
London, 1888: The people of Whitechapel live under the ghastly shadow of Jack the Ripper, tempting Arthurian legends - Du Lac & Fey - back to English shores to intervene. Will they stop Jack before more blood is spilt on the cobbled streets? Victorian London awaits you...
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Languages: English*, French, German, Russian*languages with full audio support
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This is good, movement of characters at times can be janky but otherwise very good and engaging
Ce jeu dans lequel se mélange la légende arthurienne et les crimes de Jack L'éventreur peuvent donner l'impression que le jeu ne peux que foncer dans le mur et assez étonnamment le jeu ne le fait pas et s'en sort relativement bien. L'histoire est crédible , le jeu ne laisse personne de côté , offre une possibilité de choix assez grande ainsi que plusieurs mécaniques intéressantes sans parlé des graphismes dont j'aimais relativement le style.
I expected more polish
скрытый шедевр
En el anuncio indica que tiene subtítulos en 6 idomas. A mí sólo me sale en ingles.
Dance of Death propose un scénario alléchant : des personnages du mythe arthurien enquêtent sur les meurtres de Jack l'Eventreur ! L'aventure se termine en moins d'une dizaine d'heures et laisse un sentiment mitigé. Commençons par les thèmes abordés. D'une part, les amateurs de "ripperology" y trouveront leur compte tant les petites références à la célèbre affaire sont nombreuses. Le jeu aborde sans tabou le quotidien des femmes de Whitechapel et le sujet de la prostitution (y compris masculine). On appréciera également les nombreuses notes historiques à collecter ainsi que les journaux "d'époque". D'autre part, si le mythe arthurien et ses réécritures est au coeur de la relation entre les deux protagonistes, il se fait plus discret dans le background. Seuls les deux héros y font principalement référence, et avec une familiarité qui m'a donné le sentiment d'avoir raté un épisode. Comme si le jeu était un sequel. Les graphismes et l'animation sont honnêtes bien la présence de personnages en 2D ET en 3D soit un peu perturbante. La BO fait le travail. Quant au gameplay, il s'agit de celui d'un classique point'n click avec des écrans fixes dans lesquels on se déplace à la souris. Les personnages ne sont d'ailleurs pas des plus maniables. On trouve quelques mini-jeux et QTE mais leur pertinence laisse songeur... C'est plutôt l'écriture du jeu, et surtout celle des dialogues, qu'il faut retenir. Les conversations sont savoureuses et le doublage fait la part belle à l'accent londonien et à l'argot des rues (belle leçon de vocabulaire en perspective !). Toutefois le scénario péche par des révélations un peu trop rapides et des questions laissées sans réponse. Bien qu'il existe des embranchements différents, ceux-ci ne changeront guère l'issue du jeu, se contentant d'affecter les rapports entre personnages. Le jeu n'en reste pas moins original dans sa thématique et son écriture. Il aurait pu mieux faire et ne détrônera pas dans mon coeur "Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper" du studio Frogwares.
This game lets you become acquainted with the women killed by Jack the Ripper, not as victims but as people, which is amazing in itself. Add to that a dynamic duo of flawed and charming protagonists, with centuries of push-and-pull partnership, and a root in Arthurian legend, and you have a story unlike any other. The game's progress is logical, through mini-puzzles and dialogue trees, and though the mechanics of movement were sometimes a little awkward, the spooky atmosphere of late C19 East London is worth it. I loved this game.
Не погана, сюжетно орієнтована бюджетна гра. До плюсів я би відніс сюжет і діалоги, можливість зміни напарників та англійський колорит. До мінусів я би відніс статичну камеру та рухи персонажів на карті.. Вони дуже топорні і часто можуть вплинути на знаходження потрібної речі на карті. 7/10
Well, the whole plot about Lancelot and Morgan Le Fey investigating [spoiler] Jack the Ripper[/spoiler] case is the best part of it. Sadly, there isn't much game - the only thing you do is walking one of the characters (terribly slow and often completely broken in terms of pathfinding, man, it will make you suffer) from one point to another clicking the only active POI and listening to dialogs, when you either have options that change nothing or no options at all. No inventory, no puzzles (honestly, half a dozen of minigames does not count), no exploring (game hardly has a dozen of locations) no investigation per se. It's like visual novel, and visuals are the worst part. While characters design is okay-ish and even nice sometimes, the animation is outdated for 20 years easily. I'm pretty sure, some adventures from early 2000th looked better in terms of animation. Powered by infamous Unity, it manages to shutter on the same rig I've used to play Hellblade: Senua Sacrifice with high settings. Even the nice plot with, I must admit, state-of-the-art voice acting, sometimes feels weird, like there are some key scene missing completely. Tbh after completing the game I was sure it was based on some book or maybe graphic novel, but looks like it’s completely genuine story which surely deserves better adaptation in both technical and storytelling means.
I'm playing it mostly on a PS5 and I might change my opinion at some point, but right now it isn't too positive EDIT: My save broke on the PS5 and I'm unable to continue playing As a fan of Arthurian legends, I was excited to see an adventure game with an interesting premise: immortals Lancelot and Morgan investigating the Jack the Ripper case while looking for Merlin in hopes to break the curse on Morgan. However, the longer I played the more I saw some liberties with the legends that displeased me greatly. [b]Don't take the legends as accurate[/b] Ignoring the legends, [b]the gameplay is stiff and cumbersome[/b] both on the PS5 and steam, with everything moving very slow even on a high end desktop, some hot spots not activating properly and the potion brewing minigame is unpleasant. [b]There are some 2D art in the 3D environment[/b], likely the result of the budget or team size but it can be quite jarring. The environment to explore is rather restrictive, there aren't many places to go which makes it mostly a fetch quest. Maybe not a bad thing, considering how slow the walking speed is. [b]Badly optimized[/b] the loading times can be slow and it even crashed on a PS5 during a dialogue. [b]After a certain point, the game gets lewd[/b]. Once they show the scene of Lancelot and Guinevere cheating on Arthur, they never cease to make lewd commentary or jokes so it is certainly intended for more mature audiences. But one thing that I can't wrap my head around was [spoiler]abortion as a side-quest[/spoiler]. I'm not against it, but the way it was handled was out of nowhere and rather... abrupt. I want to support indie and small studios, this might be a debut game or something. It has some promising ideas.
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