Lamentum

Lamentum é um survival horror em pixel art que aposta forte na atmosfera sombria e no clima constante de tensão. Ambientado em uma mansão e seus arredores cheios de segredos, o jogo consegue entregar uma experiência que lembra os clássicos do gênero, com foco em exploração, recursos limitados e decisões cuidadosas. A ambientação é o grande destaque. O jogo cria uma sensação constante de desconforto, seja pelos ambientes escuros, pelos sons ou pelas criaturas que surgem ao longo da jornada. A narrativa também ajuda a manter o interesse, com uma história cheia de mistérios e elementos sobrenaturais. A jogabilidade mistura exploração, puzzles e combate, mas o foco não é ação constante — pelo contrário, cada confronto parece perigoso e deve ser pensado. Isso reforça a sensação de vulnerabilidade do personagem. Fazer 100% das conquistas adiciona uma camada extra de desafio, incentivando explorar tudo com atenção e revisitar áreas para descobrir segredos que podem passar despercebidos na primeira jogada. Foi uma experiência completa e bem satisfatória para quem gosta de completar jogos nesse estilo. No geral, é um ótimo título para fãs de survival horror clássico, com boa atmosfera e um ritmo mais lento e estratégico. Nota: 8,5/10.

I think it is a great game. The story is fine. It was interesting to see a mix of Lovecraftian and Frankenstein lore. The characters were memorable. The Eldrich horror was tangible. The gameplay was easy to navigate. There was enough variety of things to do, except maybe a couple, such as the doll. Even the non-negotiable punishments, such as the rope and first coin tossing into the fountain, are acceptable. There are problems, such as necessity to check every inch to get teeth and coins. Also, there are loop holes. More notes and more dialogues could fix the issues. Also, the final boss for S ending could be nice.

Silent Hill 2 / Resident Evil with a smidge of Lovecraft. This game is excellent and well worth the price. It has an interesting premise, plays really well, it's very logical and the combat controls are great which makes fighting the monsters slightly more fun than usual for this type of game. Only down side is you can't skip dialogue. There aren't many places where this is a big issue, but the few windy dialogs right before a boss fight can get really annoying. [h3]Steam Deck[/h3] Perfect. Runs really well, easy on the battery and looks great on the screen.

Cada canto desse jogo é sinistro… parece que o próprio ambiente tá vivo, te observando e esperando o momento certo pra te deixar desconfortável. Lamentum não é só um jogo de terror, é uma experiência pesada, daquelas que grudam na mente. A estética Pixelada engana, mas por trás dela tem um nível absurdo de detalhe e atmosfera. A trilha sonora entra na cabeça de um jeito que dá arrepios, e o silêncio… slk, o silêncio às vezes pesa mais que qualquer som. A história é outro ponto forte — sombria, misteriosa e cheia de camadas. Você vai jogando e sentindo que tem algo errado o tempo todo, como se estivesse mexendo com coisas que não deveria. E isso é bom demais. Os puzzles são inteligentes, não tratam o jogador como burro, e o combate exige atenção — qualquer erro pode custar caro. Não é só sair batendo, tem que pensar, explorar e sobreviver na raça.

Pixelated Silent Hill, 19th century style.

While I'm being okay at the most and sometimes terrible at those kind of games, I do like some survival-horror from time to time ; the pixel art and the atmosphere sealed the deal for me. The pitch is simple : you impersonate Victor, newly wed, with his wife being already afflicted with an incurable disease. Dejected by normal science, you set out to some creepy lonesome manor, where an eccentric lord dabbling in the occult lives. Of course, everything goes wrong : you wake up wounded, without any memories of what happened. Your wife is nowhere to be seen and the manor shifted to a galery of grotesque macabre stuff all around. The game then plays like Resident Evil, with a touch of Silent Hill for the theme and atmosphere, and some Lovecraftian aspect. In the beginning, it works fine - you collect keys, avoid or slash monsters, solve simple puzzles, encounter characters and explore the mansion. Then the flaws start to become obvious. The main one for me was the combat. As mentioned I'm not great at survival-horror, but even for me, it was way too simple. Most ennemies are either too slow or without enouch reach (or both) to be a real threat. As they rarely attack you in groups or in tight places, slashing and backing away works for most of them. I really pitied the plant-monster emitting poison gas : it's its only attack, you can cut him at leisure, go away, wait for him to come back and do it again. Almost no monster needs a special tactic and the only time I fired my pistol was against one boss. Add an abundance of healing items and tension evaporates, which is a huge blow for a survival-horror game. My other main gripe is the story itself. Even if you are tolerant and dismiss the other characters who cannot be bothered to tell Victor in details what is happening (if they did, he wouldn't continue - but it's not clever writing, it's being contrived), there is a distinct lack of memorable moments and emotion. Victor go through the motions in a nightmare, but his dialogues are generic, his reactions are mild, it's quite difficult to get involved- what's more, the narrative is quite predictable. For such a short game, it wouldn't have been reasonable to expect deep lore and a master-level at crafting a scenario, but it does the bare minimum to motivate you to continue. There are four different endings, all very short and the "best" one is locked under silly requirements : collecting tooths and strange coins. Even if there were hints for that, I really feel that kind of feature shouldn't be present at all. Working to earn your good ending is only natural - collecting unrelated trinkets, sometimes hidden in obtuse places, doesn't make sense and feels out of place. All in all, you can feel the love put into the game, alas, it doesn't translate to a unique experience. Good art and great atmosphere are not enough to carry Lamentum. My advice ? Try Look Outside.

Si te mola Lovecraft es la polla, yo lo dropee en el puto laberinto que dije mira no...mi vida es suficientemente complicada. Aparte de eso, si eres un puto trastornado, la polla.

Bonne expérience, bon survival. J'ai beaucoup aimé l'exploration, et après l'avoir fini j'ai vu qu'il restait des choses que je n'avais pas découvert. Bonne diversité dans les monstres et leur design. J'ai réussi à faire tous les puzzles sans regarder de soluce.

Excellent game with excellent gameplay and story, really! Totally worth your time!

Completely unimpressive game - an unoriginal story that feels like it's been done dozens of times before, bland writing and dialogue (doesn't have any 19th century flavour), laughably easy combat, and an obscene amount of backtracking across mostly boring locations. It's a decent 'baby's first introduction to survival horror', I suppose, but that's about it. Wouldn't rate this above a 5/10.