Ua loaʻa i nā mea aloha ʻo HP Lovecraft kahi manawa puhū ʻoi loa, me ka ʻole hoʻokahi, akā ʻelua mau pāʻani e puka ana e pili ana i ke kino o ka hana a Lovecraft. ʻO ka makahiki i hala Kāhea o Cthulhu hāʻawi maikaʻi i ke kau ʻana i ka peni a me ka pepa RPG i loko o kaʻu Xbox, a i kēia makahiki ua laki mākou e ʻike hou i ka honua o ka phantasmagorical me ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana o Frogwares ʻO ka City City.

ʻO ka City City ukali i ka maka ponoʻī, ʻo Charles Reed iā Oakmont Massachusetts. ʻO kahi kahi i alakaʻi ʻia ai ʻo ia ma muli o ka hopena o nā hihiʻo weliweli a ʻano pupule hoʻi. ʻO Oakmont kahi mokupuni iā ​​ia iho e ukali ana i kahi kahawai pohihihi i waiho i ka hapalua o ke kūlanakauhale ma lalo o ka wai a ʻo kahi hapa ʻē aʻe e hele ana i ka piholo.

I ka hōʻea ʻana o Reed ua aloha ʻia ʻo ia e Robert Throgmorton, kekahi o nā kiʻi koʻikoʻi ma Oakmont. Kau ʻia ʻo Reed me ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea nāna i pepehi ke keiki kāne a Throgmorton, hana ʻia kēia ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo no nā mīkini mīkini a pau pū i ke komo ʻana i kou manamana wāwae i ka moʻolelo nui e hiki mai ana.

Mea hoʻomohala, Frogwares kaulana ʻia no kā lākou immersive, noiʻi Sherlock Holmes nā huakaʻi i loko o ka ʻāina Lovecraft i kēia manawa. ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha i ka ʻike ʻana i kēlā ʻO ka City City e lilo ana i mea ʻē ma mua Sherlock Holmes poʻo inoa ma mua o ka hoʻohuli ʻia ʻana i kēia ʻano. ʻO ka nui o nā ʻimi noiʻi mai nā pāʻani Holmes e hana i nā ʻāpana pili i nā ʻO ka City City.

ʻAʻole pili ka pāʻani iā ​​ia iho i hoʻokahi moʻolelo Lovecraft. Akā, lawe ia i nā ʻāpana o nā mitos e hana i kahi kāwele waiwai. ʻO ka mea nui loa, aia kahi wīwī kaumaha i loko Nā mea e pili ana i ka Late Arthur Jermyn a me Kona ʻohana a ʻo kekahi Ka Malu Ma Innsmouth. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka hana ʻana i nā mea Lovecraft ʻoiai e hana ana i nā wahi hou ʻO ka City City he hauʻoli no nā mea aloha Lovecraft akā hiki i nā mea pāʻani me ka ʻike ʻole o kona kumu.

Aia ka nui o nā hana noiʻi ma ka lima ma Oakmont. Hoʻonui kēia i ka moʻolelo mikiona nui a ʻaoʻao hoʻi. Hoʻohuli lākou a puni i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi wahi i kāu palapala ʻāina, āu e hana ai ma ke nānā ʻana i nā keʻa keʻa i mea e pin ai i kahi kikoʻī. Ke nānā maoli nei i kahi wahi e ʻike ai ka ʻike i kahi honua maoli aʻe i kūʻē i ke ala maʻamau i kahakaha ʻia e hoʻopiha ana i nā pāʻani honua ākea. He ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka manawa akā aia kekahi mea ma laila e manaʻo nui ai e pili ana i ka honua i kēia ala.

Ke ʻike ʻoe i kāu wahi, hele ʻoe i loko o ka hale a hoʻomaka e ʻimi i nā hōʻailona. Hele mai nā kuhikuhi i nā ʻano like ʻole. Ke nānā nei i nā mea, e hoʻohana ana i kou mau mana o ka maka e ʻike i nā ʻāpana o ka mea i hana ʻia ma kahi, a pālahalaha wale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mākau mākaʻikaʻi. Pau kēia mau kuhi i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ʻoe i kekahi kuhi ʻē aʻe a i ʻole kahi e huli ai.

ʻO nā hale āu e ʻimi nei, he nui nā moʻo nui e moe ana i ke kali. I kēia manawa, ʻoiai he pāʻani weliweli ola kēia, he naʻauao e sneak a mālama i ka ammo a me nā kumuwaiwai akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, naʻu nō i lōʻihi ka sneaking ʻana. No ka hapanui, e hele wau i loko a lawe i nā moʻo manuahi i ka tactically e hāʻawi iaʻu i ke aupuni manuahi o ka hale. Alakaʻi kēia i kahi hopena maikaʻi aʻe ke ʻimi nei i nā hōʻailona a me nā mea hana lima.

He kumu nui ka ʻōnaehana hana. Hele ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea i hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hana i ka ammo a me nā meds. Ke hōʻike maʻalahi nei i nā mea āu e makemake ai e hana a hoʻopaʻa i ke pihi ma kāu mea hoʻokele e hoʻohana maʻalahi i nā mea āu e ʻimi nei e hoʻohui i kāu papa helu.

I mea e holomua ai i loko o kekahi mau hoʻokolokolo, pono e ʻeli hohonu i ke poʻo ʻana i ke keʻena o ke kūlanakauhale, ka mākaʻi, ka haukapila a i ʻole ka hale waihona puke i mea e kū pono ai i kekahi mau mea i loaʻa. Ua hauʻoli loa wau i kēia mīkini, e like me ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o ka analog i ka ʻimi ʻana i kāu palapala ʻāina no kekahi mau wahi, ua ʻike wau i ka waiho ʻana i nā kāmaʻa ma ka honua e loaʻa ai nā hōʻailona hou he uku nui… ma mua.

ʻO ka City City pilikia i nā manawa ukana weliweli a mau hoʻi i hui pū ʻia me nā mea e pau ai nā huakaʻi he nui a puni ke kūlanakauhale. Hiki mai nā manawa hoʻouka iā ʻoe ma nā ʻano like ʻole ʻoi loa ka huhū ke hoʻouka nei i kahi pāʻani hou, e hoʻohana ana i nā hubs huakaʻi "wikiwiki" a hāʻawi i kekahi manawa i nā manawa pōkole i ke komo ʻana i kahi hale. I loko o kaʻu mau hola mua ʻelua me ka pāʻani, ua ʻike wau i kēia mau semi-ʻae ʻia akā ʻo ka nui o ka holo ʻana a kēia pāʻani e hoʻoikaika ai iā ʻoe i hui pū ʻia me nā pilikia hoʻouka pilikia e ʻōlelo iki.

Ua ʻōlelo wau aia ka nui o ka holo i hope a i waho o ke kūlanakauhale a he ʻano haʻahaʻa paha ia. Nui nā mea e nānā i ka honua hoʻouluulu nui, nā mea āpau me nā winks a me nā nods Lovecraftian. Akā, ma hope o kekahi mau huakaʻi, hoʻomaka ka manaʻo ʻole. ʻO ka mea ʻaʻole ia he nui o nā kamaʻāina ʻo Oakmont e kau i nā alanui, e ʻeha nei i nā hopena o ka huhū. No ka nele o ka launa ʻole ka hakahaka. ʻAʻole kamaʻilio a walaʻau iki paha ʻo NPC. Makemake wau e ʻike i ka laulima hou aku i nā alanui. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau hanana a i ʻole nā ​​moʻolelo ʻaoʻao i ka wā i kuhi ʻole ʻia ma nā alanui inā lōʻihi loa i mea e ola ai ka honua. Ke kū nei, ke holo nei mai kēlā wahi a kēia wahi e hoʻomaka i ke ʻano ʻeleʻele i ke kakahiaka nui.

Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻike noiʻi i ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i nā hōʻailona i kāu "hale aliʻi noʻonoʻo." Hōʻike ʻia kēia e nā laina maʻalahi o ke kamaʻilio e hōʻike ana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo o kāu mau kuhi. Aia iā ʻoe e ʻāpana like iā lākou e ʻike i ka hopena hope loa o kēlā mikiona kikoʻī. Hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i nā hopena he nui e pili ana i ka mea āu e ʻāpana like ai a hōʻemi ai. I kēlā ala e hāʻawi ana ka pāʻani iā ​​ʻoe i kahi koho e pili ana i ka pāʻina āu e makemake ai e ʻaoʻao. Hoʻomaopopo ka pāʻani i kahi hamama hou i hoʻopau ʻia i kēlā ala a hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi hope i hope i kēlā me kahi puni honua ākea.

Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pāʻani, hoʻokipa ʻia ʻoe me kahi leka e heluhelu ana:

Hoʻoulu ʻia e nā hana a HP Lovecraft, The Sinking City hōʻike i ke au kahi i hana hoʻomāinoino pinepine ʻia e ka lāhui, lāhui, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Kuhi hewa a hewahewa nō kēia mau kolohe, akā ua hoʻopili ʻia no kahi hōʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēlā manawa, ma mua o ka hoʻohālike ʻaʻole maoli lākou.  

ʻO Bold. Serious, wiwo ʻole. Ke hoʻomaka nei i kahi pāʻani me kēlā ʻano ʻoiaʻiʻo, transparency a me kahi ʻano neʻe ʻole e pili pono me nā mea i mahalo ʻia. ʻO ke kaumaha, kaumaha ke kolohe a me nā aka o xenophobia i kēlā manawa a ʻaʻole hilahila ʻo Frogwares mai ia mea. ʻO kēia ke alakaʻi nei i kekahi o nā kamaʻilio a me nā koho āu e hana ai i ka pāʻani a ʻoi loa ka paʻakikī e hana ana i kahi manaʻo i loaʻa ʻole iaʻu i kekahi o kaʻu mau ʻike pāʻani hou. ʻAʻole lawe ka pāʻani i nā ʻaoʻao a hoʻāʻo paha e hōʻike i kekahi mea ma lalo o nā mālamalama o kahi papahana, hāʻawi wale ia iā ʻoe i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo.

ʻAʻole nā ​​mea mua o ka moʻolelo Lovecraft ka mea maʻalahi e waiho i loko o wikiō i io holoholona hihiu hōʻano. ʻO ka makaʻu kūpilikiʻi, ka pupule mālie, ka paheʻe o ke olakino me ka manaʻo o ke kaʻawale he paʻakikī e hoʻopū aʻe i ka palani pākana kahi o ka hapa nui o kāu hana e manaʻo nei he "leʻaleʻa." Akā, pono wau e hāʻawi iā Frogwares i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi ʻike e lawe like i kēlā mau ʻāpana āpau me nā mea pana kuʻuna a me nā hiʻohiʻona honua ākea.

Pāʻani ʻo Sanity i ka hapa nui i ka pāʻani. Ma kaʻaoʻao o kāu kaola olakino kāu kīleʻaleʻa olakino. Hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia kēia ke waiho ʻia i nā hanana weliweli. ʻO nā hopena o ka lilo ʻana o kou noʻonoʻo maikaʻi i hele mai i ke ʻano o ka hallucination a i ka hopena o ka make ʻana. He kumuhana kaumaha a pau ia e kū i ka hōʻike Lovecraft.

ʻO ka City City he hoʻokō phantasmagorical. ʻO ka nānā pono i uku ʻia i nā mitos e uku ʻia i ka immersive o ka honua. Me ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā manawa, neʻe ka pāʻani mai ke kumu "leʻaleʻa" a hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi mea pouli a nui. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he pāʻani maikaʻi loa kahi ʻike Lovecratian pono loa ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa.

ʻO ka City City aia i waho i kēia manawa ma PC, Xbox One a PS4.