The Lady
Mikeypoo's Games · 2015 · Indie, Action, Psychological Horror, Adventure, Horror
PC
Mixed41% · 237
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About The Lady
✦ AI summary
Navigate surreal fever dreams as The Lady, solving puzzles and battling anxiety-fueled bosses across five brutal, distinct worlds inspired by classic 16-bit action games. A haunting psychological journey told through intimate waist-up cinematics that explores depression, panic disorder, and fractured identity through unforgiving retro gameplay.
“The Lady” is an emotional 2D Surreal Puzzle Horror adventure.
The Lady is a surrealist emotional journey that takes The Lady through a series of fever dream hallucinations, while being at odds with inner struggles of anxiety and depression. She encounters multiple versions of herself throughout the game, unsure of which versions to trust. From the initial confusion, to all out anxiety that one would experience with panic disorder, it's all there for you to explore first hand through the eyes of The Lady.
The Gameplay Mechanics are inspired by classic SNES and Turbo Grafx16 type games. The gameplay difficulty is brutal, just like life itself.
The game is displayed in a “waist up” cinematic style, for a more personal experience. Gameplay features side-scrolling exploration, puzzle solving, retro arcade-style boss battles, and plays in letterbox full screen HD.
The Lady is a surrealist emotional journey that takes The Lady through a series of fever dream hallucinations, while being at odds with inner struggles of anxiety and depression. She encounters multiple versions of herself throughout the game, unsure of which versions to trust. From the initial confusion, to all out anxiety that one would experience with panic disorder, it's all there for you to explore first hand through the eyes of The Lady.
The Gameplay Mechanics are inspired by classic SNES and Turbo Grafx16 type games. The gameplay difficulty is brutal, just like life itself.
The game is displayed in a “waist up” cinematic style, for a more personal experience. Gameplay features side-scrolling exploration, puzzle solving, retro arcade-style boss battles, and plays in letterbox full screen HD.
Features
- The most unique Female Protagonist to ever appear in a video game
- Five unique levels each with their own play style
- Retro difficulty
- No tutorials, no hand holding
- Puzzle exploration
- A story that will make you ask questions about "The Lady" and about yourself
DLC & expansions
What Steam players say
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⠀8 found this helpful
This game is trippy, but in a bad way with weird essentially non-existent gameplay.4 found this helpful
This game is, just like [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/MouseWithBeer/recommended/433750]The Grandfather[/url] from the same dev, bad. I don't even know how to describe it other than it being some weird nonsense.2 found this helpful
[h1] …1 found this helpful
https://youtu.be/oK3iPQaGmc8 Unclear if this game is functional or not, the lack of direction is a major drain on the experience.
So I was looking through some of the reviews and discussions and apparently this game is supposed to be about anxiety and depression. As someone who has had both, I can tell you this game has nothing to do with either. It makes absolutely no sense, and gets boring after about 5 minutes. Decent artwork, but other than that, it's just... nonsense. Rating: 1/10
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