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Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Released On: Nov 6, 2007
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7.1
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Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
52
13% Positive
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2 Reviews
67% Mixed
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10 Reviews
20% Negative
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Darkness Within is a good detective adventure made in the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft. The storyline is intriguing and the puzzles are logical as well as challenging. The think screen interface is a nice innovation, which I’d like to see in future games, too. The biggest flaw is that sometimes it’s a little difficult to get forward due to the abundance of researchable areas and things. The game requires a lot patience and brainwork. If thinking isn’t your thing, don’t bother – Darkness Within isn’t for you. [Jan 2008]
The journey, however, can be fun if the meticulous style of information parsing doesn’t turn you off.
I thought it started out really well and showed some major promise, but it feels like an unfinished game that's not worth the time or effort. It scares the heck out of you the entire time, but due to the extremely tedious gameplay during the latter half of the title and its complete lack of guidance or direction during the puzzle-solving segments, I'd say that it's not really worth the trouble.
This isn't a novel story, but Howard Loreid's descent into Lovecraftian insanity can be entertaining if you can put up with sloppy puzzles and a slow, deliberate pacing.
Darkness Within oversells its Lovecraftian theme because there's just way too much reading and not enough adventuring to keep our interest up. [Mar 2008, p.81]
The plot is incoherent, with the panache of a 12-year-old's erotic Harry Potter fiction and the finish of a turd laced with pipe cleaners and glass. [Feb 2008, p.89]
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Summary As police detective Howard E. Loreid, players are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult. At the top of your list of suspects is Loath Nolder, a highly respected private investigator who mysteriously abandoned his last case for reasons unknown. Rumor had it that he ventured to several exotic place...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Nov 6, 2007
Developer:
- Zoetrope Interactive
Publisher: Lighthouse Interactive
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