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Gloomwood is a forthcoming game which was shown off at the end of the 2020 PC Gaming Show as the final trailer. I missed the show, but by the sounds of it, this was the only thing worth watching. A demo was released on their website, and you can watch my Let’s Play Walkthrough of it below.
Thief (1998) and Thief II: The Metal Age (2000) are two of my all-time favourite games, and I still have memories of playing the latter in particular, with headphones on, late at night, very tired, and getting scared into submission as the baddies chase me around, shouting “TAFFER!”
Similarly, while The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR looked a little more like PS3 graphics in VR, than a PS4 game, that just made it all the more ‘Thief II‘-like for me, and I loved it all the more as a result.
Gloomwood has a demo which – like a graphic I saw that had made up later by someone, is ‘Thief with guns’: a great mix of retro updated just enough to look fresh in 2020.
Synopsis: Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Gloomwood is expected on Steam in Early Access in August 2020, and I can’t wait to play the full version. Check out my Let’s Play Walkthrough below.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.