3/2/2023 0 Comments Inscryption mushroom![]() ![]() The mechanics of the card game itself coupled with the symbolism of sacrifice make the player complicit in the deaths of countless animals, weighing the value of their lives through a system represented by drops of blood. Each one is an other worldly spectacle that is both unsettling and captivating. His role is performative in a very theatrical sense, donning masks to represent different characters with different relationships to their natural environment (angler, woodcarver, my boy the mycologist etc.) All these channelled identities use the environment as resource, but they are so heavily immersed in the process of procurement and that we are not dealing with processes of industry. Your opponent in this strange game of cards is an ecoGothic spectacle if ever I saw one. Note: I highly recommend getting access to the beta if it is still on offer. ![]() To date I have played 83 hours of this relatively linear game, most of that in the beta of ‘Kaycee’s mod’. ![]() This game heavily relies on the element of surprise and I really don’t want to give anything away. All that is to say, I have no idea how I missed Inscryption. I’ve discovered some of my favourite games through being swept up in a wave of indie game enthusiasm. It happened with Undertale, Her Story and Return of the Obra Dinn. As a result of my gaming tastes coupled with laziness I often fall prey to the buzz creating indie darling of the moment. While I love a game that is strange and beautiful I feel terrible for not combing through itch.io looking for these undiscovered masterpieces. In my experience as an average video game consumer you don’t find indie gems, somehow they find you. ![]()
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