![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout the game, players will encounter people and creatures with unique stories. The characters in the game are one-dimensional and their repetitive movements make it look like a flash game. There are no onscreen hints except when objects glow when you hover your mouse over them. There are 24 varied logical puzzles and minigames along the way, and items that need to be collected. It’s a traditional point-and-click game wherein the player has to move along from one area to another to unlock new stages. The game included quotes and several passages that depicted tragedy, and philosophical undertakings. The word “dark”, aside from the artwork, mainly refers to the sinister and morally-twisted story that the game tried to portray. The game lacks the necessary jump scares for it to qualify under horror or thriller. Tormentum is a dark point-and-click adventure game. I would have given this aspect a higher rating if voice acting was included in the game. Most often the music is creepy, but it matches the atmosphere of the game, which is actually pretty good. The game boasts of an exceptional soundtrack with over 40 tracks. The combination of styles from both artists successfully created a surreal environment, or better yet, as how the developers described it – a dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere. There is no scene or transition in the game where objects were skimped or reused. Graphically, one would never be disappointed or disinterested as the game is full of visually stunning details. Giger, who’s more popularly known for his design on the Necromorph monster in the movie Alien. The game’s overall look and feel was strongly influenced by the Dark Seed videogame series, credits to the same artist H.R. The game has 75 hand-painted stages with over a hundred additional screens.įor players who are interested about the origin and inspiration behind the artwork, those were the works of painters H.R. Even with just screenshots of the game and the trailer, one can say that the developers invested so much into beautifying this game. Yes, the number one feature that draws people into wanting to play this game is the artwork. As I went through the list of games, TORMENTUM – Dark Sorrow, developed by OhNoo Studio, “caught my eye”. But as a casual gamer, I often find myself stumbling upon the multitude of choices among the games during this Indie-Gaming era. But still not as over-the-top sharp as in the screenshot from the store page.This review is running a bit late since the game’s release last March 4, 2015. The animations in the game have this annoying property that some frames definitely look sharper than others. The first one looks like it has been agressively sharpened, which is noticeable on the musical note symbols. Here is a screenshot from the store page and my own screenshot. were prepared for the marketing purposes".īesides, it seems the screenshots were postprocessed as well. Here the explanation was switched to "the screenshots. ![]() In this thread the developers were claiming that the screenshots on Steam were "done from the actual game" that may be true, but they aren't from the released version. So my take on this is that the original art is 1280x720 (which I'd say counts as HD) and at least it's all there, it's just being shown in a narrower window with left/right scrolling. ![]()
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