Modron
Arcane
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Here is your bunch of equivalents right here, I didn't even remember him because he's not much more than part of the background in a location you visit once and not for very long.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow (formerly Incantamentum) - folk horror adventure set in rural Victorian England
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Played the game about two years ago and generally enjoyed it, but as others have already said in the thread, the experience was somewhat marred by the ending.
Thomasina may be obsessed with her father, but I still didn't buy the sudden switch from rational investigation to mindlessly completing the ritual; especially since evidence found in game and that Thomasina is aware of (as far as I recall) shows completing the ritual is not going to accomplish what she hopes.
I get the devs were going for a feeling of inevitable doom to wrap up the story, but what works in a passive medium like movies und novels, where we aren't in direct control of the characters whose stories we follow, does not necessarily lend itself to the medium of games. Without any convincing reason for me, as the player, to follow through or at least to understand the how or why of the sudden shift in Thomasina's mindset, I pretty much disengaged mentally during the ending sequence and just completed it to be done with the game. As such, the whole ending fell flat for me and all the buildup throughout the game came to nothing.
It felt a bit like the specifics of the ending were already decided on, but when designing the how and why of getting there after learning the truth, dev resources were running thin. "How do we motivate Thomasina and/or the player to complete the ritual?" "Dunno, guess she just goes crazy after learning the truth or something."
I remember feeling pretty disappointed when I completed it years ago. Might have to give it a spin again to the see whether I would still come the same conclusion or if, on a second play through, I might spot some hints or foreshadowing I perhaps overlooked the first time around.
Thomasina may be obsessed with her father, but I still didn't buy the sudden switch from rational investigation to mindlessly completing the ritual; especially since evidence found in game and that Thomasina is aware of (as far as I recall) shows completing the ritual is not going to accomplish what she hopes.
I get the devs were going for a feeling of inevitable doom to wrap up the story, but what works in a passive medium like movies und novels, where we aren't in direct control of the characters whose stories we follow, does not necessarily lend itself to the medium of games. Without any convincing reason for me, as the player, to follow through or at least to understand the how or why of the sudden shift in Thomasina's mindset, I pretty much disengaged mentally during the ending sequence and just completed it to be done with the game. As such, the whole ending fell flat for me and all the buildup throughout the game came to nothing.
It felt a bit like the specifics of the ending were already decided on, but when designing the how and why of getting there after learning the truth, dev resources were running thin. "How do we motivate Thomasina and/or the player to complete the ritual?" "Dunno, guess she just goes crazy after learning the truth or something."
I remember feeling pretty disappointed when I completed it years ago. Might have to give it a spin again to the see whether I would still come the same conclusion or if, on a second play through, I might spot some hints or foreshadowing I perhaps overlooked the first time around.
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