<s>
Crimson	B-Application
Shroud	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Level-5	O
,	O
with	O
assistance	O
from	O
Nex	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
on	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crimson	B-Application
Shroud	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
games	O
,	O
using	O
dice	O
rolls	O
to	O
determine	O
outcomes	O
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crimson	B-Application
Shroud	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Yasumi	O
Matsuno	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Level-5	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
compilation	O
called	O
Guild01	O
,	O
and	O
Matsuno	O
was	O
given	O
creative	O
freedom	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
project	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
designers	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Guild	B-Application
series	I-Application
of	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
which	O
Matsuno	O
worked	O
on	O
since	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
compilation	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
English	O
release	O
split	O
these	O
four	O
into	O
individual	O
releases	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
3DS	I-Application
eShop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
USgamer	O
writer	O
Jeremy	O
Parish	O
counted	O
Crimson	B-Application
Shroud	I-Application
among	O
the	O
best	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeux	O
Video	O
writer	O
L'avis	O
de	O
Dharn	O
felt	O
that	O
Crimson	B-Application
Shroud	I-Application
was	O
unlike	O
any	O
other	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
game	O
expressly	O
designed	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
niche	O
of	O
player	O
,	O
citing	O
its	O
static	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
tabletop	O
RPG	O
inspiration	O
,	O
and	O
abundant	O
dialogue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
included	O
it	O
in	O
his	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Japanese	O
role-playing	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
writer	O
Kat	O
Bailey	O
noted	O
that	O
while	O
it	O
got	O
its	O
"	O
hooks	O
"	O
into	O
her	O
,	O
she	O
likely	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
finished	O
it	O
if	O
she	O
was	O
not	O
reviewing	O
it	O
,	O
citing	O
how	O
tedious	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
