Daemonologie

[h1]А была ли ведьма? СПОЙЛЕРЫ![/h1] [spoiler] Witchfinder (охотник на ведьм) приезжает в глухую, богом забытую деревню , где живут несколько несчастных душ, которые искалечены как душевно, так и физически. Задача охотника за несколько игровых дней найти ведьму. Но есть нюанс: не важно, найдете ли ведьму, кто-то точно должен быть повешен. Атмосфера игры пропитана безысходностью, механики пыток сделаны интересно, но кое-что выбивает из погружения. Игрок быстро понимает, что действия не наносят жителям необратимого вреда: они говорят без языка и не помнят о пытках при следующей встрече. Диссонанс вызывают и мужские крики во время истязаний женщин. Является ли это следствием ограниченного бюджета или всё происходящее — лишь фантазия самого охотника, остаётся на усмотрение игрока. Пытаясь поставить диагноз жителям, игрок может прийти к любопытным выводам: [list] [*]У кузнеца явно какая-то травма челюсти. Это могла быть инфекция от больного зуба, химическое воздействие или банальный рак. Часто встречала мнение, что это фосфорный некроз, но мне это кажется маловероятным: это профессиональная болезнь рабочих спичечных фабрик или фейерверков. Так что пастушка тут точно ни при чём. [*]«Водяной» рыбак скорее всего страдает синдромом оборотня — гипертрихозом. [*]Бабка — просто старая карга с банальной деменцией. [*]У прекрасной девы — глубокая депрессия. [/list] В финале игры встанет моральный выбор: напоминаю, кто-то обязательно должен быть повешен. Казнить старого убийцу и падшего священника? Формально это может считаться «хорошей» концовкой, но по сути лишь маскирует системную жестокость. Выбор в пользу пастыря, возможно, оказывается самым гуманным, пусть и потому, что никто в деревне на самом деле не колдовал. В этот момент становится очевидно: главный антагонист игры — не мифическая ведьма, а сам игрок. P.S. В отзывах часто вспоминают игру The Executioner и рекомендуют её тем, кому понравилась Daemonologie. Я же не могу рекомендовать The Executioner по одной простой причине: проект не был закончен и, скорее всего, уже никогда не будет. [/spoiler]

definitivamente um joguin de descobrir quem é a bruxa, mas no final você nao tem certeza de nada...... e isso faz você ficar repensando sua escolha 🥀 é um final bem diferente do que eu esperava mas acho que antigamente era exatamente assim (ou até pior?) mesmo sem ter certeza se aquela pessoa realmente era uma "bruxa" a matavam sem ter certeza alguma disso e depois seguiam suas vidas normalmente de bônus, o que eu mais amei foram a ambientação e o estilo de arte, muito bizarro, mas é uma pena ter sido bem curtinho, eu queria mais lore

There's neither a story nor a game, just a moral lesson which is obvious.

i got to torture and hang a priest 10/10

Torture simulator, dark art, strange cinematics and witch searching. If there was an actual story being told then I would say its worth trying but its really just a bunch of random dialog that ends in about 15 min.

A short story about a witch finder in a small town. Talk and torture your way through the populace to find the supposed witch. Features several stunningly beautiful claymation cinematics.

Idea molto interessante e con potenziale. Affascinanti le scene in stop motion. Sicuramente vale il prezzo a cui viene venduto, ma piu che un gioco si tratta di una piccolissima esperienza. Spero che il mio piccolo contributo possa aiutare a sostenere lo sviluppo di un futuro progetto promettente.

I purchased this game as part of a Horror humble bumble. It was not why I purchased that Humble Bumble. Please don't put me on a list for purchasing and playing this game. I did not enjoy it. Thank you. - In all seriousness, I found it disturbing the player actually had to simulate the torture. Do people really like games like this? I noped out hard. To add onto that, it was done in a very juvenile way. You're basically pulling some lady's tongue, but it's the fishing game from Stardew Valley - if you know that one. The second game I played was trying to dunk some person in water, but again, it just didn't feel very serious. Please note, I don't want the torture to be more realistic; I think a different mechanic altogether should have been used - or the way the torture scenes played out should have been different. But I think this game wants to be taken seriously. I perused the negative review section after I was (very quickly) done with this game, and saw the developer basically say we're supposed to take away that Witch Hunters Weren't Cool. So, this is less a game, and more of a lesson, I guess? Only... I don't know anyone going around saying Witch Hunters Were Cool or right in the context of history. For the most part, I think most of us are hopefully side-eyeing The Salem Witch trials at this point. I think if the developer was trying to teach his/ her audience a lesson, maybe a more relevant-to-today connection would have been better. It's funny to me the developer missed the more relevant modern commentary their game could have made - ie, how there's still witch hunting in social media, local businesses, etc, and tried to do something with that. Plus, based on what I did play, it felt like the actual problem was judgement and finger pointing amongst the people - why is the Witch Hunter solely to blame, when the priest was being a judgmental, finger-pointing ♥♥♥♥? Also, society as a whole allows the Witch Hunter to exist... Having said all that, I think the biggest problem with this game is a simple one: it says it's a choices matter game in the user tags. I don't know if the developer has control over those, but this is not a choices matter game. Regardless, in the description of the game, the developer does imply it's a choices matter game: "On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then." ...Wow, I really better get this right!! ...but apparently the last choice does NOT matter. You simply pick someone and ride away. I do feel like I understand what the developer was going for here, but this sort of narrative is much more suited for another media, not a video game. If you're saying 'we better figure it out,' then it 'better matter when we do figure it out,' otherwise it's just a disappointment for the player. I don't blame those players at all for being disappointed that none of their choices matters in a game labeled as choices mattering, much less the ultimate choice of who you hang not mattering at all. Please don't deceive players about what your game is ultimately trying to do; I think this game would have a lot less negative reviews if it owed up to what it actually was about.

El final es desconcertante y me dejó pensando sobre muchas cosas... Realmente creo que eso es lo mejor de esta experiencia (por no hablar de las increíbles animaciones en stop motion y ese pixelart oscuro y grotesco que también me encanta). No lo reembolséis al terminar!!!

fookin scary game lad fook me