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| Fear Equation by pinback 02/09/2016, 12:01pm PST | ||||
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| It's a submarine simulator! Except instead of a sub, it's a train! And instead of the water, it's in the air! And instead of Japanese destroyers, it's a malevolent fog, trying to turn your passengers' nightmares against them!
Sweet! I love games like this, that are able to take place in a very small, stark, confined environment, and by clever use of the tools within the environment, imply a much larger world outside, that you never see, but can definitely feel. It is a horror/survival/resource management game, not completely unlike Tharsis, but with added complexity and no dice. ("No dice!") The creaky, modified freight train, the crackle and buzz of the radio, the old monochrome monitor your only window to the world outside, the feel is just magnificent. I'm not far enough to tell if the game's any good yet. Surely there is a lot of information you apparently need to consider, and on first blush it doesn't seem terribly well-organized. But being virtually turn-based, there is no feeling of urgency. You can hang out in the spooky ol' train as long as you want while you figure things out. On small sale for the Lunar Steam Thing, if it sounds like your kinda deal. |
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