Kupenga kuri kwese kwese muFocus Inopindirana uye Cyanide Studio yazvino HP Lovecraft mythos-based Kufona kwaCthulhu. Iyo yepfungwa, yekuferefeta, RPG inozvinyudza yega pasi penyika yeLovecraft, izere neIsita-mazai, winks uye zvese zvekutyisa zve cosmic zvaunogona kubata.

Zvizhinji zvinoenderana nepeni panyama uye bepa RPG, Kufona kwaCthulhu inotora mapfupa epasi raLovecraft uye inogadzira sarudzo-yakavakirwa uye inogutsa yekutsvaga.

Iyo nyaya inotevera Edward Pierce, dude achirwa nemamwe madhimoni akakomba ega zvichitevera hondo. Pierce ane seti-set shop seziso rakavanzika mukuda zvakanyanya basa kuchengetedza bhizinesi rake. Zvinotaridza kuti hupenyu hwaPierce hunoponeswa paanogashira nyaya inosanganisira kuferefetwa kwerufu rwemhuri yakakurumbira yeHawkins pachitsuwa cheDarkwater.

Nenyaya nyowani iyi, Pierce anoenda kuchitsuwa chinotyisa kubatsira kubvisa zita raSarah Hawkins, uyo anonzi akatanga moto wakauraya murume wake nemwana.

Nyika iri kuputika nezvinyorwa zvebasa raLovecraft. Kungo tarisa pamabhuku pasherufu kana madhiri akavanzika kunoratidzira hupfumi hwemazai eIsita mazai ayo anofukidza manyepo ese.

Mutambo uyu unonyanya kuvakwa padhuze nekutaurisa uye nekunyepera makanika pamwe neapo neapo dambanemazwi rakakandirwa mumusanganiswa. Kufamba-famba uchitaura nevagari vemumusha weRima remvura kuti uvhure ruzivo uye kutarisa mumakoko nemakwenzi zvinoumba bundu remutambo uyu. Iyo haimbozvipinze kupinda munzvimbo inozivikanwa yechero rudzi rwehack-n-slash chiito kana bhatani mashing kupfura.

Sarudzo mukutaurirana dzinozviisa pasi kune avo nhanho pamuti wako unovandudzwa wehunyanzvi. Semuenzaniso, kana iwe usina ruzivo rwakakwana rwemashiripiti kana hunyanzvi hwakakwana mune zvepfungwa, mamwe matauro ekutaura haasarudzike, achikusiya uchisarudza dzimwe sarudzo idzo dzimwe nguva dzinogona kutungamira kumagumo.

Ndinoonga kuti mutambo haudhonze zvibhakera mune izvo. Pakutanga kwemutambo ndakataura nemubhawa uye nekuti hunyanzvi hwangu hwaive padanho repasi, handina kukwanisa kuwana ruzivo kana kunwa mubhawa rake. Ivo vagadziri, vakaita iko kwekupedzisira kwemukana vanzwe chaizvo chaiko-pasirese kufemerwa. Iwe haugare uchiwana izvo zvaunoda, uye uchafanirwa kuenderera mberi uye netariro yekuita sarudzo dziri nani uye kubvunza mukukurukurirana kunotevera.

Iwo unovandudzwa hunyanzvi muti unovakwa nesimba, mushonga, hunyanzvi, psychology, zvemashiripiti uye 'chivara chakavanzika.' Zvemashiripiti nemishonga zvinonyatso kukwidziridzwa chete nekutsvaga zvinhu zvakavanzika zvakatenderedzwa nezve Rima remvura. Vamwe vese wakasununguka kukwidziridzwa sezvo mutambo unofambira mberi uchitungamira kumucheto pane mamwe mamiriro ezvinhu anozvitamba ivo vega mukati menguva yako muRima Mvura.

Mutambo uyu unovimba nesarudzo uye unozotungamira kumabhomba uye uchipfuura nerwendo rwako. Izvi zvese zvinoguma mukuguma kwenyaya yacho. Sarudzo dzinoita sedzishoma pachikamu chikuru asi chiratidzo chinopenya mukona yekumusoro yekuruboshwe chinokuyeuchidza pawakaita nyika inochinja sarudzo nekukuzivisa kuti sarudzo yawakaita ichava nemhedzisiro.

Mamwe mamiriro ezvinhu anoda kuti iwe upinde 'yekuvakazve maitiro.' Mune ino modhi, iwe unokwanisa kubatanidza pamwechete zvakavanzika zviyeuchidzo kuti uburitse imwe cheni yezviitiko. Izvi zvinotambidzwa kuburikidza nezvakangoita zviono zvezvakatemwa naPierce kubva pane zvaakawana. Aya mamiriro anonyanya kuitwa mushe, uye wedzera icho chimwe chidiki chekutora mukuve rakazvimirira ziso.

Haingave iri Lovecraft mythos yakavakirwa mutambo kana ikasapinda muhutsanana uye kurasikirwa kwayo. Sezvo iwe paunofambira mberi kuburikidza nemutambo, Pierce anotambura nepfungwa-kutsemuka kuora mwoyo uko kungave kana kusiri kwechokwadi. Iyo 'sanity mita' inounzwa yakadzika murondedzero uye chimwe chinhu chaunofanirwa kutarisa kuti uve nechokwadi chekuti hauzorasikirwe nemabhuru ako. Iwo on-screen mhedzisiro anouya ari muchimiro cheemaradhi girini mwenje chiratidzo, uye nekukwira kurova kwemoyo. Izvi zvinowedzerwa nekupinda nzvimbo dzeclaustrophobic senge nzvimbo dzekukamba uye nzvimbo dzekuhwanda. Kana iwe ukasabuda kunze kwekutya kwakakonzera mamiriro munguva, mutambo wayo pamusoro uye nguva yekuremerwa kubva kwekupedzisira cheki yekutarisa.

Mutambo uyu une vatambi vakapfuma vanoumba nyika yeLovecraftian. Aya mavara anoita seshamwari uye muvengi. Kusarudza kudivi newe kana kuve munzwa mukuferefeta kwako. Kutsigira nemamwe mapurisa kana mabhuruki anowedzera kuburitsa nyika, uye kunoita kuti chitsuwa cheMvura yakasviba chinzwe zvakanyanya kugara mukati.

Kufumura, chokwadi chiitiko chakakosha. Kumuka muura hwehove huzere mumapako, yakavhenekerwa nemarimi matema uye kugona kubatanidza madonhwe kubva mudikidiki yeLovecraft, ndeyechete mukuita kwayo. Iyo nyaya yatove nekutarisa kwako isati yaunza zvinhu zvemweya uye iwo mafambiro anoenda nenzira refu uye inogara.

Nguva imwe neimwe uye mutambo uchikanda zvirahwe mukuferefeta kwako. Imwe yenguva dzangu dzandaida mumutambo dzakaratidza kuchengetedzeka kwandaifanira kuwana mubatanidzwa. Nzira iyo mutambo unobata nayo zviyeuchidzo kuti uwane combo nhamba yaive yakanaka mutambo wekutamba. Iwo mapuzzle haana kuoma asi iwo anoda izvo zvinowedzerwa kutarisirwa kune zvakadzama.

"Chakanyanya chiitiko cheLovecraftian, ane nhumbu yekutya kwemuchadenga"

Shanduko yakanaka kubva kumitambo yakawanda yandinotamba, ndozvinoita Edward Pierce asiri mukomana akanaka kwazvo. Mazhinji ake akasarudzika ekutaurirana sarudzo anokanda parutivi iro generic gamba uye enda kune protagonist anoita seanopikisana naye. Nguva zhinji, ini ndanga ndichitsvaga yakanaka nzira yekutaura chimwe chinhu, asi Pierce akangopa nzira nhatu dzekuzvitaura uye hapana kana imwe yadzo yaive yakanaka. Haana hunhu, ane hasha uye chidhakwa uye ini ndinozvida chose.

Nyaya yangu hombe nemutambo ndeyekuti zvimwe zvikamu zvekuferefeta zvinonzwa zvisina basa. Semuenzaniso, kana iwe ukapfuura mudambudziko rekutsvaga zvinhu zvakavanzika uye nekushandira zvinhu mune mimwe miti yekutaurirana, zvinoita sekunge pasina iyo yekuwedzera kuyedza chiitiko chinotevera chakatemwa chingadai chakakutungamira kuzaruro imwechete zvisinei nematambudziko ako. Izvi zvakadzokororwa kakati wandei mukati memutambo muchimiro chekuve neruzivo rwakarongedzerwa iwe kaviri kana neNPCs ichidzokorora iyo yakafanana ruzivo neimwe nzira. Zvinoita kuti basa rako rakaoma rinzwe pasina mubairo.

Nyika yakapfuma uye izere Lovecraftian, ichizara pamhepo ine mafeni akadzika-ekucheka anogona kunyatso kurasika mukati. Dhizaini dhizaini iri kutendeka nekuvimbika kune izvo zvawakaverenga pane peji. Iwe unogona kunge uchinhuhwirira zvakapfupikiswa zvezvitoro zvekare zvemabhuku, kunhuwirira kwehuni kuora, uye hwema hwekunhuwa hwegungwa. Huwandu hunonakidza hwekuvaka kwepasirese nyika iyo inobatsira zvakanyanya mukunzwa kwekunyudzwa zvachose.

Kufona kwaCthulhu chakanyanya chiitiko cheLovecraftian, ane nhumbu yekutya kwemhepo. Inokukwevera mukati uye inobata pfungwa dzako kururegerero. Lovecraft hachisi chinhu chiri nyore kuchinjika asi idzi pfungwa dzekugadzira dzakazviwana nenzira kwayo uye dzinopa vatambi chimwe chinhu icho vagari vemuR'lyeh vangafarire kwazvo.

Kufona kwaCthulhu yabuda izvozvi paPS4, PC uye Xbox One.