Our way down
Alagossa decides to go for a walk in the early morning dark. Her walk takes her through an underpass.
Deep in the tunnel, the lights go out. Alagossa attempts to exit the tunnel but, finds herself on a dark, narrow plateau instead.
Alone, you would probably die here. But, there is another here with you, sharing the same problem as you.
Perhaps together, you can find a way out.
GAMEPLAY:
– W a l k i n g .
-The odd “Hey, this door’s locked. Welp, let’s look for something to get it open with.” puzzle.
-Wait, don’t go, there’s a good story-
FEATURES:
-It’s a walking simulator but, the game can be finished in 25-40 minutes. So, doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. A nice, short story.
-Good for fans of character driven and atmospheric stories.
-No (intentional) jump scares. I startled myself during play-testing but, that could just be me being a bit of a weenie.
-Like SCP? You’ll enjoy this.
-Anyone who has played Ara and the Empty Universe will find something. I will say no more.
-Fans of game theorying will have fun with this.
04/04/2022 NOTE:
Had some people ask so, if you are interested in my work and future releases I’m working on, here’s my YouTube channel. All of my games will get trailers and they all go here.
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简要测评
游戏玩法和故事:
故事开始于阿拉各萨典型生活中的典型一天。她决定不再从事她的死胡同工作,她走了一条小巷。但突然间,灯光熄灭,隧道莫名其妙地变窄,导致阿拉戈萨发现自己身处另一个维度。我们向下的路上蜿蜒曲折,一座奇怪的办公楼也被吸入了这个替代维度,到处都是小日记条目和环境故事,让玩家感到毛骨悚然。这里发生的一切都是致命和奇怪的,我们的两个主角可能无法生存。该游戏的玩法很像视觉小说和点击式冒险的混合体。大部分情节都是通过两个角色之间的互动来讲述的,中间有长长的迷宫般的走廊和办公室。玩家只能选择移动环境中的某些物品并与之互动,查看其余物品并发表小评论。
Our Way Down 的优点:
虽然艺术作品设计的有点幼稚,但世界构建非常好,每一次点击鼠标都有一种深深的不祥预感。它非常擅长制作一个具有恒定蠕变因子的可怕世界,而不会出现跳跃恐慌。角色在流浪时发生了一些不幸的事情,虽然有些血腥的和恶心的,但开发人员选择暗示身体部位的损失,而不是详细展示它们,让许多玩家反胃。如果您喜欢没有主要现代恐怖游戏的血腥和跳跃恐慌的恐怖小游戏,那么 Our Way Down 将提供很棒的恐怖体验,就是时间剧情短了些。
Our Way Down 的缺点:
这个游戏总共花了大约 15 分钟才能完成。公正的讲半成品都不是,无论是否免费,游戏内的剧情感觉很匆忙,比如角色失去身体部位的场景之一。感觉应该对这个过程进行更多解释(无需深入研究粗略的细节)以及它发生的原因。直到几分钟后角色提到他失明了,我才意识到他甚至在互动中失去了视力。我们的下山之路很美妙,投入了很多明显的爱和时间。凭借游戏开发构建的丰富世界,但可以变成更深入、更完整的东西。相信大多数玩家都会喜欢标题的神秘感,但太多的神秘感不可避免减少游戏体验。这在结局中非常明显。
结论:
Our Way Down 是一款很棒的小恐怖游戏。目前是免费的。但是,如果可以填充更多细节,我宁愿为此付费。总的来说,《Our Way Down》的故事、世界和感觉非常值得我投入时间。我期待着作者更好地作品。
Brief Review
Gameplay and Story:
The story begins on a typical day in Aragosa's typical life. She decides to quit her dead-end job and takes an alleyway. But suddenly, the lights go out and the tunnel narrows inexplicably, causing Aragosa to find herself in another dimension. Our way down is winding, and a strange office building has also been sucked into this alternate dimension. There are small diary entries and environmental stories everywhere, making players feel creepy. Everything that happens here is deadly and strange, and our two protagonists may not survive. The gameplay of this game is much like a mixture of visual novels and point-and-click adventures. Most of the plot is told through the interactions between the two characters, with long, maze-like corridors and offices in between. Players can only choose to move and interact with certain items in the environment, view the rest of the items and make small comments.
The Advantages of Our Way Down:
Although the artwork is designed a bit naively, the world-building is excellent, and there is a deep sense of foreboding with every click of the mouse. It is very good at creating a terrifying world with a constant creep factor without jump scares. Some unfortunate things happen to the characters while they are wandering. Although some of them are bloody and disgusting, the developers choose to imply the loss of body parts instead of showing them in detail, which makes many players queasy. If you like small horror games without the gore and jump scares of major modern horror games, then Our Way Down will provide a great horror experience, except that the time and plot are a bit short.
The Disadvantages of Our Way Down:
It takes about 15 minutes in total to complete this game. To be fair, it's not even half-finished. Whether it's free or not, the plot in the game feels rushed, such as in the scene where a character loses a body part. It feels that more explanation (without delving into the gross details) should be given about this process and why it happened. I didn't even realize that a character had lost his vision during the interaction until he mentioned that he was blind a few minutes later. Our way down is wonderful, with a lot of obvious love and time put into it. With the rich world built by the game development, it could be turned into something deeper and more complete. I believe most players will like the mystery of the title, but too much mystery inevitably reduces the gaming experience. This is very obvious in the ending.
Conclusion:
Our Way Down is a great little horror game. It's currently free. However, if more details could be filled in, I'd rather pay for it. Overall, the story, world, and feel of Our Way Down are well worth my time. I'm looking forward to the author's better works.