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August 17, 2017

Darkwood

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Critic Reviews25
Darkwood
8.2
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Based on 25 Reviews
79
Release date
August 17, 2017
Developer
Acid Wizard Studio
Publisher
Acid Wizard Studio
Genre
Action RPG
Platform
PC Mac OS Sony PlayStation 4 Xbox One X/S Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/S Sony PlayStation 5
Web-site
Official Steam

Summary

Darkwood is a game about survival, exploration and fear, set in mysterious woods somewhere in the territory of the Soviet Bloc. It is a top-down, free-roam, surreal horror experience with a randomized world, taking cues from classic games, where oftentimes you had to figure things out for yourself. By blending RPG, roguelike and adventure elements together with a challenging difficulty, Darkwood aims to please players craving for a deep and rewarding experience.

The fear of unknown is powerful and the unknown will try to remain unseen, forcing you to watch your back. Your senses will be deceived, your sight fooled, your smell tricked by Darkwood's surreal terrors. No answer will be given to you for free, yet somewhere in the woods lies the truth, an explanation to what has happened in this godforsaken place.

Looking for your weakness, your inner demons, only to devour you. Welcome to Darkwood.

Darkwood System Requirements

🤏 Minimum Requirements

OS:
Windows Vista
CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
RAM:
4 GB RAM
GPU:
GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 4850
HDD:
6 GB available space

👍 Recommended Specs

OS:
Windows 10 64-bit
CPU:
Intel i3
RAM:
6 GB RAM
GPU:
GeForce GTX 660
HDD:
6 GB available space

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With its many surprises, Darkwood is a title with immeasurable depth that will keep horror fans gripped until the very end. An important focus on narrative-driven gameplay kept me hooked and desperate for answers. A horrifying aesthetic with spooky soundscapes plays with our instincts and terrifies the senses. When the title boasted "a horror game without jump-scares", I initially rolled my eyes. Most titles incorporate some kind of jump-scare to get a cheap reaction out of players. Even tastefully done jump-scares feel cheap to me because I'm not actually "scared," I'm just surprised. Darkwood succeeds where many other titles fail. It's a heart-racing experience that any horror fan worth their salt should attempt to survive.
August 15, 2019
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I took a run at Darkwood when it was in Early Access on PC, and found myself so beaten down by the experience that I was forced to step away. Now, in its completed form, the balancing has been fine-tuned to the point where a determined player with the patience to slowly explore a hostile world will be able to make it to the end. It’s still one of the most challenging and bleakest survival experiences I’ve ever had, but I’m happy to see that the developers have found a sweet spot between alienating difficulty and player empowerment. It’s a challenge, but a fair one — and one that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.
July 1, 2019
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Overall, Darkwood does a good job of presenting a very tense and often horrific story with just the right amount of survival elements mixed in. While I’m not sure it is strictly fun, surviving a monster-filled night certainly is a relief and feels satisfying. Difficult enough at its normal setting, there are ample opportunities for true masochists to enjoy Darkwood’s singular approach to the genre.
June 3, 2019

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