The game also draws a lot of influence from the fantasy setting, probably Planescape most of all.
In that game there are several characters trapped in gruesome nightmare scenarios that can only be solved by making certain ethical choices at key parts, or making the wrong ones and realizing what a horrible person you played all along. One can easily see various influences the team has taken as inspiration. While it is flaunted as being inspired by H.R.Giger storywise it reminds me of one old video game called I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream based on the book by Harlan Ellison. These choices can appear cut and dry but are not always what they seem and some might find themselves surprised when they find out that the good ending they “deserved” is not what they got in the end. Gameplay is the classic search the rooms and find the useful item, put the item in the backpack and use it when you find the place it goes in.Īlong the way the player is faced with several moral dilemmas that affect the knowledge he uncovers about himself and the world as well as his final fate. It follows the now long forgotten formula where art design and atmosphere trump ultra crazy graphics and cheap scares. Tormentum Dark Sorrow is an old school type of point and click adventure with a very retro look and interface that is hard to find nowadays.
Some might find it bleak or depressing but for those of us that grew on similar game themes it is a real treat. It is a dreamlike world filled with strange shapes and elements that should not mix together in a natural setting. The nightmarish art direction of Tormentum Dark Sorrow is inspired by the works of H.R. The problem is he has no idea who he is or what sins he actually committed. Our protagonist has been a very very bad man and the time has come for him to pay for his sins. The robed figure finds himself in a prison cell, skeletons litter the room and a few moments later a dark knight approaches. The conversation is brief and provides little information except the promise of suffering that is to come.Ī sinister citadel in the center of hell is their final destination. In the cage near him is a weird horned ratlike creature. Skies are dark and twisted as the flying machine travels through a hellish meteor showered landscape. Tormentum Dark Sorrow is a dark point and click adventure created by the three man developing team OhNoo.Ī nameless robed figure finds himself hanging from a cage under the zeppelin.
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