Death end re;Quest Deluxe Pack (DLC)

Let's be honest about what this is. The Death end re;Quest Deluxe Pack is a small bundle of digital collectibles tied to Compile Heart's horror-tinged JRPG: a 30-page art book packed with illustrations and rough drafts produced for the PC version, the game's full digital soundtrack, and a wallpaper. Everything lands in your steamapps folder, ready to browse outside of the game itself. There is no gameplay content here, no extra quests, no costumes, no XP boosts. Pure shelf candy. Whether that shelf candy is worth your attention depends entirely on how much you ended up caring about the base game. Death end re;Quest is one of the more ambitious things Compile Heart has attempted: a split-perspective JRPG-visual-novel hybrid where programmer Shina is trapped inside a glitching virtual-reality MMO called World's Odyssey, while her colleague Arata works the problem from the real world. The story goes to genuinely dark places, the kind of mature-rating horror that earns it rather than just gestures at it. The writing, when it lands, builds real attachment to that cast. If the story hooked you, the art book delivers solid behind-the-scenes value. Rough drafts and character illustrations from a game with this visual identity are worth a look. The soundtrack is the stronger argument for the pack. The game's music carries a lot of the unsettling atmosphere that reviewers consistently praised as one of its genuine strengths. Having those tracks as standalone files, listenable outside of dungeons that critics noted can drag with repeated asset layouts and sparse encounter pacing, is a fair trade. This is music that works on its own. The wallpaper is a wallpaper. It exists. If you bounced off Death end re;Quest, or only finished it once and felt no pull toward the lore, skip this entirely. If you are the player who finished the multiple-ending structure chasing all the character arcs and the true ending, the art book will reward a closer look at the design work behind a game that had notably more visual ambition than the typical Compile Heart release. Completionists who want the full package at launch price will find fair value in the art book and soundtrack combined. Everyone else should wait for a bundle deal. Monika, Scout Team