𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Alone in the Dark the new one. spoilers inside from commentary.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
As soon as I read the phrase "a thousand young" I was suspicious of what that might be connected to. They also mention a black goat so ofc.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
The Dark Man has a pallid mask and I just keep thinking of KiY lol.
He's some sort of Egyptian thing though?
Which...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Me trying to remember which Egyptian gods he used in his writing and who they stand for...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I was definitely cowering a lot at the beginning but I've gotten over my fears.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
It's a fun mystery/adventure. Interesting concept. Nice and spooky. Lovely music. Great voice acting. Very setting piece.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Gonna have to play through twice to get both characters' stuff unlocked.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Gimme a handsome private detective any day.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I like how drinking alcohol is how you recover health. More like recover sanity from all this crazy shit. lol
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Nyar. It's fucking Nyar.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
The shapeshifter. Disguised to roam about the world. Chaos following in his wake.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Okay now that I'm getting deeper into the mystery, I like all the lore drops everywhere.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I find it fun to be like "oh, oh, I've heard of that before!" from other stories, etc.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Why didn't I see it before. So fucking obvious.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
That contract... lmao... just ...what a good way to go.
To put that clue in there. Hah.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Holy fuck, Jeremy does not look 50.
It must be because we've only ever met his memory self...
So he appears younger, I assume.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Makes sense. I totally glossed over the fact that she's his niece. Which typically means much younger.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Poor Carnby, going through all this.
And Emily just thinks he's doing nothing the whole time.
Every time they meet up she's just like "are you okay... /skeptical" because it's always after one of the crazy ventures.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Does it just switch them, and Carnby doesn't get any of the weird crap, or does she get a tame version of the story...I doubt there's nothing but is it because it's two alternate versions of the story... or does it connect and she's just not admitting to the crazy. Hmm.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I knew I heard whispers from that tree before... but not the first time... but they're getting louder each time I pass...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
It looks like this place is in the eye of whatever storm came down this night... it's definitely raining out there, quite heavily, but it's not raining out in the garden where I am right now so.... eye of another hurricane? Interesting if so.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
They're definitely content to summon Shub in this place...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
The empty room... "got a job at the loony bin"... in debt... Grace seems familiar to him for some reason...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
there is no one in the empty room. forgotten. never existed.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
istg if this ends up another story with a loop involved in it....
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
ok that forbidden knowledge made me think of Shutter Island hah.
"When It Makes You Worse"
the idea of not getting better despite efforts because you really don't want to... or that the treatment becomes such an obsession that you make it worse...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
"The story needed to be different, it needed to include something from the outside world." jfc Carnby is the empty room guest, isn't he. fuck.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Yeah, okay. The not so subtle pointing in that direction was definitely the thing. Whoo
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
"The empty room always felt familiar. It had a mild fragrance of crushed leaves and wet sand that somehow somehow convinced visitors that they belonged. It wasn't real, of course. But it was more real than many other things you could find."
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
But the safe number being his PI license number is interesting...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Jesus, game, I get the picture. He was working on a case a few years back about the little girl, Grace, missing. Why she's so familiar. Do I really need to find the last piece of evidence for the board? Then give it to me already!
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
This is either playing out as it is... him remembering this case.
Or it's literally just Shutter Island and he's the fucking nimwitt all along.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
If the former, I'm guessing he killed Grace's father. Who is listed as having "died suddenly" and suchnot.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
My one gripe for the game is that the physics sometimes get stuck. As if, your character gets stuck on an object that may or may not exist in the environment. It's annoying at any time, but especially aggravating when there are enemies on screen. /sigh
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Okay, I was (half) right. One of the forbidden knowledge unlocks revealed that the "tree" in the observatory is one of the Dark Young. Makes sense.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I have read that they look like massive trees, or can blend into trees as in a forest.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Huh. What am I supposed to sacrifice at the tree?
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Well. I don't know what I gave her. But I gave her something.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
And now I have flare gun in this game. I'm a PI with a flare gun fighting eldritch monstrosities. Gee, wonder what that makes me think of.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Also, I missed my chance to please the Dark Young. ;;
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I heard whispers once, so I might know where it was intended... but I didn't know what to do. Ah well.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Oh goody. My current objective is: Stop the Black Goat of the Woods.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I'm still a little sad I didn't get to play cultist and do what she asked LOL
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I'll have to figure out that other one another playthrough.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Or save file. Keep that one on hand if I can remember...
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Okay, time to play as Emily and see what she finds out.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Although I do still want to figure out that optional objective to heed Shub's call. Kekeke
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Okay, same path so far just different person taking it. With a few differences in how people react to things going on.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Wow, Baptiste. I see how it is. Don't attack the strange man right away, but when you see a small woman you go straight for the throat. Literally.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
lol. Backed off immediately but that sure was a scene. Wonder how they know each other. Something in their past. He knew she was supposed to marry the guy... the engagement ring that's in her starting inventory (like Carnby has his PI license).
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Hmm, yeah, just role reversal. She gets to go to strange places, and Carnby gets to wonder what the hell is going on.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Mostly because I like his character more than hers.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I also don't really enjoy her voice as compared to his. Though it does suit her personality, it's not very pleasant imo. But I mean how can you beat David Harbour? She never stood a chance.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
I did finish her playthrough but I missed a few collectibles. :c
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Got two of her endings but missing the item for one of them. Went back and got Carnby's bad ending, too. It's funny. He joined a cult.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
The two regular endings are really kinda the best anyway. Though the wth just happened one is amusing.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Shub's design is good. Or...is it one of her children? Who truly knows.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
A small pain to defeat but not terribly hard.
𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖑𝖎ƙ𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖑†
Overall a great game! I really enjoyed it. Especially the first tine through.
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