While I didn’t give enough for the alpha stage I will be graced with the more polished releases up until the public gets their grimy ichorous mitts on the game. Alpha backers will be treated to continually updated builds, as will Beta backers once The Miskatonic reaches that stage. Also, this will be the only public build that I’m aware of before it gets close to the release date. But at the same time I know it’s months away from release. It’s hardly close to being ready for prime time. They’re not perfectly written but I can definitely pick out their warped personalities. In fact, I liked all of the characters that you get to meet during these scenes. I also instantly fell in love with our resident witch (the dancing in the rain naked type) because she’s just got an awesome outlook on the universe. I’m particularly fond of Lizzy, the Dunwich horror that acts as a pilot that will ferry Charlotte and friends across the world taking on supernatural horrors. The faculty in The Miskatonic are an eclectic and eccentric bunch, with the most “normal” person still having quirks that’ll make any sane person blush. The art during these conversations are great and kind of make me wish that I didn’t drop my pledge from getting myself as a side character.
If all you want is some of the early story then go right ahead and download it for yourself. Aside from the various conversations with university staff all you do is roam around a few screens, pressing “S” to go through doorways to either another corridor or to trigger another scene. I mean, the developers did call it an “animatic alpha” after all. In fact, it’s basically a glorified series of cutscenes. The current alpha demo doesn’t have much in the way of gameplay. Fans of the genre with a wicked sense of humor will love the story I believe.
Anyway, just in the opening sequences that have been revealed we also are treated with several references to the famous author’s works. For the uninitiated she’s a twisted fertility goddess. In addition to being quite quirky she’s also a witch that worships the Goat With a Thousand Young, Shub-Niggurath. It is, after all, way too soon to judge the game on about an hour’s playthrough.Īs the name suggests, our heroine starts working for the (in)famous university located in the fictional Lovecraft town of Arkham, Massachusetts. Most notably the numerous typos in the text, but I’m more than willing to overlook that for the time being. What I saw had promise, but being such an early teaser there is still a lot of work that obviously needs to get done before it’s ready for release. Remember the comedy horror adventure game The Miskatonic? Remember when we told you that a very early alpha build of the opening chapter was released to the public? Well, I finally took the time to sit down and give it a once through.
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