Today the phrase “game from Rona Gilbert (Ron gilbert) ”can be collected by crowds of an enlightened audience. We are accustomed to associate this, of course, talented person with humorous quests of the first magnitude and importance. Invented Gilbert The characters are extremely spelled out in detail, and their thoughts and desires are pronounced and seem especially funny for positive people. Sometimes the studio controlled by the gamemel Double FinE Productions allows yourself to speak on adjacent topics. So it turned out with Deathspank – a game in which there is still more RPG than adventure. Now our dear friend is going to show again how to joke correctly “in black”. This time – within the framework of the platformer. The new project is called The Cave. Only now we are not talking about the subject of the begging of Ron on the Kickstarter service, because the money for the development has squeezed out Sega.
Cave with surprises
We have to deal with the cave, as you already understood from the name. And if the work is listed Ron Gilbert As a generator of gameplay ideas and the author of the script, it can be assumed that the main scene has its own quirks and it is generally not as simple as it may seem. Yes, it is! The cave turned out to be extremely speaking, loving to steal a dozen or two juicy comments about and without. Well, maybe it afford it. After
all, the quirk of nature has unique abilities, well, just imagine, the opportunity to fulfill other people’s dreams. Naturally, the most cherished – others do not roll.
It is for the fulfillment of their own desires that there are eight unlike each other characters to conquer the womb of the cave. At the same time, we will not be allowed to manage all adventurers, and this is not very convenient. The three chosen ones on the same screen – this is a balanced option. Standard procedures at the level – jumping, crawling, interaction with objects (twitching of handles, ropes, buttons presses, and so on). Each of the heroes presented has a certain unique ability to stand out against the background of the rest. During the passage, everyone will need to give time for a well -deserved access to the public. That is, different parts of the level will require alternating interaction with all characters.
Players who are well familiar with the track record Rona Gilbert, They can easily draw parallels between the future The Cave and ancient Maniac Mansion (was released already in 1987). In the legendary Advenchur, there was also a set of daredevils, which were proposed to control. The main distinguishing feature of the then game can be called the presence of false plot lines, following which nothing good promised. What is only one chainsaw, the fuel to which Gilbert proposed to search in his future projects!
We have as many as two twins (well, it is necessary), a monk, a typical such redneck with a shagged beard and in a holey straw hat. No, this is not the whole list, of course. We have not yet mentioned the adventurer, pretty reminiscent of the early Lara Croft – only with blond hair. We will also not forget about the talented scientific and medieval knight in the ridiculous helmet-Kotelka. The heroes are chosen colorful – the developers clearly intend to walk with a juicy stem in all of the above types. A special chic from a set of available shorties – a mysterious traveler over time. It wears a costume with luminous inserts and a helmet with a shot, modeled under the impression of acquaintance with the “Robokop”, “Iron Man” and someone else. An important point is twins, though a couple, but they should be perceived as a whole.
Each of the listed heroes will delight the eye with unique grimaces, gestures, manners and gait. Which, in principle, is predictable for games from a sweet couple “Gilbert And Sheifer (TIM SCHAFER) “. Yes, the latter for the time of development The Cave Will be a creative director.
Blue dreams
The general concept of the plot resembles (get ready, in this game almost everything will definitely be like something) about a fairy tale Frank Bauma (Frank Baum) “Wizard from the country of Oz”. A bunch of characters moves towards the cherished goal for the fulfillment of the cherished desires. Rural gopnik eager to find true love. A bald monk is in search of enlightenment and an experienced teacher who would help him achieve this. What a scientist needs – you can now guess without any effort. Of course, the doctor of sciences dreams of a great discovery. Gemini-little ones want to find their missing parents, and an adventurer-long-standing comrades in the case and the treasure at the same time. Time traveler is needed to prevent something terrible that will happen in the future. The most trivial task is facing the knight. He “sowed” his sword somewhere in the bushes, and no one would seriously want to perceive it without weapons.
The cave in which we will find ourselves in the company of seekers of happiness is far from a simple little thing. To go through its different areas, you need to alternately use the services of each of the characters. A flooded grotto will meet somewhere-Rednek will cause his ability to hold his breath to the aid. In another case, the ability of a traveler in time to make teleportation will be very helpful. According to this scheme, we will need to advance throughout the cave. Select options for interaction with different characters, operating them as keys. The main thing is to immediately evaluate and understand who is currently needed and why.
More Ron Gilbert He will try to convince us that The Cave – Not just a drawn platformer with a branded “black” humor. Comparison with the “wizard from the country of Oz” was meant not just like that. In the game in the course of the development of the plot, a lot of interesting details about each character will necessarily be revealed. Their voiced desires will acquire special significance. Not only imaginary dreams will come to the fore, but also hidden, real desires. The priority goals of eight friends will become only the outside. What these breakers really planned – we will find out in the course of action.
The Cave – not quite ordinary platformer with cute graphics and branded humor from their craftsmen. Gilbert He is going to dig deeper, not only ridicuating the popular types of heroes, but also showing the imperfect nature of human thoughts, actions and, most importantly, desires. If only I would not overdo it.
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