Current Events > World of Horror isn't really all that great.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I was hyped by the combination of Junji Ito and Lovecraft. It promised two tutorial campaigns and then either a roguelite mode (Your skills, character, town, quests and so on is randomized) which has you tackling a procedurally generated story and combination of quests, with an Elder God in mind at the end to kill. Edit: Or a build-your-own mode that disables achievements but lets you be and do whatever.

It uses P&C Adventure, turn based combat, light inventory management/survival horror and lots of CYOA checks of your skills vs losing HP. My biggest problem with the game is that it immediately puts you in the ass-end of things with nothing but your firsts and starting gear, which is nothing. Every time. I started as a woman with a list of five sidequests and they all had great art and narrative but consisted of nothing more than reaching the end boss/monster/failstate in >2 minutes. Every one of them. Full of tentacles, monsters, cultists, etc. Really steps on the gas instantly and that broke my immersion.

I dunno. No one really talks about obscure horror games, but I dig them. If anyone was interested in this one I'd pick up Cultist Simulator instead. Great game.

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Wonder if any of that will change once it leaves Early Access.

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Shadowplay posted...

Wonder if any of that will change once it leaves Early Access.

I can see more content but the obscurity of some shit will still remain. Some of the side quests suck. Pixel clickers or combat grinds if you're lucky. Seriously the game can often go from start quest -> swarmed by tentacle cultists -> die in a few minutes. I can see more content to make the overall experience slower, but the episodic nature of all the quests will still remain.

Anyone hoping to RP in a seaside town of fish monsters will get their wish, but it'll last four minutes maximum with only 1/2 endings unlockable. It spitfires a lot of shit rather than immersing you.

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