There’s no shortage of gore, and jump scares galore, but it’s still tongue-in-cheek enough to be acceptable most gamers. The overall aesthetic is an eerie combination of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and Konami’s Silent Hill, where faceless toothpick-limbed freaks jump from the shadows and wheelchaired tuba-headed torsos stand guard. In fact, when my son passed by he asked “Oh sick, they made a LIMBO 2?” But dismissing DARQ as a LIMBO knockoff would be a disservice to a well-crafted and enjoyable puzzler, which is as much an homage to, as it is a derivative of, PlayDead’s cult classic.ĭARQ is a 2D side-scrolling adventure that takes place in the dark grayscale world of Lloyd’s nightmare. DARQ takes gamers into the increasingly-disturbing lucid dreams of a young boy named Lloyd, whose only desire is to wake up but instead plunges deeper and deeper into the reality-bending nightmare world.ĭARQ immediately conjures memories of the similarly-themed 2010 classic puzzler LIMBO (released 2015 on PS4) from Danish developer PlayDead ApS. Puzzles that involve bending the laws of physics ( walking on walls and ceilings), manipulating the dream world (moving things, rotating rooms), collecting and using found objects, and avoiding enemies.New onto the PlayStation Store, is DARQ: Complete Edition – a horror-puzzler from the relatively unknow Los Angeles-based developer Unfold Games.Sound design by Bjørn Jacobsen, known for his work on such games as Cyberpunk 2077 and Hitman.Unique artstyle and detailed environment to explore.Psychological horror set in a lucid dream, relying on slow build and creepy atmosphere rather than gore and violence.Instead, he has to rely on careful planning to avoid getting detected. He has no chance of winning in an open confrontation, since the creatures he will encounter are much more powerful and faster than him. WALL WALK, STEALTH, PUZZLESĪpart from gravity-defying puzzles, Lloyd will have to use stealth when nearby enemies. While exploring the darkest corners of his subconscious, Lloyd learns how to survive the nightmare by bending the laws of physics and manipulating the fluid fabric of the dream world. To Lloyd's misfortune, the dream quickly turns into a nightmare and all attempts to wake up end in failure. DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who becomes aware of the fact that he is dreaming.
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