Japan Studio]], and published by [[Company:Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Interactive Entertainment]] for the [[Engineering:PlayStation 4|PlayStation 4]] via its [[Engineering:PlayStation VR|PlayStation VR]] add-on peripheral. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, better known for creating the ''[[Software:Dark Souls|Dark Souls]]'' series of action role-playing games, with the goal to recreate the [[Software:Adventure game|first-person adventure game]] genre in VR.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Statt |first1=Nick |title=Dark Souls creator From Software is making a VR game called Déraciné |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/17452096/from-software-deracine-announced-virtual-reality-sony-ps-vr-e3-2018 |website=The Verge |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140127/https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/17452096/from-software-deracine-announced-virtual-reality-sony-ps-vr-e3-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Yamagiwa |first1=Masaaki |title=Déraciné: Japan Studio X FromSoftware's PS VR Debut |url=https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/06/11/deracine-japan-studio-x-fromsoftwares-ps-vr-debut/ |website=blog.us.playstation.com |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141203/https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/06/11/deracine-japan-studio-x-fromsoftwares-ps-vr-debut/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Miyazaki sought to explore the theme of "existence versus non-existence," which he felt would only be possible via VR. Due to the change in perspective, the development team placed more focus on facial expressions in comparison to previous FromSoftware games, which presented a challenge.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Massongill|first1=Justin|title=Déraciné Q&A: Miyazaki on the Origins of FromSoftware's PS VR Debut|url=https://blog.playstation.com/2018/11/05/deracine-qa-miyazaki-on-the-origins-of-fromsoftwares-ps-vr-debut/|website=blog.playstation.com|date=November 5, 2018|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203152628/https://blog.playstation.com/2018/11/05/deracine-qa-miyazaki-on-the-origins-of-fromsoftwares-ps-vr-debut/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Déraciné'' was developed using [[Unreal Engine]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Brien |first1=Lucy |title=E3 2018: Déraciné is a Beautiful, Cryptic Experience From FromSoftware |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/15/e3-2018-deracine-is-a-beautiful-cryptic-experience-from-fromsoftware |website=IGN |date=June 15, 2018 |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111200303/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/15/e3-2018-deracine-is-a-beautiful-cryptic-experience-from-fromsoftware |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 68/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |title=Deracine for PlayStation 4 Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/deracine/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |website=Metacritic |access-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322092211/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/deracine |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Destruct =
| EuroG = 7/10<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cucchiarelli |first1=Daniele |title=Déraciné - recensione |url=https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2018-11-06-deracine-recensione |website=Eurogamer |access-date=20 March 2019 |language=it |date=6 November 2018 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321202721/https://www.eurogamer.it/articles/2018-11-06-deracine-recensione |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Fam = 35/40<ref name="Fam">{{cite news |title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1563 |url=https://gematsu.com/2018/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1563 |access-date=20 March 2019 |work=Gematsu |date=14 November 2018 |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216120846/https://gematsu.com/2018/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1563 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GI = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hilliard |first1=Kyle |title=Déraciné Review - Stumbling Through A Dark Tale |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/index.php/review/deracine/stumbling-through-a-dark-tale |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=November 7, 2018}}</ref>
| GSpot = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barbosa |first1=Alessandro |title=Deracine Review - Elementary |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/deracine-review-elementary/1900-6417027/ |website=GameSpot |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411085529/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/deracine-review-elementary/1900-6417027/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| IGN = 7.8/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dornbush |first1=Jonathon |title=Déraciné Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/07/deracine-review |website=IGN |date=November 7, 2018 |access-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411085530/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/07/deracine-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
| OPMUK = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=Déraciné |journal=PlayStation Official Magazine – UK |issue=157 |page=89}}</ref>
}}
''Déraciné'' received mixed reviews from critics according to review aggregator Metacritic.<ref name="MC"/> It debuted at number thirteen on the Japanese charts, selling 3,086 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite news |title=Japanese Game Sales Chart: Red Dead Redemption 2 and COD Are Still Going Strong |url=https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/11/15/japanese-game-sales-chart-red-dead-redemption-2-and-cod/ |access-date=20 March 2019 |work=PlayStation LifeStyle |date=15 November 2018 |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411105112/https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/11/15/japanese-game-sales-chart-red-dead-redemption-2-and-cod/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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