Lastly free of the purgatory of Google Stadia exclusivity, Gylt is a title from RiME developer Tequila Works. Whereas that earlier journey takes the brunt of its affect from titles like Zelda, Gylt veers in a decidedly scarier path.
Drawing inspiration from the likes of Silent Hill, Gylt is a stable title that is aware of what its influences are and doesn’t appear prepared to deviate. You play as Sally, on a quest to search out your lacking cousin, Emily. After fleeing from bullies, you end up transported to a twisted, surreal model of your hometown. Now you will need to discover Emily amid these superior environments earlier than it’s too late. Narratively, there isn’t a lot to jot down dwelling about, although relying in your ending, the sport has candy, emotionally resonant conclusions.
To perform this, the sport duties you with fixing puzzles, most of which revolve round the usage of a flashlight, till later when a fireplace extinguisher that freezes issues is added. Not one of the puzzles are terribly arduous, although they’re satisfying. The larger problem is that the puzzle concepts don’t really feel recent.
An electrical energy puzzle the place you shut the circuit, balancing the strain in pipes to get previous some steam — all the concepts are pretty normal. Even one among your major gadgets, the flashlight, simply feels prefer it’s doing a mechanical impression of Alan Wake. This isn’t to say different titles don’t draw affect from their friends, however there’s normally one thing distinctive. As a substitute, Gylt is a set of concepts from different titles executed at a excessive stage. With one exception.
The fight in Gylt is a weak hyperlink. Fortunately, a sturdy stealth system makes it simple to keep away from combating altogether. And it’s value it as a result of, simple although it could be, fight is tedious. It’s a must to shine your flashlight on weak spots to kill enemies, however between the purpose help and the very fact baddies don’t usually current their weak spots nicely, you are higher off skipping fight when you could have the prospect. You gained’t be careworn for assets when you destroy each enemy you encounter, however your time can be higher spent elsewhere, like monitoring down the participating collectibles that vastly develop upon the world.
Tequila Works has undoubtedly supplied higher experiences previously, however Gylt continues to be an honest sufficient time.
