This OVA lasting only 4 half-hour episodes for a game that lasted 5 chapters, a few hours of game play per chapter, it is obvious that the timing is a bit fast to really sit back and enjoy. Still, it is a great watch for any Corpse Party fan. There is actually some music from the game incorporated into the anime and the detail of art is amazing as well! There is definitely a gross-out factor, but it's a nice change of pace from the don't-show-just-listen aspect of the video game.
Now, this is NOT a retelling of Blood Covered, or at least not to a T. The overall story is the same, as in the events that have to take place, but some of the deaths have been changed. I won't spoil too much by saying who dies and how, but know that there are only 2 survivors by the end of the OVA, whereas there were 5 in the game. These changes are either from Wrong Ends from Blood Covered or written directly for the OVA.
In my opinion, this version did not do Morishige justice, him desecrating the dead and attempting murder before his death (his death not a spoiler as he died in the game - if you didn't know that you should have turned back when I said you should see the video game first). But, with that and the timing, those are my only complaints about Tortured Souls.
Those slight changes in the story are very intense and affect the outcome in such brutal ways. Not a favorite as "some" of it is like a retelling, but it essentially is not. Rather weird, but I like it!
