MOLDRISE

Невероятно атмосферная и калоритная игра, прошел на одном дыхании. жаль ,что слишком маленькая и нет (офицального) русского языка

boring

Like a pig in a blanket. Short and sweet

This is a small horror exploration puzzle / metroidbrainia game. You have a strange growth on your foot and a compulsion to go up, up, up to the roof of your 30-floor apartment building. You explore the building from a first person perspective, talk to inhabitants, and there is also a resource-management survival element to the gameplay that can be turned off (I left it on). At the very beginning I wasn't convinced about the tone, but I got into the swing of it and finished it in about two and a half hours, enjoying it all the while. As it is with these types of games, the less you know upfront, the better. I really liked the apartment building theme, I thought it allowed for a tight narrative without needing a vast heap of assets from the developer. Here is some spoilery discussion - I wondered how graphic the game would get: [spoiler]the intro is actually the most graphic. The rest of the game is not very graphic otherwise and leaves a lot up to the imagination, as the deterioration of your body is conveyed via sound effects.[/spoiler] Something I really liked is that at first I thought [spoiler]everyone in the building would be out to kill me,[/spoiler] but that's not the case. [spoiler]Some people are mean. Some are nice. And some are in fact out to kill you, but most of them aren't.[/spoiler] I also appreciated that [spoiler]the game was ultimately also a reflection on how pandemics are mishandled, it felt timely without being annoying about it. [/spoiler] My usual "is it a metroidbrainia" section: It is, very obviously so. But it is a short game, and (mild spoilers on the types of puzzles the game includes, if this is of interest to you): [spoiler]a lot of the knowledge elements are 'find the password' or 'learn that this specific object is hidden in this specific spot' and not as structural. However, the general story as it unfolds is also nonlinear and knowledge-based. [/spoiler] Technical details: I played on the Steam Deck docked to the TV, with a PS4 controller, and it ran nicely and without any problems. If you liked the game, I also recommend Carimara: Beneath the Forlorn Limbs, which is also a small horror exploration game with metroidbrainia elements, but it has a different tone. ___ Source of the game: Bought with my own money (with the launch discount)

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I had a phenomenal time with MOLDRISE. I started and finished it in one evening, making it the perfect way to spend a Friday evening! The atmosphere, the tension, the intrigue…it’s everything I want from an indie horror game and I highly recommend people play it. Can’t wait to see what Raffaele Picca cooks up next!

nice little indy game