Darkwood: a very well made terror game
Sometimes, an indie videogame studio make a masterpiece. A unique game that gots acclamation by it’s formule, usually very different than we known, and that’s includes a great story to tell.
Darkwood, from Acid Wizard studio is one of them.
The studio is from Poland, and only have three members and a dog, according to them.
The game introduce us a man lost in a very creepy and dangerous forest, trying to get to his home. However, people in the place says him constantly, that’s impossible to go home.
Besides, the man had a key to a door that’s probably is the escape to him, but it was stolen.
Game
The game’s formula is loot in every place and craft items to defend yourself. Some similar to Minecraft in that way, but with a cenital view like Hotline Miami.
The pressure here comes in a race against the time, because, you must go to your hideout before the night falls. If the forest has its dangers in daylight, on the night is worst. The hideout has a oven that detaches a defensuve substance against spectres and helps the protagonist to prepare a serum to unlock new skills but has to pay with some weakness.
The map won’t help you so much, because it gives to you an aproximation to your location. In that case, you have to calculate your own position and remember the route to get into the hideout before the night. This, far from be a defect, make the game so different and interesting.
You must to make your weapons and tools for defend yourself from beasts and reach the places you have to go. Besides, you have to talk with some freak people, and, one way or another, trust in them, because, some of them are merchants, and others gives to you clues to escape the forest, even if they said you cannot get away.
For create more and best weapons and toold, you need to update your workbench, and that’s possible to do with others objets you cand find in the forest or abandoned. For create more and best weapons and toold, you need to update your workbench, and that’s possible to do with others objets you can find in the forest or abandoned areas.
The light is a allied you cannot left aside. With lanterns, flashlights or torches, you will illuminate the places you visit.
Other aspects
The game make you stay in a dark atmosphere. With a poweful combination of a lone forest, with abandoned areas and ambiental music, Darkwood can make everybody feel into the fear and stay sharp for avoid the different dangers in the whole place.
The people living in forest is very strange, and they ask you for favours and requests for advancing in some areas. Their dialogues are very impressive and particulars.
In some points, you have to make a decision to go ahead.
This is a game you cannot left aside. It’s possible find it in all plataforms.
