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Essays 16 December 2022, 18:53

author: Marek Jura

World of Horror. The best Polish games coming in 2023

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The game was inspired by Lovecraft and Ito's manga (photo - World of Horror, Ysbryd Games, 2023). - Exciting Polish Video Games Announced for 2023 - article - 2022-12-09
The game was inspired by Lovecraft and Ito's manga (photo - World of Horror, Ysbryd Games, 2023).
  1. Genre: Adventure RPG horror
  2. Creators: Panstasz
  3. Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch
  4. Is this another production in this universe: no
  5. Is it a developer debut: yes

Panstasz is at it with a game so original that it was talked about long before giving even an approximate release date. This black-and-white production is as retro as possible, showing that even the use of some archaic gameplay mechanics does not necessarily cause a decrease in playability.

World of Horror directly references the world of Uzumaki , a Japanese manga where the reason for the madness and macabre is the eponymous spiral . But not only that. It is a multi-layered work, referring to many earlier horror films, including, of course, the prose of the loner from Providence, but also Poe or even Dante. In addition, many events here are surreal in nature - sometimes it is not entirely clear what was real and what was just an imagination.

The black and white World of Horror tells a story where randomness is key. The protagonist's task is to explore the surroundings - a seaside town in Japan where ancient, Lovecraftian entities have awakened. The inhabitants go mad, just like Junji Ito, and the apocalypse can only be stopped by solving five randomly drawn puzzles received at the beginning of the game. Some of the places where you will search for solutions are also randomly generated.

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Marek Jura

Marek Jura

In 2016, he graduated in philology at UAM. Since then, he has been reviewing prose, poetry, movies, series, and video games for GRYOnline.pl. He took his first steps in the journalism industry as a newsman in a local tabloid. He ran his own company - he designed, created, tested, and sold board games. He published several short stories and is also preparing his debut volume of poetry. Trains martial arts. A feminist, vegan, fan of pineapple on pizza, cat lover, dislikes Bethesda and Amazon, likes Lovecraft, Agents of SHIELD, P:T, BeksiƄski, Hollow Knight, performance, abstract art, game mods and dumplings.

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