What does he say in the last sentence? I can't make it out.
"Among all the conarium ??? is the most, how should I say it... gifted."
If you turn on the closed captioning he says "Among all the canary, Harvey is the most..."
What does he say in the last sentence? I can't make it out.
"Among all the conarium ??? is the most, how should I say it... gifted."
What does he say in the last sentence? I can't make it out.
"Among all the conarium ??? is the most, how should I say it... gifted."
Verdict
Contrary to what it seems, Conarium is not another one of those horror games in which you have to run for your life regularly. In the whole game, we had to run away twice, in very scripted and short sequences. The core of gameplay then relies on exploration, the discovery of documents (written and audio) and puzzles. Thankfully, the latter are well-integrated in the game and they never frustrate the player. Being an adventure game with narrative elements, Conarium is rather slow-paced, which means it's evidently not aimed at action fans. Despite that slow pace, Zoetrope's title is however not very long, unless you decide to find all the documents (we advise you to take the time to read them all) and secrets and you want to see all the available endings. Conarium may not be a must-have, but it's a game we've enjoyed playing from beginning to end, with a real attention to its raw material, aka Lovecraft's work. Considering it is the result of a team of 3 people, we are pretty curious to see where Zoetrope will take us in their next project.
One the plus side
+ Great atmopshere
+ Visually solid overall
+ The universe depicted
+ First Person Adventure above all
+ Smooth progression
+ Puzzles make sense
+ Multiple endings
On the downside
- Voice-acting is very uneven
- Short (3 to 5 hours), especially if you only want to see one ending
- Some visual assets can be a bit cheap
- More Cthulhu ?
3-5 hours...
Shit.... 3-5 h???? Iirc darkness within took me ~10 hours and I didn't even find most of the secret easter egg stuff. Did they seriously make such a short game or did the popamole reviewer just breeze through the game with a walkthrough without even stopping to read any documents?
Any impressions, Morgoth?
You like your games like you like your women?