DESOLATIUM

So after almost 6hrs of playing this game, getting all the achievements.. you might wonder why i don't recommend this game. Okay so the not-so-debatable things: The areas tend to be a little maze, expecially the bigger ones. I got lost a good amount of times, even when i replayed the game. -> I'd like to have a map If i would have taken a bigger break from the game, i wouldnt have remembered what my task is, so a little mission-tracker would be nice Honestly, me personally, i've played most of the game with a guide, because i could not have done it without one. Some things to interact with, and/or collect are so hard to find, that a way to highlight the points-of-interest would have helped me a lot. The english and spanisch dub/synchro arent the best. Ive mainly played with the english one, because i dont speak spanish. The dialoge in itself is weird, at least in my opinion. The story - I can only speak for myself here There was potential, but the story lost me after a while. Positive about it, i didnt encounter bugs or any glitches but this game would also have a good amount of potential for VR All in All Pretty areas, very confusing, weak storyline got potential, but didnt…

If you value your sanity, please don't play this game. Watch (skip through) a Let's Play instead, as there are two things you can enjoy. 1. Visuals (I kept making screenshots of the opening act, as the artstyle is beautiful) 2. Sound design (does the job well) The rest ranges from weak to abysmal, eg actors who can't even pronounce important words correctly, like Innsmouth and Cthulhu (Ka-Zulu) to pixel hunting, direction seeking (weird mazes that don't make sense) and the endless collecting of notes and books. But the story...its so disjointed and convoluted that you don't know who you are playing or what their aim is. No character development, the puzzles are more archaic than Cthulhu itself, but what I am still really pissed off about is the $5 plastic DVD I received after pledging $120 for a Collector's Box. A shame, a tragedy that has Lovecraft rolling around in his grave.

While graphically pretty, the game is poorly executed. It very quickly turns into the player just trying to click anything and everything in hopes of it being something that can be used. This is just a hidden object game that was poorly coded and sold as something a lot more. I really wish I had not backed it on kickstarter.

Really don't know why the rating's that bad. Seems like a pretty atmospheric adventure game with a really unique sense of design choices to me. Solid, as far as I can tell. And it finally works on Linux, too. So, give it a try, will ya?

Desolatium, developed by Superlumen and published by SOEDESCO, is a haunting adventure that attempts to capture the cosmic dread and investigative intrigue of H. P. Lovecraft’s mythos within a modern point-and-click framework. The game begins with a chilling sense of disorientation: you awaken in a sterile, hospital-like room with no memory of how you arrived there, only to realize that something in the walls, in the whispers, and in your mind is terribly wrong. As the narrative unfolds through multiple protagonists, each with their own perspective and motives, the story widens into a web of mysteries involving cults, rituals, forbidden knowledge, and an ancient power lurking just beyond perception. Rather than rely on traditional jump scares, Desolatium aims to unnerve the player through psychological tension and atmosphere, allowing its dread to grow gradually through discovery and implication. The storytelling approach is ambitious, as the player alternates between four main characters whose individual investigations intertwine. Each chapter reveals another fragment of the overarching mystery, showing how their lives converge toward the same horrific revelation. This shifting p…

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