A brain teaser that borrows the aesthetics of PS1 horror, The Tartarus Key's repetition sadly dulls the impact of its spooks. Our review:
The Tartarus Key wants to conjure the same dreadful eeriness of these games, but without resorting to cheap jump scares. To that effect it's cloaked in the coarse, aliased graphics of a PS1 game, while its story is delivered within a tantalisingly spooky setting and a hefty dose of puzzles to crack. As a gig worker named Alex Young, you have woken up in an excessively baroque mansion, furnished with musky books and dusty furniture, rather than the familiar comforts of home.
That said, occasionally you'll see some weird stuff happening. A corridor will stretch on endlessly, hinting at the mansion's otherworldly nature. Heavy items will tip over from a shelf with a loud clang behind you. Distorted voices mock and obstruct Alex's conversations with her companion over the radio. But even these events will take place, very predictably, in between locked rooms.
At the same time, these locked rooms are punctuated by a key event, perhaps to emphasise the gravity of your situation. As it turns out, Alex isn't the only one being kidnapped, and every few rooms or so you'll get the opportunity to rescue a fellow captive. Clearly, this is another puzzle to be solved, but with one major difference: getting the solution wrong can result in the captive's demise.
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