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15.04.2024 - 16:43 / rockpapershotgun.com
It's not every day you get to use both the 'sports' and 'horror' tags for the same game. Pool of Madness, an upcoming eldritch pool game where your surroundings get more bizarre and maddening the longer you play, is the latest game to crowbar Lovecraft into a place where no Lovecraft existed previously. It’s also the latest game to make me, someone who’s ostensibly had enough Lovecraft for one lifetime think: actually, yes, go on then.
Pool of Madness touts itself as a "Lovecraftian pool game with roguelike elements". You’ll uncover a haunting tale and watch the visuals get ever stranger as you play. You’ll also unlock a variety of grizzly cue accessories, such as an eyeball that grants you aim assist. “Sink some balls…unleash horrors from beyond,” threatens the trailer. Cue it up below:
Here’s a feature list, as per the game’s Steam page:
You know what? Played out or not, it looks neat. I especially like the grainy PSX visuals, and the customisable cues are a nice touch. There was a demo available during Steam’s Lovecraftian Days fest, but since time itself is merely an illusion projected by a false corporeal reality, we elected to deliver this news fashionably late. The mystery is now well and truly preserved until the as-yet-unannounced release date rolls around. The fest also brought us such unearthly delights as parkour platformer Grimhook, and card game The Horror At Highrock.
There’s probably a joke here somewhere about dingy pubs already having at least one boring xenophobe as part of the furniture, but that’d be far too obvious. The game is from Bit Golem, who've previously made Dagon, which has great Steam reviews.
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has plenty of side quests that Link can complete while he works on solving the strange phenomena occurring in each region, including "," a sort of recurring story beat from. These quests aren't required to complete the game, but they often reward Link with items like Rupees or food that he can use later to gain a buff effect. Additionally, they expand on the lore of Hyrule and add depth to the characters living there as strange events start happening due to Ganondorf being freed.
I have a rule: no more than one post about a horror game per day. The mind can only withstand so much, after all. But POOLS isn't really a horror game. It's just a walking simulator in which you explore a bunch of underground swimming pools. True, their size and layout defy explanation - what is this, a swimming pool for Slender Men? - but look, there are cute covered slides you can ride down in first-person. You know, like the ones you used to enjoy as a kid. Always that element of anxiety though about getting stuck halfway down, am I right?