Ubuhlanya bukuyo yonke indawo e-Focus Interactive naseCyanide Studio yakamuva ye-HP Lovecraft mythos-based Ucingo lukaCthulhu. I-RPG engokwengqondo, yophenyo, izishonisa ngokujulile emhlabeni weLovecraft, ephelele ngamaqanda e-Easter, ama-winks nakho konke ukwesaba okwenzeka endaweni yonke.

Okuningi kususelwa kupeni lomzimba nephepha le-RPG, Ucingo lukaCthulhu ithatha amathambo omhlaba kaLovecraft futhi idale uphenyo olususelwa ekukhetheni nolwanelisayo.

Indaba ilandela u-Edward Pierce, owesilisa owalwa namademoni athile ngemuva kwempi. UPierce ubeke isitolo sakhe njengeso langasese elidinga kakhulu umsebenzi ukuze asindise ibhizinisi lakhe. Kubukeka sengathi impilo kaPierce iyasinda lapho ethola icala elibandakanya uphenyo ngokufa komndeni ovelele kaHawkins esiqhingini saseDarkwater.

Ngaleli cala elisha, uPierce uya esiqhingini esesabekayo ukuyosiza ukusula igama likaSarah Hawkins, okuthiwa nguye owasungula umlilo owabulala umyeni wakhe nengane yakhe.

Umhlaba ugcwele izinkomba zomsebenzi kaLovecraft. Ukubheka nje ezincwadini ezisemashalofini noma kwidayari ezifihliwe kwembula ubucwebe obucebile bamaqanda e-Easter abumboza zonke izinganekwane.

Umdlalo wakhelwe ngokuyinhloko ezungeze imishini yokuxoxa kanye ne-stealth ngephazili yesikhathi esithile ephonswa kumxube. Ukuhamba ukhuluma nabantu bendawo yase-Darkwater ukuthola imininingwane nokubheka ama-nooks kanye nama-crannies akha umthwalo walo mdlalo. Ayikaze ingene endaweni ejwayelekile yanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwesenzo se-hack-n-slash noma inkinobho yokudubula.

Izinketho ezingxoxweni zizithoba kumazinga wazo esihlahleni sakho samakhono esithuthukisiwe. Isibonelo, uma ungenalo ulwazi olwanele lokusebenzelana nemimoya noma ubuchwepheshe obanele kwi-psychology, amaphuzu athile okukhuluma ngeke akhetheke, akushiye ukhethe ezinye izinketho kwezinye izimo okungaholela ekugcineni kwengxoxo.

Ngiyabonga ukuthi umdlalo awudonsi izibhakela ngaleyo ndlela. Ngasekuqaleni komdlalo ngikhulume nomuntu osebenza ebhawa futhi ngoba ukukhuluma kwami ​​kahle bekusezingeni eliphansi, angikwazanga ukuthola imininingwane noma ngiphuze endaweni yakhe yokuphuzela utshwala. Abaqambi, benza ukuthi lelo banga lokuphela kwamathuba lizizwe likhuthazekile impela. Ngeke ukuthole njalo okufunayo, futhi kuzofanele ucindezele futhi unethemba lokwenza izinqumo ezingcono nemibuzo ezingxoxweni ezizayo.

Isihlahla samakhono esithuthukiswayo sakhiwe ngamandla, umuthi, ukukhuluma kahle, isayikholoji, ukusebenzelana nemimoya kanye 'nebala elifihlekile.' Ukusebenzelana nemimoya nemithi kuthuthukiswa kuphela ngokuthola izinto ezifihliwe ezisakazeke nge-Darkwater. Konke okunye ukhululekile ukukuthuthukisa njengoba umdlalo uqhubeka uholela emaphethelweni ezimweni ezithile ezizidlalayo ngaso sonke isikhathi sakho ku-Darkwater.

Umdlalo uthembele ekukhetheni futhi kuzoholela kumaqhubu futhi kudlule ohambweni lwakho. Konke lokhu kufinyelela esiphethweni sokulandisa. Izinketho zibukeka zincane kakhulu kodwa isithonjana esikhanyayo ekhoneni eliphezulu lesokunxele sizokukhumbuza lapho wenza isinqumo sokushintsha umhlaba ngokwazisa ukuthi ukukhetha okwenzile kuzoba nemiphumela.

Izimo ezithile zikudinga ukuthi ungene 'kumodi yokwakha kabusha.' Kule modi, uyakwazi ukuhlanganisa izinkomba ezifihliwe ukuthola uchungechunge oluthile lwemicimbi. Lokhu kudlalwa ngemibono emile yalokho uPierce akuthole kokutholakele kwakhe. Lezi zimo zenziwe kahle kakhulu, futhi zengeza lokho kumuncwa okungeziwe kube iso langasese elishaywayo.

Bekungeke kube ngumdlalo osuselwa ku-Lovecraft mythos uma ungangeni esimweni sengqondo nokulahleka kwawo. Njengoba uqhubeka nomdlalo, uPierce uhlushwa ukubona izinto ezingekho emqondweni okungenzeka kube ngokoqobo noma kungenzeki. 'I-sanity meter' ingeniswa ngokujulile ekulandiseni futhi kuyinto okufanele uyibuke ukuqinisekisa ukuthi awulahlekelwa ngokuphelele amamabula akho. Imiphumela ekusikrini iza ngendlela yokubuka emhubheni we-emerald oluhlaza, nokushaya kwenhliziyo okwenyukayo. Lokhu kubhebhethekiswa ngokufaka izikhala ze-claustrophobic ezinjengezindawo zokukhasa nokufihla izindawo. Uma ungaphumi esimweni esesabekayo sokwesaba ngesikhathi, umdlalo waso isikhathi nesikhathi sokulayisha kusuka endaweni yokuhlola yokugcina.

Umdlalo unabalingisi abacebile abakha umhlaba waseLovecraftian. Lezi zinhlamvu zisebenza njengomngane nesitha. Ukukhetha ukuma nawe noma ube iva ekuphenyweni kwakho. Ukuvikeleka ngamaphoyisa athile noma ama-bootlegger kuqhubekisela phambili umhlaba, futhi kwenza isiqhingi saseDarkwater sizizwe sihlala kakhulu.

Ukuthola, iqiniso lingokuhlangenwe nakho okukhethekile. Ukuvuka emathunjini agcwele inhlanzi kugcwaliswe, kukhanyiswe ngamalangabi aluhlaza futhi ukwazi ukuxhuma amachashazi kusuka kwisichazamazwi seLovecraft, kuyinto eyodwa ekusebenzeni kwayo. Indaba isinakekile ngaphambi kokuba yethule izinto ezingaphezu kwemvelo nokuthi leyo ndlela ihamba ibanga elide futhi elihlala njalo.

Njalo futhi ngenkathi umdlalo uphonsa amaphenyo kuphenyo lwakho. Esinye sezikhathi engizithandayo zomdlalo sifaka isisefo okufanele ngithole inhlanganisela kuso. Indlela umdlalo ophatha ngayo izinkomba zokuthola izinombolo ze-combo bekuyisipiliyoni esihle sokudlala. Ama-puzzle awanzima kepha adinga lokho kunakekelwa okungeziwe ngemininingwane.

"Okuhlangenwe nakho okujulile kwe-Lovecraftian, okhulelwe ukwesaba komkhathi"

Ushintsho oluhle oluvela emidlalweni eminingi engiyidlalayo, yindlela u-Edward Pierce ayisiyena umfana omuhle kakhulu. Izinketho eziningi zezinkhulumomphendvulwano ezikhethiwe ziphonsa eceleni iqhawe elejwayelekile bese zifunela umlingiswa ophikisana naye njengomphikisi wakhe. Izikhathi eziningi, bengifuna indlela enhle yokusho okuthile, kepha uPierce wanikela ngezindlela ezi-3 zokukusho futhi ayikho neyodwa yazo eyayinhle. Uyadelela, unamahloni futhi udakiwe futhi ngiyakuthanda ngokuphelele lokho.

Inkinga yami enkulu ngalo mdlalo ukuthi ezinye izingxenye zophenyo zizizwa zingaphezu kwamandla. Isibonelo, uma uhlangabezana nenkinga yokuthola izinto ezifihliwe nokwenza izinto ezihlahleni ezithile zezingxoxo, kubonakala sengathi ngaphandle kwalowo mzamo owengeziwe lesi sigcawu esilandelayo sizokuholela esambulweni esifanayo ngaphandle kwezinkinga zakho. Lokhu kuzwakale kaningana kuwo wonke umdlalo ngendlela yokuba nemininingwane oyibekelwe kabili noma ngama-NPCs ephinda imininingwane efanayo ngenye indlela. Kwenza umsebenzi wakho onzima uzizwe ungenawo umvuzo.

Umhlaba ucebile futhi uluthando oluphelele, ukugcwala kwabalandeli abasika ngokujulile kungalahleka ngempela. Umklamo wezinga uthembekile ngokuqinile kulokho okufundile ekhasini. Ungacishe uzwe imingcele yezitolo ezindala zezincwadi, iphunga lokubola kwezinkuni, nephunga elibi lolwandle. Kuyinani elihlaba umxhwele lokwakhiwa komhlaba ngokucophelela okusiza kakhulu emuzwa wokucwiliswa ngokuphelele.

Ucingo lukaCthulhu kuyinto ejulile ye-Lovecraftian, ekhulelwe ukwesaba komkhathi. Iyakudonsela ngaphakathi futhi ibambe ingqondo yakho njengesihlengo. ILovecraft akuyona into elula ukuzivumelanisa nayo kepha lezi zingqondo zokudala zikulungile futhi zinikeza abadlali bamageyimu okuthile abantu baseR'lyeh abangajabula kakhulu ngakho.

Ucingo lukaCthulhu iphumile manje ku-PS4, PC naku- Xbox One.