
For example, one level required me to put a toy piano on an empty wooden block and then shift my perspective so that it fell onto the floor and created a hole. They’re not too easy to figure out at a glance because they require exploration as well as some outside the box thinking. The puzzles are well thought out and always keeps you guessing. The art style is amazing, along with the tiny animation touches and sound effects. Overall, DARQ is a well designed and produced puzzle game.

You can flip your perspective to access new areas. I thought this particular mechanic was simple but interesting. Another level has a terrifying grandmother figure in a wheel chair chasing you. For example, the street level has four switches that you need to turn on using severed arms. The visual style is fantastically morbid and imaginative. It just looks very grotesque and very surreal. The art style also pairs well with the puzzles. This keeps the puzzle solving fresh as each one is pretty unique. The levels are cleverly designed and unpredictable. The art style is very grotesque, morbid, and imaginative. Another level looks like it takes place on an outdoor street and introduces the mechanic of shifting your perspective so you can access the opposite side of hallways and so forth.


For example, the first level looks like a gloomy basement and introduces the mechanic of shifting your perspective so you can walk up walls as a floor. Each level is represented by a different dreamscape as well as a new mechanic to master. You use this in interesting ways to navigate levels.Įven though some may find DARQ to be frightening to play, it is a puzzle game at heart. The first mechanic introduced is the ability to walk up walls. The harder he tries, the more nightmarish they become. You play as a young lad named Lloyd who is trying to escape from his dreams. Developed and published by Unfold – Aug(PS4/5, Xbox 1/S/X, Switch, PC)ĭARQ is a pretty grotesque horror puzzle game.
