Aia ʻo Madness ma nā wahi āpau i Focos Interactive a me Cyanide Studio's HP Lovecraft mythos-based Kāhea o Cthulhu. Hoʻokomo hohonu ka psychological, investigational, RPG iā ia iho i ka honua o Lovecraft, piha me nā hua manu Easter, winks a me nā weliweli cosmic āpau āu e hiki ai ke mālama.

ʻO nā mea hou aʻe e pili ana i ka peni kino a me ka pepa RPG, Kāhea o Cthulhu Lawe i nā iwi o ka honua o Lovecraft a hana i kahi noiʻi i koho ʻia a me ka hōʻoluʻolu.

Hāpai ka moʻolelo iā Edward Pierce, kahi kāne e hakakā ana i kekahi mau daimonio pilikino koʻikoʻi ma hope o ke kaua. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Pierce i kahi hale kūʻai me he maka pilikino lā i ka pono nui o ka hana e mālama ai i kāna ʻoihana. Me he mea lā ua hoʻōla ʻia kahi ola a Pierce ke loaʻa iā ia kahi hihia e pili ana i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i ka make ʻana o ka ʻohana Hawkins koʻikoʻi ma ka mokupuni ʻo Darkwater.

Me ka hihia hou i huki ʻia, ua haʻalele ʻo Pierce i ka mokupuni ominous e kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka inoa o Sarah Hawkins, nāna i hoʻopiʻi ke ahi nāna i make kāna kāne a me kāna keiki.

Pāhaʻi ka honua i nā kuhikuhi i ka hana a Lovecraft. ʻO ka nānā wale ʻana i nā puke ma nā papa a i ʻole nā ​​diary huna e hōʻike ana i ka waihona momona o nā hua Easter i uhi i nā kaʻao holoʻokoʻa.

Kūkulu nui ʻia ka pāʻani e pili ana i nā mechanics kamaʻilio a me ka stealth me nā puzzle i hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ka hui. Ke hele wāwae nei e kamaʻilio pū ana me nā kamaʻāina o Darkwater e wehe i ka ʻike a me ka nānā ʻana i nā nooks a me nā crannies e hana ai i ka mea nui o kēia pāʻani. ʻAʻole loa ia e komo i ka panalāʻau kamaʻāina o kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka hana hack-n-slash a i ʻole ke kī ʻana i ka pihi mashing.

Kūpono nā koho i ke kamaʻilio i kā lākou pae ma kāu lāʻau akamai hoʻomaikaʻi. ʻO kahi laʻana, inā ʻaʻole lawa kou ʻike i ka hoʻokalakupua a i ʻole lawa ka ʻike i ka psychology, ʻaʻole e koho ʻia kekahi mau kikoʻōlelo e waiho ana iā ʻoe e koho i nā koho ʻē aʻe i hiki i kekahi mau hihia ke alakaʻi i nā hopena make i loko o nā kamaʻilio.

Mahalo wau ʻaʻole huki ka pāʻani i nā kuʻi i kēlā ʻano. I ka wā mua o ka pāʻani ua kamaʻilio wau i kahi mea kālepa a no ka mea ma kahi haʻahaʻa kaʻu ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i ka ʻike a inu paha i kāna pā. ʻO nā mea hoʻolālā, ua hana i ka hopena o ka manawa kūpono i hoʻohoihoi loa ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻoe e loaʻa mau i kāu mea e makemake ai, a laila ʻoe e kaomi a lana ka manaʻo e hoʻoholo maikaʻi a me nā nīnau i nā kamaʻilio e hiki mai ana.

Kūkulu ʻia ka lāʻau māka hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia o ka ikaika, ka lāʻau, ka ʻōlelo, ka psychology, ka hoʻokalakupua a me ka 'wahi huna.' Hoʻololi wale ʻia ka Occultism a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea huna e pili ana iā Darkwater. ʻO ke koena ua noa ʻoe i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka holo ʻana o ka pāʻani e alakaʻi ana i ka lihi o kekahi mau hanana e pāʻani iā ​​lākou iho i kāu manawa ma Darkwater.

Pili ka pāʻani i ke koho a alakaʻi i nā puʻupuʻu a hala i kāu huakaʻi. Hoʻopau kēia mau mea āpau i ka hopena o ka moʻolelo. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā koho akā no ka hapa nui akā ʻo kahi icon flashing ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema e hoʻomanaʻo iā ʻoe i kāu hoʻoholo ʻana i ka honua ma ka hōʻike ʻana iā ʻoe e hopena ka hopena āu i koho ai.

Kāhea kekahi mau kūlana iā ʻoe e komo i ke ʻano hana hou '. I kēia ʻano, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻāpana i nā hōʻailona hūnā e wehe i kahi kaula o nā hanana. Pāʻani ʻia kēia mau mea ma o nā hihi kiʻi mau o ka mea a Pierce i ʻemi ai mai kāna mau mea i loaʻa. Hana maikaʻi ʻia kēia mau hanana, a hoʻohui i kahi keu o ka lawe ʻana i loko o ka maka pilikino.

ʻAʻole ia he Lovecraft mythos hoʻokumu pāʻani inā ʻaʻole ia e komo i ke olakino a me ka nalo o ia. I kou holomua ʻana i loko o ka pāʻani, ʻeha ʻo Pierce i nā hallucination noʻonoʻo-haʻihaʻi ʻaʻole paha maoli. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka 'mita maʻemaʻe' i loko o ka moʻolelo a he mea ia āu e nānā ai e hōʻoia inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e nalowale loa i kāu mau kinikini. Loaʻa nā hopena ma ka nānā ʻana i ke ʻano o ka emerald ʻōmaʻomaʻo tunnel hihiʻo, a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka puʻuwai. Hoʻonui ʻia kēia i ke komo ʻana i nā wahi claustrophobic e like me nā crawlspaces a me nā wahi huna. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hele i waho i ka makaʻu i hoʻokomo ʻia i ke kūlana, kāna pāʻani a me ka manawa e hoʻouka ai mai ka wahi nānā hope loa.

Loaʻa i ka pāʻani ke kumu waiwai o nā huapalapala e hana i ka World Lovecraftian. Hana kēia mau huapalapala ma ke ʻano he hoaaloha a ʻenemi hoʻi. Ke koho nei i ka ʻaoʻao me ʻoe a i ʻole ʻo ke kakalaioa i kāu hoʻokolokolo. ʻO ka noho pū ʻana me kekahi mākaʻi a i ʻole nā ​​bootleggers e holo hou aku i ka honua, a e ʻike i ka mokupuni ʻo Darkwater kahi i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka noho ʻana.

Ke wehe ʻole nei, he mea kūikawā ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ke ala nei i loko o ka ʻōpū i piha i nā ana, hoʻomālamalama ʻia me nā ahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo a hiki ke hoʻohui i nā kiko mai ka lexicon o Lovecraft, he hoʻokahi i kona pono. Ua loaʻa ka nānā i ka moʻolelo ma mua o ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā mea mana a ʻo ke ala lōʻihi loa.

I kēlā me kēia manawa a ʻoiai ke kīloi nei ka pāʻani i nā nane i kāu hoʻokolokolo. ʻO kekahi o kaʻu mau punahele punahele o ka pāʻani kahi palekana kahi e pono ai iaʻu e kiʻi i ka hui. ʻO ke ala e lawelawe ai ka pāʻani i nā kuhi e loaʻa ai nā helu combo kahi ʻike pāʻani maikaʻi loa. ʻAʻole paʻakikī nā puzzles akā koi lākou i ka mālama i kēlā me kēia kikoʻī.

"Kahi ʻike Lovecraftian ikaika, hāpai me ka weliweli o ka lewa"

ʻO kahi hoʻololi maikaʻi loa mai nā pāʻani he nui aʻu e pāʻani ai, pehea ʻo Edward Pierce ʻaʻole he kāne maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka hapa nui o kāna mau koho kūkākūkā i koho ʻia e hoʻolei i ka hero generic a hele i kahi protagonist nāna e hana e like me kāna antagonist ponoʻī. I nā manawa he nui, ʻimi au i kahi ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e ʻōlelo ai i kekahi mea, akā hāʻawi wale ʻo Pierce i nā ala he 3 e ʻōlelo ai a maikaʻi ʻole kekahi o lākou. He ʻano kolohe ʻole ʻo ia, a palu iki a ʻona iki a aloha nui wau i kēlā.

ʻO kaʻu pilikia nui loa me ka pāʻani, ʻo ia kekahi mau ʻāpana o ka hoʻokolokolo e manaʻo he superfluous. ʻO kahi laʻana, inā ʻoe e hele i loko o ka pilikia o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hūnā a hana i nā mea i loko o kekahi mau kumulāʻau kūkā kamaʻilio, me he mea lā me ka ʻole o ka hoʻāʻo hou e alakaʻi ʻia ai ʻoe i kahi hōʻike like me ka nānā ʻole i kāu pilikia. Hoʻomaopopo hou ʻia kēia i kekahi mau manawa ma loko o ka pāʻani ma ke ʻano o ka waiho ʻana o ka ʻikepili no ʻelua a i ʻole e nā NPC e hana hou nei i ka ʻike like ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa. Hōʻike ia i kāu hana ikaika me ka uku ʻole ʻia.

Nui ka waiwai o ka honua a piha ʻo Lovecraftian, hiki ke nalowale i nā kaola me nā mea pā hohonu hohonu. Kūpono loa ka hoʻolālā pae i ka mea āu i heluhelu ai ma ka ʻaoʻao. ʻAneʻane hiki iā ʻoe ke honi i nā palena o nā hale puke puke kahiko, ka pilau o ka lāʻau popopo, a me ka ʻaʻala o ke kai. He mea kupaianaha ia o ke kūkulu akahele ʻana i ka honua e kōkua nui i ka manaʻo o ke komo ʻana i loko.

Kāhea o Cthulhu he ʻike Lovecraftian ikaika, hāpai me ka makaʻu o ka lewa. Huki ʻo ia iā ʻoe a paʻa i kou noʻonoʻo no ka uku pānaʻi. ʻAʻole mea maʻalahi ke aloha aloha akā ua kūpono kēia mau noʻonoʻo hana a hāʻawi i nā mea pāʻani i kahi mea e hauʻoli nui ai nā kamaʻāina o R'lyeh.

Kāhea o Cthulhu aia i waho i kēia manawa ma PS4, PC a Xbox One.