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Jesse Galena reviews The Tartarus Key, developed by Vertical Reach.
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That whole "halting gameplay so the characters can tell us something obvious" thing has now reached plague status
In this day and age hit box scavenger hunts shouldn't be a thing, and yet it seems to remain a staple of the genre.
This definitely has my interest, thanks for highlighting it
Nice
Sounds like it may be fun to play with friends in the room.
Thank you for the review!
I'm loving the authentically wobbly low poly PS1 style graphics!
Also, kudos on keeping the video just under 3 minutes! First time ive seen that for a while
I'm just gonna assume that they're all in Hell since that's basically what Tartarus is in Greek mythology.
The quake engine was wobbly, but this is going too far, very distracting.
I might be overreacting since I got a cold and feel like crap
I love the low poly aesthetic, but I would prefer that games make the PS1 features optional, like Ultrakill does. I was strictly a PC gamer in that period, so the wobbly dithered look does nothing for me.
I used to be a fan of the low poly look for Dusk but I’m so tired of seemingly every indie platformer/horror game having the low poly look.
The wobbly graphics in this video made me nauseous. And I didn't even watch full screen.
Thanks for the warning!
Reproducing these artifacts isn't pleasant, just UGLY. There's also no skill or artistry needed, just disable some hardware features that have existed forever, add a round() to each vertex position and that's it. Yuck. Pixel art at least takes some skill to create.
PS1 graphics and a character named Torres just makes me want another Parasite Eve game as amazing as the first one.
I get the nostalgia about 16 bit pixel graphics. Maybe even about Quake style graphics. But the wobbly Playstation 1 graphics are just so ugly to look at. The PS1 had no FPU, no Z-Buffer, no mip maps, used affine texture mapping … compared to the N64 it was more of an imposter when it came to 3D graphics. No, I don't need such retro games in my life, sorry.
I love the style
It looks like PS 1 game. :T
I’m definitely getting this sometime soon. To May, it fits in with my tastes.
I think they've overdone it a bit on the poly wobble. The PS1 was never that bad, even emulated.
Bunch of tarts
Wow, I did not know that PS1 graphics are becoming nostalgic like pixel art
Of Course It Will got Vintage Graphics.. Because Modern Society suck as hell like Moon Said
looks like vagrant story