Each new “chapter” of the game leads the player into a wholly different place, some indoors, where display cases are filled with replicas of weird creatures and libraries offer ample opportunity to read further into the story. Don’t expect to be constantly wandering around the same location throughout the entire game. I probably could have figured each of these things out had I given it enough time and thought a little harder, but for me the story is much more important than the puzzle challenges.Īs the story unfolds, Gilman crosses quite an impressive number of settings. I did look to walk-throughs on Youtube several times throughout the game. When the puzzles are completed it makes for a highly rewarding experience and certainly gives a feeling of accomplishment. While I am utterly terrible at these sorts of things, Conarium manages to find a very nice balance, being challenging while not making the player want to scream in frustration. There are quite a few puzzles throughout the game to be solved. The game-play is almost entirely puzzle and story driven, a highly interactive walking-simulator. Ancient civilizations from all over the planet are woven into the story, pulling lore from Lovecraft’s many settings all the while.
In other instances smaller details like statues of creatures which had been described by Lovecraft are brought to life by the game’s artists. Not just allusions to the story, but actual concepts that were laid out by Lovecraft directly influence Gilman’s adventure to uncover the ancient lost knowledge of the conarium devices. Early in the game, we experience elements taken straight from The Whisperer In Darkness. While the game clearly focuses most heavily on its relation to At The Mountains Of Madness, avid Lovecraft readers will find a plethora of references to other Lovecraft stories. The developments that took place during Lovecraft’s novella have direct influence on the story of Conarium. We find ourselves in an era accurate depiction of an Antarctic scientific base. The story behind Conarium brilliantly builds itself around the concepts originally mapped out in At The Mountains Of Madness. From something as simple as a fleeting mention of the Necronomicon to much more elaborate constructs. At every turn in Conarium there are numerous references to Lovecraft’s work. Zoetrope have proven that their understanding of Lovecraft’s lore goes much deeper than the usual fare. Quite a few games throughout the years have been marketed as “Lovecraftian”, yet rarely do they go much deeper into the lore than calling some squid creature Cthulhu or imagining some world filled with other varieties of tentacled creatures. As the story progresses and the history of the device begins to unfold, Gilman finds himself in an elaborate and maddening set of circumstances. Gilman and crew are searching for clues to unlock the secrets of an ancient device called the conarium. Lovecraft novella, At The Mountains Of Madness. The team has gone to Antarctica to follow in the footsteps of the ill-fated expedition that featured in the H.P. The game takes the perspective of Frank Gilman, one of a crew of scientists working to uncover some ancient hidden knowledge. Incorporating much of his lore from use of settings to stories of the origins of our planet, Conarium becomes the perfect game for even the most dedicated of Lovecraft readers. Conarium builds its background upon a framework of elements straight from the stories of H.P.
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Zoetrope previously known for their Darkness Within series have returned to the same genre with a much more ambitious title in Conarium. Conarium is a first person puzzle horror adventure game created by Zoetrope and Iceberg Interactive.
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