Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey

Dance of Death: Du Lay & Fey ist ein spannendes und leider etwas kurzweiliges Adventure. Trotz der teilweisen recht düsteren Thematik, gibt es viele lustige Momente, bei denen man sich förmlich wegschmeißt. Die Hauptcharaktere sind sympathisch, haben ihre Eigenarten und durch die hochwertige Synchronisation macht es richtig Spaß ihnen zuzuhören, wenn auch nur auf Englisch. Die phantastischen Dialoge sind die großen Stärken des Spiels. Neben der Jagd nach einem Serienkiller, spielen auch die Beziehungen der Charaktere zueinander und ihre Vergangenheit eine Rolle. Die drei Helden haben alle ihre eigenen Beweggründe und Geschichten, welche nach und nach erzählt werden. Im Laufe der Story trifft man auf viele interessante Nebencharaktere. Entscheidungen haben tatsächlich Auswirkungen und am Ende erfährt man, ob man sich richtig, oder falsch entschieden hat. Auf komplexe Rätsel oder Puzzles wurde verzichtet. Hauptsächlich ist man damit beschäftigt, die Schauplätze zu erkunden, Dialoge zu führen und Informationen zu sammeln. Während man bei den Charakteren und Dialogen viele optionale Möglichkeiten hat, um beispielsweise mehr über eine Person zu erfahren, beschränkt sich das Erkunden und Untersuchen auf einen sehr kleinen Bereich. Das ist ein bisschen schade, da es durchaus Spaß macht und man gerne mehr zu entdecken hätte. Die Steuerung ist anfangs etwas nervig, funktioniert aber in den meisten Szenen. Grafikstil und Sound sind positiv zu erwähnen. Beides schafft eine stimmige Atmosphäre für ein düsteres Abenteuer im viktorianischen London. Dance of Death ist absolut kein Top Hit, aber durchaus nett und witzig gemacht.

Interesting story and world but so clunky and hard to maneuver. I had to throw in the towel. Would get stuck a lot just from controls

Whatever brilliance is to be found here got lost in a myriad of poor game design and frustrating mechanics. Recommended only for enthusiasts of the Arthurian legend, as there is a trove of information here. While the game uses a classic 2.5D style for point and click, movement is excruciatingly painful. Slow walk speeds combine with large screens that you must backtrack often. Sure, double-clicking to make your character move faster works, but is an insult to the player as the speed-up is both laughably minuscule and in most cases will break the character path finding, forcing many awkward clicks and lots of waiting for your on-screen avatar to fumble their way to your intended destination. Additionally, clickable hot-spots only appear when you have piloted near enough (and in some cases facing the right direction) to them. There is no way to reveal all hot-spots, meaning if you are lost, you will be forced to waste even more time wandering at a snail's pace or looking up a walkthrough. Dialogue choice is a major component of the plot. Be nice, direct, sarcastic, rude or snobbish, etc., to effect plot changes or available content. But good luck guessing what each of your dialogue choices will actually be. There is no manual save option. Auto-saves are very frequent, but this results in the possibility of completely missing side content or collectibles (which the game misspells in the buggy interface, btw...) because certain actions advance the plot and cut off avenues of exploration. If you screw up or miss something you wanted to investigate, you'll have to do so on an entirely new playthrough. I could go on listing awkward faults, but instead will summarize that this isn't a terrible game. The voice acting and writing are superb. The range of English accents is delightful. The enormous amount of information concerning Arthurian Legend and Victorian English life (buried yet again within the awkward, buggy user interface) is well researched and fairly thorough. Best left for those with the patience of Job and a keen interest in the game's themes- and even then, wait for a steep sale.

Из плюсов - уникальный сюжет и прикольные персонажи, в целом графика и музыкальное сопровождение выглядит целостно. Из минусов - неудобное управление, иной раз надо потрудится, чтобы попасть в нужную часть карты. Нет быстрого перемещения между сценами, это увеличивает время игры. Геймплей достаточно однообразный и сводится к паре-тройке механик (пойди туда, поговори с тем, осмотри то). В итоге, с середины игры впечатление смазалось и недостатки вышли на первый план.

I find this game hard to continue. 1.5 hours into it and I was exhausted, the conversations are mostly unimported and trifling, and something like "You want a song? I'll give you a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ song" is not amusing. Besides, movement is painfully slow and clumsy, you don't get to do much investigation nor solve puzzles, instead, it is more of a visual novel in a 3D form, where you just do simple clicks. The only thing I liked in the game is controlling a hunting dog to speak to animals, however even the dog model looks unnatural. [u] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/WelcomeWhyNotGames] My curator page[/url][/u]

this is gorgeous. unexpectedly it has became one of the best things i've ever played. dialoges and characters are wonderful (and i think this is the most important part of any game), voice acting is amazing, the desighn and lore and atmosphere are remarkable, such a pity so few people know about this game! i would defenetly return to it again (and again). the game could be some ideolized and sweet version of what people imagine to be 19th century, but it isn't. it could be some terrible and disgusting illustration of how hard the life of the lower class was at this time in this place, but it isn't. this is perfect, because it manages to talk about really serious things and still be fun and versatile.

Engaging story; convincing characters and voice acting; great atmosphere; Jack-the-ripper context is very realistic. Dialogues are sometimes very long; the relevance of the camelot story is not always clear.

Тільки в цій грі можна побачити, як Ланселот зі смішним лицем прикриває свій придаток, а Моргана, являючись собакою, малює ці самі придатки. Я обожнюю Артуріану, я обожнюю вікторіанську епоху, а тут їх кросовер, ще й цікавий, ще й не зовсім лінійний. Цікаво перепройти, а також, чи є тут інші закінчення(бо фінал мені здався щось зовсім сумним) Проходження зайняло особисто в мене годин 9 при дуже неспішному геймплеї(з усіма потеревенити, всюди походити, все потицяти). Інші години це гра просто висіла, тим паче спочатку я боялась, як тут працюють збереження, а воно тут хронічне та автоматичне, що дуже зручно. Але головне, що поринання в цю історію я точно рекомендую. Дуже, дуже здивована, що за 4 роки гра набрала лише 109 відгуків в Стім. Плейліст з моїм проходженням гри: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-7MFcRiajbSN5k_OYr0A_A570Zqttvl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQMTkWq3tQ&list=PLk-7MFcRiajbSN5k_OYr0A_A570Zqttvl&index=1

I wanted to get into this game but the inability to run made the pace too grueling... I'm sure it would be good if someone has more patience than I

Keşke nötr verme seçeneği olsaydı. Öncelikle hikayemiz 19.yy'da geçiyor ve Camelot karakterlerinden bazılarını (Lancelot, Morgana, Merlin, Nimue vb) 19.yy İngiltere'sinde ki Karındeşen Jack (Jack the Ripper) olayıyla harmanlıyor. Kral Arthur efsanesinin daha farklı bir devamı gibi gayet güzel düşünülüp fantastik öğelerle hikaye yazılmış. Oyunda bir çok tarihsel bilgi veriliyor özellikle İngiliz Edebiyatı veya Tarih'e meraklıysanız oyunu bu yönden de deneyimlemek sizi tatmin edebilir oyundaki tüm tarihsel ve kültürel bilgileri okudum ve evet tam 19. yy Londra'sını anlatıyor. Karakterlerimiz bir sıra cinayeti aydınlatmak için seri katilin peşine düşüyor, insanlarla konuşuyoruz ve hatta verdiğimiz tavsiyelerle bazı insanların kaderlerini değiştiriyoruz. Bu arada oyunda katledilen karakterlerin isimleri gerçektende Karındeşen Jack'in kurbanlarının isimleri o yüzden spoiler almamak için oyunu bitirmeden kurban isimlerine bakmanızı tavsiye etmem. Oyunda kurbanların kısa biyografileri ve nasıl öldürüldükleri hakkında bilgilerde var buna ek olarak dönemin emniyet ve dedektifliği, otopsinin nasıl yapıldığı hakkında bilgilerde okuyabilirsiniz. Eğer point and click oyunlardan hoşlanıyorsanız veya Quantic Dreams tarzı hikaye odaklı, diyalog seçmeli, sağa sola tıklamalı oyunlardan hoşlanıyorsanız bu oyunu sevebilirsiniz. Ben neden negatif veriyorum; gerçekten çok özür dilerim ama bir point and click oyunu bu kadar kalas olamaz ya. Grafikler çok iyi, çizimler harika, seslendirme süper ama bu bir "point and click" oyunu nasıl bu kadar kanser mekanikleri -yürümesi olsun durması olsun on kere aynı yere tıklamam olsun- olabilir yani. Bu tarz oyunlarda gerçekten sabırlı biriyimdir mekanikleri kötü olan bir çok oyun oynadım ama bu tarz oyunlarda en önemli şey zaten point and clickinin düzgün çalışması -ki oyun akıcı olsun ve oyuncu temiz bir deneyim yaşasın.