If you like stories, but want to see them from another angle, don’t miss what The Darkest Tales has to offer.
Once upon a time there was a studio called The Trinity Team who didn’t much like traditional tales. These stories where the good guys defeat the bad guys, the heroes save the princesses and where there are always happy endings where you eat partridges. For this reason, they decided to turn things around. Telling the legends in a more adult, more serious way. More unstable and paranoid. And from these distorted thoughts and ideas, the game we are going to talk about today was born: The darkest tales.
sewing work
The Darkest Tales is about a metroidvania quite linear where we will control Teddy, a teddy bear. His mission, albeit reluctantly, will be to restore peace of mind to Alicia, a sick girl who only has nightmares. We’re going to have to sneak into the little girl’s mind and seeks the evils that torment her. All of them, based on the popular tales we all know. Of course, past the nut.
A psychopathic Little Hood who kills wolves, a genie of the lamp who will demand his own wishes from us or a Geppetto who thinks only of dissecting his victims are clear examples of what we will find. Its virtues enhanced in its most malignant part, which must be removed by our felted hands. Our hands, and a whole arsenal of weapons that we will collect.
There’s a friend in me
The references that emanate darkest tales they are unmistakable. It has an inescapable essence of Hollow Knight, and it shows in the movements of our teddy bear. His attack pattern with the scissors, the to rush On the side, the powers that we can acquire… Everything reminds us of the work of Team Cherry. And that’s not bad at all. This familiarity with the controls allows us to quickly feel comfortable with the controls of the protagonist and that we know how to act in every situation.
The difficulty level is also lowered. It’s not that it’s a short walk, but we will have enough healing capacity and checkpoints so as not to stay stuck in the same place for long. Also, since this is not a metroidvania title designed for exploration, we won’t have many alternative paths to get lost in. Attention, if you want they are there, but they are not essential to finish the adventure.
Don’t be fragile like Humpty Dumpty
As we progress, Teddy will collect various weapons, each more useful.
nightmare after nightmare
Part of the charm of The Darkest Tales is the magical kingdoms we’ll visit. Each area of this nightmarish network is completely different from the last. Climbing through the plants that grow when the magic bean sprouts isn’t the same as visiting the islands where a crazed Peter Pan lives. And not only will the aesthetics change, but the obstacles and pitfalls will be different. This is the reason why we continued to play the Trinity Games proposal: the constant itch to know what the next screen will bring us. and with this tone scary who has his job, intoxicates us with curiosity.
All is not good, and precisely that linearity and sudden changes in scenery have consequences. Although there is Alicia’s plot and our desire to save her, there are times when this relationship is lost. It remains to promote a stronger link with the story, and that all the phases marry in a single fantastic world. In the end, for better or for worse, The Darkest Tales remains like a good adventure book where everything happens to the hero until he reaches his destination.
Darkest Tales Conclusion
Trinity Games wants us to see folk tales from another perspective. A much darker and psychopathic vision of Little Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan or Pinocchio. And the result ends up being very good, since we’ll be glued to the screen waiting to see the next world we’ll visit. Although The Darkest Tales can be considered a metroidvania, we can complete the title without straying too far from the main path. This does not mean that we are faced with a small march, since obstacles, races and enemies will make our life impossible until we reach the next checkpoint. If you like this type of Hollow Knight-style proposals, Teddy’s Adventures will surely entertain you for a good handful of hours.
darkest tales
24,99$
Benefits
- The recreation of the stories is great
- Good handling of weapons and utensils
- It’s metroidvania…but not too messy or convoluted
The inconvenients
- The story loses its consistency as we progress.
- Teddy jumps a little rough
- It doesn’t innovate much except for an original visual section
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