The narrative of the title is sparse and leaves absolutely all interpretation in the hands of the player and their guesses based on what the game suggests.Īs we already mentioned, one of the strengths of the title is its great setting, and one of the main concerns of the game’s creator is the immersion of the player in that setting.
Our mission will be to accompany him in his attempt to escape from the dreamlike world where his subconscious is trapped, a grotesque and twisted world where a multitude of horrors roam at ease. Without being explained how or why, it turns out that the boy is trapped inside a kind of terrifying vivid dreams, from which he cannot wake up. The protagonist of the title is young Lloyd. In this Reviews, we will see what this version offers us, which includes the base game plus two interesting downloadable content that lengthen the sadly short duration of this magnificent nightmare game. On December 4, a complete edition of the game was launched on Playstation 4, Xbox and Nintendo Switch and the previous version of the title holders on PC was updated to this completely free of charge.
The immersion of the player in this vivid nightmare was one of the main objectives of its creator, and boy did he succeed. The title uses these and other mechanics to place a lot of emphasis on its puzzles, these being the main protagonists of the adventure.Īlong with the aforementioned puzzles, the protagonism of the title falls on a majestic, terrifying and very dark and disconcerting setting, worthy of the best nightmare of the genius Tim Burton, whose work inevitably evokes this ominous video game. Beyond certain similarities, Darq uses several very original and personal mechanics in his proposal, one of the main ones being the possibility of playing with gravity to rotate the scenarios. Thus, in August 2019 it was released for digital download platforms in Pc Darq, a gloomy and ominous title of exploration and lateral development puzzles, in the vein of titles such as Limbo or Inside by Playdead, or Little Nightmares by Tarsier Studios. The doubts about the project were soon cleared up, to the point that the almighty Epic, given the good looks of the project, offered the developer an exclusive contract with its digital store, an offer that he kindly declined.
The fact that the developer behind the project, Unfold Games, is made up of a single person whose first commercial title was going to be the one that concerns us, made us be cautious with our expectations. Relative surprise, because it was already coming off a successful crowdfunding campaign, and the material that was submitted for that campaign was already aiming high. In the summer of 2019, a humble independent development title turned out to be one of the surprises of the year.
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