The first one of which was just the lead character getting shot.ĭarq is a beautiful game. It was even a bit shocking how sudden the deaths from them can be. This isn’t a combat focused game at all, so anytime you see something that looks dangerous, it is. Some puzzles in this level require you quickly go back and forth between the camera angles to either see something, do tasks, or grab a key item.ĭarq also on the occasion has stealth sections. In this level, you need to change the direction the camera is pointing, like Fez, Super Paper Mario, or a lesser known game named Crush/CRUSH3D. One of the game’s levels in particular I was fond of was placed in the city streets at night. This isn’t something groundbreaking, but it still feels novel to me. If you feel like you’re stuck, try walking on the walls and interacting with something at a different angle. In most areas, you can walk on the walls and ceilings to get where you need to go, and this is something you’ll have to do for certain riddles. The main draw to me with Darq was the game’s mechanic of manipulating the angle for certain situations. Now, lets start the game by going to bed, and drifting off into a new nightmare for each level. While yes, Darq is a horror themed puzzle filled platformer, that’s about the single similarity. I came in expecting just a simple Little Nightmares clones. It was a genuinely nice surprise from the time I booted up to when the credits rolled and one I’ve already recommended to a few friends.Darq is the latest in games that were happy surprises for me. Price may be a bit of a stumbling block for some, especially with the speed in which you can float through the base campaign, but this is a well-designed, carefully thought-out title that doesn’t outstay its welcome too much and does leave something of a lasting impression.īasically, if you enjoy a good puzzler, don’t mind a scare or two, and appreciate a refined noir aesthetic, you really can’t go far wrong with Darq Complete Edition. The game can be wrapped up in under an hour if you speed through, but the narrative journey it takes you on is actually quite compelling.įortunately, the new DLCs added in this collection really tax the grey matter even further, adding new mechanics that weren’t in the base game and bringing some additional length on top of what was already there, so that helps round things out a bit more. You’re either going to have to find another way around or hide and hope you don’t get discovered.Īll told, Darq’s a pretty short experience and there’s not a lot of reason to dive back in when you’re done. Lloyd doesn’t have anything to fight back with and he’s not got a health bar to protect him. The challenges, of course, also get harder as a result, and you’ll even have to be aware of wandering enemies. Initially, you might just pass this off as a side-scrolling puzzler, but eventually you’ll learn that you can actually rotate the environment and climb walls, and even spin it around on its axis so you can enter areas that you may have just assumed were background. The cool thing about Darq is how the game gradually introduces new mechanics to keep things fresh. Then you’re traipsing through ghost towers and secret labs.
One minute you’re at a subway station, jumping through ticket machines, the next you’re at a gas station that seems stuck in the middle of nowhere. There’s definitely a Burton esque vibe to it all, which really fits the jumpscares it chucks in from time to time.īut the thing that really stood out to me is the creativity in scenes.
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Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice would say.ĭespite being all in black and white, the graphics really shine now on Series X and the smoothness in which everything moves and flows is hypnotic at times. Really…īut the weirdest part of all is that when Lloyd actually finds a way out of the horror, he ends up right back where he started. To escape each mini nightmare, Lloyd has to solve a series of unorthodox puzzles, like finding severed arms to pull down levers, or using his own head to hold open door switches.
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See, everytime he goes to sleep, he finds himself in this topsy turvy world full of lampshades with legs and jump scares for days. You play as a young lad name Lloyd who’s having a bit of trouble with his sleep. Darq isn’t the kind of game I’d expect to get a new gen upgrade, but Feardemic have really put the effort in for this Complete Edition.įeaturing two DLCs, as well as the original experience, refined to the highest quality, this chilling noir puzzler really does deserve your attention.
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