
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
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Karma: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Explore an alternate timeline set in 1984 East Germany; the Leviathan Corporation rules with an iron fist, controlling its citizens through mass surveillance, social class rules, mind altering drugs and the promise that the gates to Utopia will open to those who serve.


You are Daniel McGovern, a Roam Agent for Leviathan’s Thought Bureau. Using advanced technology to dive into the minds of the accused – you will investigate crime scenes, interview suspects and report your findings back to Leviathan.

Investigate the twisted environments of suspects memories and the horrors that lurk within the corners of their minds. Test your sanity as the boundaries between reality and the surreal blur together – can you trust what you see and keep your sense of self?

Lose yourself in a cinematic interactive story, that explores the themes of family, love, loss and control – where a simple investigation leads to a world of espionage and betrayal, littered with deep and dark secrets.


Karma: The Dark World utilises the most advanced Unreal Engine 5 features, including Lumen and Nanite, that push the visual boundaries of storytelling – combining meticulously detailed visuals of a dystopian reality, high quality motion-capped acting and mind bending surreal environments to create a distinctly immersive experience.

Features:
Become a Roam Agent: Step into the shoes of Daniel McGovern and use a combination of investigative tools, interviews and your own keen intellect to solve puzzles and unravel the truth.
Open Your Mind: Dive into the memories of suspects to retrace their steps and piece together your investigations, but be careful - the human mind is a dangerous place where emotions, will and desire hold power.
Discover the Truth: Keep your sanity and wits about you whilst uncovering a dark story of love, loss and deception, where nothing is as it seems and every turn brings another twist to unravel.
Next Generation Visuals: Explore a meticulously detailed world with stunning visuals and effects all powered by Unreal Engine 5.
An Unforgettable Soundtrack: A specially created soundtrack that combines orchestral scores with original songs that draw you into the cinematic world of Karma, created in collaboration with Dolby Atmos.
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溯记忆裂隙,勘虚妄因果——《黑暗世界:因与果》深度评测 在国产独立游戏的创作版图中,心理惊悚与反乌托邦始终是极具深度却极难驾驭的题材。摒弃烂俗的跳脸惊吓、舍弃浮夸的视觉冲击,仅凭氛围渲染、细腻叙事与极致的镜头语言直击人心,是无数制作团队想要达成却鲜少实现的目标。而月壤工作室打造的《黑暗世界:因与果》,以沉静又凛冽的叙事质感,打破了国产惊悚游戏的固有局限,用记忆与虚妄编织出一场叩问人性、审视秩序的沉浸式精神盛宴,是近年来国产叙事游戏中不可多得的诚意佳作。 游戏架构于平行时空的1984年东德,构筑了一个极致压抑、高度集权的反乌托邦架空世界。巨型垄断企业利维坦掌控着整片土地的秩序与生机,无处不在的监控体系、森严的社会等级、能够干预人类心智的特殊药物,层层叠叠编织成一张禁锢自由的无形巨网。世人被虚假的安稳与完美的乌托邦愿景蒙蔽双眼,以牺牲独立思想、封存自我记忆为代价,换取所谓的和平与庇护。在这个记忆可被篡改、思想可被抹杀、真相可被掩埋的冰冷世界里,每一个普通人的自我,都在体制的裹挟下摇摇欲坠。 玩家将化身利维坦思想局的Roam干员丹尼尔,依托专属的潜脑技术,踏入无数当事人破碎凌乱的记忆深海。不同于传统悬疑游戏直白的探案流程,本作的核心魅力,在于对记忆真实性的极致解构。人类的记忆从不是一成不变的影像存档,情绪会扭曲事实、创伤会遮蔽真相、谎言会重构过往。我们穿梭于不同人的记忆碎片之中,所见的光影场景、对话细节、事件始末,从来都不是绝对的真实,只是当事人选择性留存、或是被外力篡改后的片面虚妄。 在这场跨越现实与记忆的调查之旅中,空间与视觉的异变贯穿始终。前一秒尚且规整温馨的民居房间,转瞬便墙体扭曲、线条畸变、光影错乱,空间不断折叠坍塌,虚实边界彻底模糊。压抑诡谲的超现实场景,精准呼应着当事人内心的挣扎、恐惧与崩溃,让每一次记忆潜入,都成为一场沉浸式的心理博弈。玩家需要在凌乱破碎的场景中搜集物证、梳理笔录、比对线索、拼凑碎片,在层层迷雾中剥离谎言,一点点还原被掩盖的事件真相。 玩法设计上,游戏摒弃了冗余的战斗系统,全心深耕叙事解谜与沉浸式探索,节奏舒缓且极具层次感。所有谜题设计都与世界观、人物命运、主线剧情深度绑定,没有脱离故事的无脑填充小游戏。散落各处的文档笔记、录音片段、遗留物件,不仅是推进剧情的线索,更是丰满世界观、刻画时代压抑氛围的关键载体。随着调查层层深入,玩家会逐渐跳出单一案件的局限,窥见整个利维坦体系的黑暗内核。更令人惊艳的是,剧情伏笔贯穿全程,主角自身的记忆裂痕、模糊的过往经历、矛盾的自我认知,都在慢慢浮出水面。我们终将明白,身为秩序执行者的自己,从来都不是旁观者,只是庞大集权体系中一颗随时可被舍弃、可被篡改的渺小棋子。 整部作品以“因与果”为核心内核,展开了一场关于选择、真相、记忆与人性的深度思辨。所有看似偶然的事件,皆有深埋的前因;所有被迫承受的结局,皆是选择的回响。当记忆可以被随意改写,当过往可以被轻易抹去,人类的自我认知、善恶标准、因果定义,又该如何立足?游戏没有给出标准答案,却用层层反转的剧情、真实细腻的人性刻画,让玩家在通关之后依旧久久沉思,余味绵长。 视听呈现层面,本作的品质堪称国产独立游戏天花板。全程电影化的运镜手法、细腻极致的人物面部捕捉,将角色的麻木、挣扎、恐惧、绝望刻画得入木三分,每一个微表情、每一处肢体细节,都让人物变得鲜活立体。场景美术风格极具辨识度,思想局冰冷肃穆的工业极简风、老旧居民区压抑沉闷的复古质感、记忆空间荒诞诡谲的超现实畸变,三种场景风格相互切换,层层烘托出反乌托邦世界的窒息感。 制作团队巧用色调区分时空维度,清冷黑白诠释冰冷秩序、暗红暗橙渲染压抑悬疑、昏黄柔光留存残存温情,极致的色彩运用让画面自带叙事张力,每一帧画面都氛围感拉满,构图精致高级,随手截图皆是质感十足的壁纸级画面。 音效与配乐的打磨更是点睛之笔。游戏拒绝廉价的惊悚音效,全程依靠细微的环境异响、低沉的低频嗡鸣、模糊的人声絮语,持续营造紧绷、不安、诡异的氛围感。静谧的留白搭配渐进式的配乐,让压抑感慢慢沉淀、层层叠加,无需刻意造势,便足以让玩家沉浸在惴惴不安的情绪之中。声音、画面、剧情完美融合,相互赋能,彻底打破次元壁垒,打造出沉浸式的心理惊悚体验。 客观而言,这部作品并非面面俱到的完美神作。作为纯叙事向解谜游戏,它节奏偏慢,没有激烈的操作与刺激的剧情冲突,并不适合追求快节奏、高强度玩法的玩家。同时,游戏中后期世界观信息密度极大,海量设定集中铺开,部分配角的人物铺垫与故事线相对单薄,细节处理仍有提升空间。但这些细微的瑕疵,完全不足以掩盖作品的光芒。 最难得的是,制作团队敢于深耕严肃深刻的题材,跳出国产惊悚游戏依赖猎奇、恐怖画面的固有套路,以心理惊悚为核心,以人性思辨为内核,用温柔又锋利的笔触,剖开集权与谎言包裹下的人性百态。真正的恐惧,从来不是魑魅魍魉,而是自我的迷失、记忆的虚妄、真相的湮灭,是身处牢笼却浑然不觉的绝望。 《黑暗世界:因与果》是一场关于记忆与虚妄、秩序与自由、因与果的深度独白。它不喧哗、不浮躁、不刻意讨好,只是以沉静的叙事质感,带给玩家一场直击心灵的体验。 如果你厌倦了千篇一律的快餐式恐怖游戏,偏爱有深度、有温度、有思辨的叙事佳作,痴迷反乌托邦题材与心理悬疑剧情,那么这部诚意满满的国产作品,绝对值得你静下心来,慢慢沉浸、细细品味,在破碎的记忆裂隙中,探寻藏在虚妄之下的真正因果。
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都好惨啊
Confusing mess of a story, little to no gameplay, mediocre voice acting. I don't understand games like this.
This game is a fever dream.
Лютая психоделика и крипатура - наше всё!))) Игрушка очень интересная и стилистически, и сюжетно (очень многое, правда, не совсем понятно, но это абсолютно не портит впечатление). Геймплейно по сути симулятор ходьбы с несложными загадками и (на удивление) без душных стелсов - за это отдельный большой плюс! Кроме того, несколько моментов заставляют задуматься и над своей жизнью. В общем и целом мне игра очень понравилась и запомнится точно.
先说非常让人恼火的地方。 交互做的真的很烂,我得靠到物品前面才好拿起,在多个交互中又很难移鼠标选中我想要的那个文件。 相机判定也是很奇怪,那个地球仪上的眼球我移动了五六分钟才判定上。 还有打boss妈那里的提示不够清楚,反正我被妈妈打死六回才发现关相机就抓不到我了,被淹死了几回也才发现开相机水就下降了 还有最令我生气的,我在蕾切尔记忆掏心脏那里啊被卡退六次!!!!后面病毒追逐战那里黑得要死我根本看不见路!!!! 但我是个剧情党,就算游戏性非常离谱我也原谅你了,下一部记得给我优化啊喂!!! 接下来就是优点了,有剧透。 第一:剧情很好。反乌托邦大背景下的悲惨故事,三个关键人物的悲惨故事串联在一起,揭开(?)利维坦公司的真正目的。三个故事里我非常喜欢蕾切尔和卢卡斯的故事,逃出家庭束缚的蕾切尔与卢卡斯在这个悲惨的世界中相爱,自以为自由的蕾切尔却最终没能逃出家庭的压力,卢卡斯就这样被她父亲亲手杀死,然后死在她面前,她通过本游戏非常重要的一个物质将卢卡斯的生命留住,自己却时日无多,在最后她向教授请求,让卢卡斯的灵魂来到她的身体里,完成当年与他的承诺:永远在一起。其实这个故事挺俗套的,为什么我会那么喜欢呢,原因就在第二点。 第二:非常有特点的艺术表达。利维坦员工全部带着电视头,肖恩的故事在几次进入一个玩偶房间里传神体现,他对女儿的愧疚这是用了一段黑白自述,就像在看电影一样。 蕾切尔与卢卡斯的相遇与相爱这里简直是整一部游戏表达的巅峰,一副黑白的画上了颜色,一个纸飞机带着种子在大树下播种鲜花,让两人一步一步深入对方内心的迷宫,还有两根飘带飘向天空。这一段一段再搭配上两人的对话,很难用语言来表述他们那个注定悲惨的爱情,但我可以非常明确的说,这样的表达是最能凸显两位的爱情的。 第三:配乐顶住了。就上面第二点的艺术表达和配乐是非常契合的,还有就是最后的片尾曲....哇我一个早就知道结局的人还是会被打动到,最后谢幕表那写音乐制作基本是一个人全包了,强强强。 总之,作为一个国产恐游,黑因果最凸现的一点就是在没有运用到传统国产恐游习以为常的民俗题材的前提下也能做出成果,向大家都证明了国产恐游并非总得与民俗挂钩。 很期待看到第二部,毕竟看到后面的剧情已经将世界观铺到高纬度空间去了....我有点好奇能怎么写。
[h1]优秀的国产游戏 [/h1] 这是我第一次撰写游戏评测,关于这个游戏我还是决定给个好评。 游戏的画面美术很突出,尤其里面第二幕有个场景有漂浮的碎石和脑洞大开的巨型装置让我想到破碎的太空站,各种意识流的场景表现力也很赞,让我回味良久;关于配音似乎很多人诟病中文配音“用力过猛”,我用的是英文配音感觉很合适没有什么突兀的地方;我用的是一台22年买的3050笔记本已经很旧了游戏里会有卡顿,不过不是很严重这就不怪制作组了;再来聊聊剧情,[spoiler]前面两幕的剧情都很好,值得肯定,但后面结局怎么做的?我看不懂,所以主角是利维坦公司派来入侵丹尼尔以窃取丽萨力量的?主角一开始就是反派吗?为什么前面两幕讲到公司对员工、对普通人的压榨,后面没有讲反抗,也没有任何隐喻的地方。结果真就是主角侵入丹尼尔意识最后被丹爸的病毒追杀,最后还是丽萨救了他,那最后呢?丽萨的力量怎么来的就不说了,结局只是公司没有得到丽萨的力量吗?制作组前面构思了这么多,本来可以讲很深层次的东西,最后突然来个保护丽萨,不让丽萨的力量被公司夺取就没了?公司还是高高在上,而丹尼尔一家全没了?普通人该被压迫还是被压迫没有任何改变,丽萨的力量最后也没有用来反抗公司。据说结局是以为制作组没钱了就没有做下去,可好歹留个念想啊,最后还是差强人意吗?可惜了。 [/spoiler] 考虑到游戏的这个定价不高,游玩的性价比还是很高的,制作组很有想法,对这样的国产佳作我可以给予高度表扬,期待制作组的下一部作品。
I almost got my money back because the game kept on crashing at start up. Adding -dx11 to the command line fixed the problem. The game itself feels like a simplifide Observer. So far i pumped over 6 1/2 hours into it and I like it. [EDIT] So, after a bit over 9 hours i finished the game and it was a great ride. I didn't get the whole story so i might replay it again sometimes....or just watch a YT video that explains things to me XD for 14 bucks on sale I can only recommend it if you like that kinda slow paced "detective" games.
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