Magoya bayan HP Lovecraft sun sami kyakkyawan lokacin kumbura kwanan nan, ba tare da ɗaya ba, amma wasanni biyu suna fitowa bisa tsarin aikin Lovecraft. na bara Kiran Cthulhu ya ba da kyakkyawan damar sanya alkalami da takarda RPG a cikin Xbox na, kuma a wannan shekara mun yi sa'a don sake sake ziyartar duniyar phantasmagorical tare da sakin Frogwares. Garin Sinking.

Garin Sinking yana bin ido na sirri, Charles Reed zuwa Oakmont Massachusetts. Wurin da aka kai shi sakamakon gani na ban tsoro da hauka. Oakmont tsibiri ne da ke kanta bayan wani bala'in ambaliya da ya bar rabin birnin a ƙarƙashin ruwa, sauran rabin kuma kan hanyar zuwa nutsewa.

Da zarar Reed ya iso sai Robert Throgmorton, daya daga cikin fitattun mutane a Oakmont ya gaishe shi. Reed yana da alhakin gano wanda ya kashe ɗan Throgmorton, wannan yana aiki azaman koyawa ga duk injiniyoyin wasanni yayin da kuma tsoma yatsan yatsa cikin babban labari mai zuwa.

Mai haɓakawa, Frogwares sananne ne don zurfafa bincike, bincike Sherlock Holmes taken suna zurfafa cikin ƙasar Lovecraft a wannan lokacin. Ba abin mamaki bane gano hakan Garin Sinking da farko zai zama wani Sherlock Holmes take kafin a maida shi abin da yake yanzu. Yawancin abubuwan bincike daga wasannin Holmes sun kasance mafi yawan ɓangarori na Garin Sinking.

Wasan baya daure kansa zuwa wani labarin Lovecraft na musamman. Madadin haka, yana ɗauka daga guntu na tatsuniyoyi don ƙirƙirar kaset mai arziƙi. Mafi mahimmanci, akwai jin daɗi mai nauyi a ciki Bayanan Gaskiya Game da Marigayi Arthur Jermyn da Iyalinsa har da Inuwa Kan Innsmouth. Haɗin yin aiki kashe kayan Lovecraft yayin ƙirƙirar sabbin yankuna yana yin Garin Sinking abin farin ciki ga masoya Lovecraft amma samun dama ga yan wasa ba tare da sanin asalin sa ba.

Akwai aikin bincike da yawa a hannu a Oakmont. Wannan ya kai ga babban labari da kuma na gefe. Suna tafe da kewayawa zuwa adireshin da ke kan taswirar ku, wanda kuke yi ta hanyar duba manyan tituna don tantance ainihin wuri. Samun ainihin neman wuri yana sa gwanintar ta ɗan ɗanɗana ainihin duniyar sabanin yadda aka fi dacewa da hanyar da aka fi dacewa da ita wacce ke cike yawancin wasannin duniya buɗe. Tabbas, yana ɗaukar ƙarin lokaci amma akwai wani abu a can wanda ke sa ku ji daɗin sha'awar duniya ta wannan hanyar.

Da zarar ka gano inda kake, sai ka shiga ginin kuma ka fara neman alamu. Alamu suna zuwa ta hanyoyi daban-daban. Binciken abubuwa, ta amfani da ikon gani don gano guntun abubuwan da suka faru a wurin, kuma kawai fitar da su ta amfani da ƙwarewar ganowa. Waɗannan alamun yawanci suna ƙarewa suna ba ku wasu alamu ko wuri don bincika.

Gine-ginen da kuke bincika, yawanci suna da dodanni da yawa suna jira. Yanzu, tunda wannan wasa ne mai ban tsoro na rayuwa, yana da hikima a zagaya don adana ammo da albarkatu amma a gaskiya, a gare ni faɗuwar ta ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo. Yawancin lokaci, Ina shiga in fitar da dodanni da dabara don ba ni sarautar ginin kyauta. Wannan yana haifar da kyakkyawan sakamako lokacin neman alamu da kayan ƙira.

Tsarin fasaha yana da asali sosai. Kuna tafiya nemo abubuwan da ke da ikon haɗawa da wasu abubuwa don ƙirƙirar ammo da magunguna. Kawai haskaka duk abin da kuke son kerawa da kuma riƙe maɓalli a kan mai sarrafa ku yana amfani da duk abin da kuke nema don ƙarawa cikin kayan aikinku cikin sauƙi.

Domin samun ci gaba yayin wasu bincike, ya zama dole a zurfafa zurfafa ta hanyar zuwa zauren birni, ofishin 'yan sanda, asibiti ko ɗakin karatu don yin la'akari da wasu binciken. Na ji daɗin wannan makaniki sosai, kamar tsarin analog ɗin don bincika taswirar ku don wasu wurare, na gano cewa sanya takalma a ƙasa don nemo ƙarin alamu yana da lada sosai… da farko.

Garin Sinking yana fama da munanan lokutan lodi da akai-akai tare da abin da ya ƙare ya zama tafiye-tafiye da yawa a cikin birnin. Lokutan kaya suna zuwa gare ku ta hanyoyi daban-daban waɗanda suka fi ban haushi yayin loda sabon wasa, ta amfani da wuraren balaguron balaguro na “sauri” kuma wani lokacin suna ba da ɗan hutu don shiga gini. A cikin sa'o'i biyu na farko tare da wasan na sami waɗannan ɓangarorin karbuwa amma adadin gudu da wannan wasan ke tilasta muku haɗe da al'amuran lodi yana da matsala a faɗi kaɗan.

Na ambata cewa akwai gudu-gudu da yawa a ko'ina cikin birnin kuma hakan yana iya zama rashin fahimta. Akwai yalwa da za a duba a cikin duniyar da aka yi wa wahayi, duka tana cike da lullubin Lovecraftian da nods. Amma, bayan 'yan tafiya, ya fara jin komai. Abun shine cewa ba ɗimbin jama'ar Oakmont ba ne a kan tituna, suna fama da illar hauka. Rashin komai yana zuwa daga rashin mu'amala. NPC's ko dai ba sa magana ko kadan. Zan so in ga ƙarin hulɗa a tituna. Samun wasu abubuwan da suka faru ko labarun gefe suna faruwa ba zato ba tsammani a kan tituna da sun yi nisa don sa duniya ta ji da rai. Yayin da yake tsaye, gudu daga wuri zuwa wuri yana fara jin dusashewa da wuri.

Wani ɓangare na ƙwarewar binciken ya taso zuwa tattara alamu a cikin "fadar tunani." Ana misalta wannan ta sauƙaƙen layukan tattaunawa waɗanda ke nuna gaskiyar abin da alamunku suka nuna. Ya rage naku don haɗa su tare don gano ƙarshen ƙarshen wannan manufa ta musamman. Waɗannan na iya haifar da sakamako da yawa dangane da abin da kuka haɗa tare da cirewa. Ta wannan hanyar wasan da alama yana ba ku zaɓi game da jam'iyyar da kuke son haɗawa da. Yana sa wasan ya ɗan ƙara buɗewa ta wannan hanyar kuma zan iya samun gaba ɗaya a bayan hakan a cikin yanayin buɗe duniya.

Kafin a fara wasan ana gaishe ku da sako mai cewa:

Kwarewar ayyukan HP Lovecraft, The Sinking City yana nuna zamanin da ƙabilanci, launin fata, da sauran tsiraru ke yawan cin zalin jama'a. Waɗannan ra'ayoyin sun kasance kuma har yanzu ba daidai ba ne, amma an haɗa su don ingantacciyar siffa ta wancan lokacin, maimakon a ɗauka cewa ba su wanzu ba.  

M. Da gaske, m. Fara wasa tare da irin wannan gaskiya, nuna gaskiya da kuma hanyar da ba ta dace ba don tsayawa tare da gaskiyar abin a yaba ne. Abin baƙin ciki, wariyar launin fata da inuwar kyamar baki sun yi nauyi a lokacin kuma Frogwares ba ya jin kunya daga gare ta. Wannan yana haifar da wasu tattaunawa da zaɓin da za ku yi a cikin wasan duk mafi ƙalubale wajen haifar da jin da ban taɓa samu ba a cikin kowane irin gogewar wasana na kwanan nan. Wasan baya ɗaukar gefe ko ƙoƙarin nuna wani abu a ƙarƙashin kowane hasken ajanda, kawai yana ba ku gaskiya ne.

Abubuwan farko na labarin Lovecraft ba abu mafi sauƙi ba ne da za a saka a ciki video game tsari. Tsoron da ke wanzuwa, hauka mai shuru, tsaftataccen tsafta tare da jin keɓewa yana da wahala a faɗi cikin tsarin hulɗa inda yawancin abin da kuke yi ya kamata ya zama "fun". Amma, da gaske dole ne in mika shi ga Frogwares don haɓaka ƙwarewar da ke amfani da duk waɗannan ɓangarorin a lokaci guda tare da ƙarin mai harbi na gargajiya da buɗe abubuwan duniya.

Hankali ba shakka yana taka rawa sosai a wasan. A gefen mashaya lafiyar ku akwai mashaya mai hankali. Ana saukar da wannan lokacin da aka sanya shi cikin yanayi masu ban tsoro. Abubuwan da ke haifar da rasa hayyacin ku suna zuwa ta hanyar hangen nesa har ma da kashe kansa. Duk wani abu ne mai nauyi wanda ke da cikakken gwajin Lovecraft.

Garin Sinking babban nasara ce. Kula da hankali da aka ba wa tatsuniyoyi yana biya a cikin nutsewar duniya. Duk da lokutan lodawa, wasan yana motsawa daga yanayin "fun" kuma yana ba mu wani abu mai duhu da mahimmanci. Ko da yake ba cikakken wasa ba ne cikakkiyar ƙwarewar Lovecratian gaba ɗaya.

Garin Sinking yana fita yanzu akan PC, Xbox One da PS4.