8/7/2023 0 Comments Gloomwood.“Like souls-likes and Metroidvanias, Gloomwood narrows in on this sort of micro and macro interconnectedness similar to this year’s TUNIC.” These include inventory management à la Resident Evil 4, a distinctly more Lovecraftian world, survival horror, open-ended design on a larger scale, and no more save scumming. But Gloomwood has plenty of new ideas mash-up with the classic formula. Image Credit – New Blood Interactiveįans of classic stealth and Looking Glass Studios titles will find themselves at home with limited UI, a glowing ring to indicate your visibility, and different surfaces increasing or decreasing movement volume. Though initially, the map seems quite linear, it slowly opens up into a sprawling, contained open world full of stories, items, and secrets. After a short introduction and a goal of ‘get to the lighthouse,’ you are left to your own devices to sneak and/or fight your way there. It updates and streamlines classic immersive sim ideas and soaks the player in rich brine of atmospheric environments and ambient natural sound. Image Credit – New Blood Interactive “It updates and streamlines classic immersive sim ideas and soaks the player in rich brine of atmospheric environments and ambient natural sound. Though it is not far along enough to be sure, stealth fans have a potential masterpiece on their plates. Though only in its infancy in Early Access, the developers have done what Dusk did to Quake that Gloomwood is now doing to Thief. You’re free for now welcome to the fishery.ĭeveloped by Dillon Rogers and David Szymanski, of Dusk-fame, publisher New Blood Interactive has brought the classic Thief formula to the 21st Century in all its low-poly glory. “Get to the lighthouse”, a voice tells you, and the door opens. The blackness is tinged with rusty iron reds and waterlogged muddy blues and greys. There is more to this city than you can possibly* imagine.It is dark in the hole you find yourself, a darkness so black you could be floating. * Gloomwood is full of objects to pick up, throw, climb, smash and use to your advantage. * In-depth player interactivity*, from leaning to eavesdrop, peeking through door cracks, checking the bullets in your firearms and mantling onto ledges.Ī mob of ghastly denizens and monsters with acute senses, like the sharp-clawed Crowmen and the fearsome, cadaver-seeking Corpse Duster. Or prepare to get loud*.Ī unique arsenal to meet any situation - a stealthy canesword, six-shot revolver, folding shotgun, hand-placed traps, rope-slinging harpoon rifle and more. * A detailed stealth and sound system that tracks your light visibility and propagates noise accurately through the world. The producers of DUSK, AMID EVIL, ULTRAKILL and FAITH bring you a frightening, gothic immersive sim full of haunted streets, dark tunnels and decadent mansions.Īn intricate, hand-crafted city with freeform exploration - from towering rooftops down to hidden passages, the routes you take and paths you make, are your choice. Wield your canesword and take to the shadows as you uncover the accursed mystery hidden within the fog. Gloomwood is a stealth horror FPS that follows your mysterious abduction to a forgotten, twisted Victorian metropolis in the midst of a horrifying transformation.
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