Naturally, I taunted the still monstrosity in front of me by crouching on the ground over and over, then strolled into the next phase of the game. ![]() I couldn’t tell if it was a bug or it wasn’t meant to catch me. Then I turned a corner and looked back… it was standing in place. I was so happy and ready to begin the game. When the first scary event finally occurred, I was too busy looking for the next switch to press to notice.Ī monster had formed and began to chase me. Gameplay mechanics are very present and in abundance but it felt like there was simply no reason for them. You can drive a Mars rover, make yourself a cup of coffee, and you have a fancy wristwatch that can manipulate the tech at your station. ![]() The entire first hour of the game follows this pattern.Īt this point, I had forgotten I was playing a horror game after turning on lights and rotating objects for so long. This is more like running back and forth doing busy work. “Puzzle” may not be the right word though, that implies challenge. You’ll be performing these meaningless puzzles over and over. This is what I thought the purpose of this exercise was. There is clearly a lot of detail put into making the station feel interactable.Ī task like leaving a locked room is a great way to welcome a player into a game’s general mechanics. The bedroom your in is full of objects to look at, read and use. First, you have to escape your locked room. Waking up, you’re instantly tasked with performing your janitorial duties. Get ready because you’ll be spending a lot of time here. ![]() Trailblazer Alpha is where you’ve been stationed on Mars. Or is it? Moons of Madness has a lot of potential, but is ultimately squandered by its overall organization. This is just the beginning of a spiral into insanity. Unnatural things monsters, tentacles, organisms. As you go about your daily chores, you start to see things you shouldn’t. You’re an unimportant low-level engineer working on a research outpost. Moons of Madness is a Lovecraftian-horror game developed by Rock Pocket Games.
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