: It utilizes a tactical real-time-with-pause (RTwP) system.
"Paper Hearts" is a specific narrative segment within the game. Like much of the story, it emphasizes the complex social structures of the city of Ombre and the personal costs of wielding Mascherines (masks that grant magical powers). Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
: These masks are the source of elemental magic, accessible only to the social elite (the Masquerada), creating deep class tensions with the unmasked working class (the Contadini). : It utilizes a tactical real-time-with-pause (RTwP) system