Tomentum is very immersive and the player might find themselves trying to remember where certain things were because they were too busy being in awe of the world around them. Even though each room is distinctive, Tomentum - Dark Sorrow is an easy game to get lost in, but not in the usual sense. While your character does take notes on certain things, it might not be a bad idea for you to do so as well. There may be times where you’ll use the wrong item in the wrong area and Cloak Guy will snark at you on how you won’t last that long in the game. Those that don’t tend to be on harder side, especially if you aren’t paying attention.Įach time you get an item it’s almost guaranteed you’re going to need to use it somewhere soon, requiring you to pay attention to your surroundings. This game has no difficulty settings available, so the player may find themselves at a loss with a few puzzles if those particular ones aren’t their strong suit, especially since not all of the puzzles have clues to help you solve them. There will be times you take pause while playing the game and try to figure out just how you’re supposed to do something. Some things are straightforward, some things are not and it requires the player to use their skills in order to solve it, just like most point and click adventure games. You will also be collecting items in order to solve the puzzles and progress further through the game. The good thing about this is that backtracking isn’t painful like it can be in some other games you can easily just press on of the arrows on the side of the screen and walk back to where you were, which you’ll be doing a lot in this game. Not all of them do this, but in environments where the colors are lighter and match the color of the parchment, it’s very easy to miss them. The only thing that does blend into the background is the parchments that contain clues for solving puzzles. This leaves him shrouded in as much mystery to the other characters as he is to us, which is a nice touch to the overall environment of the game.Īlmost every important thing in the game stands out, so it’s hard to miss anything while you’re going through the castle picking up items to aid in your escape. He’s a human, but with the cape we can’t really tell how human he really is, but the cape looks so distinctive that it essentially becomes part of who he is as a character. We don’t know what our character looks like we only know that he’s different from everyone else in the place. The overall atmosphere makes the game stand out from the countless other games trying a similar theme. When something gory happens it will sound like it happened right in front of you. Ghostly moaning and distinctive orchestral pieces punctuate each action you take. The music is also distinctly creepy and the sounds are deep and ominous.
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Your character is an observer for the actions around him as he tries to escape, so you get an eye full of the beautiful visuals constantly. With each atrocity you see you’ll find yourself wondering more and more just what is going on in this place. They are strange and disturbing, giving you a distinctive feeling that you aren’t in a world you would ever want to be in. The first thing that will strike you about this game is its visuals they are truly inspired by the late artist, H. He has amnesia and has no idea why he’s being taken to this prison and promptly decides to escape. At the start of the game you’re delivered there and introduced to your nameless main hero, who will be called “Cloak Guy” for the remainder of this review. Tormentum - Dark Sorrow takes place in a strange, nightmarish place where the main character is imprisoned.
Giger’s artwork and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream had some sort of strange lovechild? You’d get Tormentum - Dark Sorrow, a dark point and click adventure game with an art style inspired by Giger and a story that seems to come straight from the mind of a twisted philosopher.