Boggles my mind that the Average Rating for this is 3.5. That's way too high for a game that's all visual pizazz and little else. Heart of Darkness is an ultra unforgiving, ultra unfair cinematic platformer that revels in making the player watch its myriad of flashy death sequences. The game practically prides itself on its trial and error gameplay, and you will die... a lot. Often in maddeningly annoying ways. I played it with save states and it still made me tear my hair out. I can't fathom how anyone reached the ending legitimately.
Ok, here's the thing: this goes under the category of childhood games alright having played the demo over and over so many times.
What I thought was: a very dark game that I found atrociously disgusting but with a gameplay I couldn't help to like a lot, by my surprise.
What I thought was: a very dark game that I found atrociously disgusting but with a gameplay I couldn't help to like a lot, by my surprise.
Juego de aventura con muy buenos niveles y lindos graficos muy diferentes a todos loa juegos que saliero en la ps1.
Древняя адвенчура с технически мощным визуалом для тех лет. Но душный платформер с душными головоломками и душным экшеном.
Le gameplay c'est pas pour moi mais le peu de développeurs qui travaillaient dessus étaient tellement en avance sur leurs temps, en terme d'animation c'est hallucinant
A game that makes you think "oh its gonna be a game full of goofy looking mfers" and then Andy over here gets crushed flat in vivid detail by a hexagonal stone pillar or digested in real time by some goo straight out of The Blob. Pacing is relatively snappy and the atmosphere remains pretty unique even all these years later.
The „isekai'd to another world“ game that makes your head spin and your spine snap. Heart Of Darkness juxtaposes juvenile, Pixar-like characters with fantastical horrors ranging from comedic to grotesque. This game was destined to fail without a clear target audience, but weirdos like me will cherish its influence on their now-adult taste in sci-fi and horror media forever.
all of the unjust criticisms people have for the PS1 Oddworld games actually apply here
the opening cinematic is annoying, abrasive and ugly and goes on for far too long, and the game proper doesn't fare much better, unless your idea of a good time is standing still for a few minutes and moving the d-pad about as you zap waves of shadows
the game really, really wants you to watch the little CGI cinematics that play when you die, like when you get bumped off a cliff by the shadow ram thing you're supposed to jump over, or when the fat fuck smashes through a wall, so be ready to spam the start button
even better is that once you've died a few times as you try to figure out the timing and controls, it has the gall to offer hints as if you haven't already figured it out
the only positive here is the visuals; it has the cinematic part of the cinematic platformer genre sorted, but as an actual game it's beyond mediocre, an exercise in tedium
the opening cinematic is annoying, abrasive and ugly and goes on for far too long, and the game proper doesn't fare much better, unless your idea of a good time is standing still for a few minutes and moving the d-pad about as you zap waves of shadows
the game really, really wants you to watch the little CGI cinematics that play when you die, like when you get bumped off a cliff by the shadow ram thing you're supposed to jump over, or when the fat fuck smashes through a wall, so be ready to spam the start button
even better is that once you've died a few times as you try to figure out the timing and controls, it has the gall to offer hints as if you haven't already figured it out
the only positive here is the visuals; it has the cinematic part of the cinematic platformer genre sorted, but as an actual game it's beyond mediocre, an exercise in tedium
Trial and error puzzle game with great death scenes.
Это одна из игр детства. Помню на одном из ивентов мела закинул ее, и там конечно задушился он нереально. Оценку пожалуй ставить не буду, не знаю как ее оценивать, но пожалуй отметить ее стоило
not fair
Graphics good
Everything else utter BS. Didn't finish call it skill issue
Everything else utter BS. Didn't finish call it skill issue
Bela pixel art
E ótimas animações
Ele é bem desafiador e até bem assustador em certas partes
Não sei se é um jogo pra adultos ou crianças.
E ótimas animações
Ele é bem desafiador e até bem assustador em certas partes
Não sei se é um jogo pra adultos ou crianças.