The Old Gentleman
Can't Get Enough Games · 2024 · Survival Horror, Horror, Point & Click, Atmospheric, Adventure
PC
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About The Old Gentleman
Stuck in a submarine at the bottom of the sea, guide your crewmate around the sea floor to gather parts and repair the sub while avoiding the source of a mysterious light. Learn the required Morse Code on the fly, or surrender to the mysterious presence lurking in the deep blue...
The Old Gentleman is a short half-hour horror game inspired by the real-life "Old Gentleman" dive suit and games like Iron Lung. Featuring challenging gameplay, a grungy retro artstyle, FMV sequences, and deep-blue ocean atmosphere, The Old Gentleman is a tense mini horror experience.
Learn a variety of mechanics under pressure to escape a watery grave:
The Old Gentleman is a short half-hour horror game inspired by the real-life "Old Gentleman" dive suit and games like Iron Lung. Featuring challenging gameplay, a grungy retro artstyle, FMV sequences, and deep-blue ocean atmosphere, The Old Gentleman is a tense mini horror experience.
GAMEPLAY
Learn a variety of mechanics under pressure to escape a watery grave:
- 3D adventure game controls. Navigate between several fixed-perspective views in a 3D submarine, and interact with the submarine's control monitors with the mouse.
- Master Morse Code to communicate with your crewmate. Reference the codebook and pulse dots and dashes into the transmitter to guide his movement and actions.
- Recover the missing submarine parts. Use the submarine's map to guide your crewmate around the seafloor. Send out sonar pings to locate missing parts, but don't draw too much attention to yourself...
- Fend off a stalking monster. Tell your crewmate to distract the monster with a flare if it gets too near him or the submarine. Just keep track of how many flares are left!
- Act with limited information. Use the periscope to view the submarine's immediate surroundings. Visibility is extremely low, though, so you'll have to rely on the map monitor and sonar pings to keep track of your crewmate once he leaves the submarine's lit-up circle of safety.
- Adapt to changing circumstances. The submarine's monitors will blow out one by one and reroute to a spare monitor, meaning more time is spent moving between them. You'll have to scramble to keep one step ahead of the monster!
PLAY THE OLD GENTLEMAN IF YOU LIKE...
- ...Short and sweet horror games.
- ...Thinking fast under pressure.
- ...Puzzling out opaque game systems, computer interfaces, and control panels.
- ...Point-and-click adventure games.
- ...Thick, claustrophobic atmosphere.
- ...Nautical horror.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Very short, not so much scary but neat. The morse code mechanic was fun1 found this helpful
forgot to review but it was pretty fun and immersive and it is short enough to beat and refund if youre broke but im not like that1 found this helpful
Really fantastic short horror game. The morse code mechanic is really fun. Good sense of dread with some genuinely interesting gameplay.
it's got charm. my brain says mid, but my heart says <3
This game had such an intense atmosphere and really draws you in. Even in 30 minutes, the passion that went into the making of this project is obvious! The morse code and periscope mechanics were a little tricky to learn at first, but as the game progressed they really added to the vibe of the game. And the singing was such a neat touch! Overall, I had a really good time playing it! :)
Like a lot of the reviews say, it was a very short, sweet game! Reminds me of a game called Iron Lung a little bit, but there is more pressure on you for time here. I loved the atmosphere! To me it was 30 minutes of experience well-worth $3 USD.
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