![]() They don’t feel particularly dangerous and being caught will only set the player back to the beginning of the encounter to try again.ĭarQ is stylistically brought to life with its sparing use of colour and creepy environments. Crouching, hiding, and remaining still when looked at for instance are examples of how these enemies can be safely passed as there is no combat or any means of actually defeating enemies. There are a handful of enemy types in specific places throughout the DarQ that need to be bypassed with stealth. DarQ keeps its puzzles interesting while remaining relatively simple for even casual players. This comprises the bulk of puzzle solving, as does finding objects such as wheels to operate new mechanisms or finding severed arms to control out of reach levers. Instead of being limited to simply left or right as defined by a side-scrolling title such as DarQ, this shifting environment keeps players busy particularly in regards to operating objects such as levers that control doors and walls for instance. This reality bending, physics defying mechanic keeps the environment visually interesting and adds depth to the environmental puzzle solving elements effectively. Lloyd is able to approach walls and interact with them which rotates the screen and makes the former wall become the floor. Luckily, the gameplay is interesting, challenging and enjoyable enough that the lack of a more obvious narrative can be somewhat overlooked. This obscure approach to the storytelling prevents DarQ from being much more than a series of puzzles to solve with creepy happenings and sensory driven enemies. Outside of interpreting these are lucid dreams by Lloyd’s interaction with a bed at the beginning of each of the games 7 chapters, which sees an alternate version of himself float from his body as the other fades, no details are ever spoken or found via written content at all. Interestingly enough when it comes to the narrative in DarQ it isn’t particularly articulated in the game itself but rather found in the synopsis of the title on its digital storefront or website.
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