Frankenstein is one of the most famous stories in American literature. It represents a kind of person, a way of life, a culture. Thanks to such extensive influence, this work will surely be recognized by many people immediately. However, it is really a difficult topic to explore because of its high philosophy. Speaking of games, perhaps,
The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature will be a story you want to enjoy. A journey that you have never been told. The things that THE CREATURE passed during the time that the villagers chased it away. The journey in which it becomes a sentient being, with intelligence and even love.
The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature - a picture film
For games at the present time, graphics have been given a lot of importance. Most of the value-creating a real world, as close to real-life as possible. But for this game, the graphics turn in a completely different direction. It's more like a movie. When you start playing the game, the whole space will be covered with a white snow screen. In the center of the screen is an unknown creature with a weird shape. It was covered with a shabby, tattered cloth. There's really nothing around. Is there anything you can do about it in this scene? That's right, you just walk around for no purpose. That is the feeling of a sentient but outcast.
The movies are slowly passing by, time in the game is real-time. You will go everywhere, find something and start learning about it. The player will see a forest, with trees of no color. Then he was taken to places where humans live. Buildings and learns a few things there. If you've seen the animated pantomime simulation, this game is like that.
The effect in the game is also unique when it gives players pictures that are painted very artfully, like an oil painting. The color will also change based on the player's states. The moment you come across a flower, the world will turn colorful. By the time you are bitten by a snake, eating animals, the world will be gray. The sound also expresses the mood of THE CREATURE very well. The player will feel its emotions according to hearing and sight enough.
The journey of becoming human
THE CREATURE will be born in a world where there is nothing. This means, at first, it was never taught anything that was thrown away by Professor Frankenstein immediately. On the screen, there will be a navigation cursor that allows players to control their characters to move around. Initially, the player will move without a single clear target. Then, things will gradually appear along your way. On the screen, sometimes there will be icons with patterns resembling eyeballs. Players only need to touch this point to see the character's interactions with the surrounding environment. In addition, with complex interactions, there will be a small text to guide what to do. For example, you will go to the stream and the words "drink" appear. You will have to hunt for a pensioner and the word "eat" appears. This is also a unique feature when the game requires players to survive before finding the truth of themselves.
A few quests, instructions are taken from THE CREATURE's own diary
Like The Old Man and the Sea, The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature has only characters who monologize themselves. stop it. Therefore, at the bottom of the screen, the narrative lines will appear continuously. They are the diary line of this character. At the end of the game, you will see a scene where it sits at a table and rewrites its itinerary. The torments and questions in its mind. In addition, there will be small quests you can do to get to know your roots. They will be displayed by appearing below the statements below the screen. When you find the book when you talk to a blind man, ...
Your choices of action shape you. If you act as cruel as the nature of the monster, THE CREATURE will become a villain, the diary lines will also change. If you tend to be kind and want to be human, accepted by human society, there will be another outcome. This story is not only the character's story but also your own story. Players must find out who they are? what should they do? What kind of person will they become in the future? Perhaps, when you finish playing "The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature", you will have the answer.
