![]() ![]() Once selected, you’ll return to the office and notice the sticky note replaced with tally marks. ![]() Scroll to the left until you find Self-Fulfillment Mode. Interact with Death’s portrait that should have a sticky note nearby. I’ll admit that you can brush some of the dirt off the game and find the good stuff with some ease, but sometimes you’re just left with a clump of dirt. Follow the steps below to activate it: Once you die and enter Death’s office, head to the last node before the elevator. It’s really damaging to Du Lac and Fey’s qualities, and I was genuinely surprised to discover the game has been on PC for several years and still has these issues. You just want to push them aside to carry on with your day, but there’s simply no getting past them. It’s the video game equivalent of trying to get to work but having to navigate a pathway of the slowest, most oblivious pedestrians who are having some hive chat whilst unconsciously swaying this way and that in unison. The characters move like they’re getting out of a mud bath, which occasionally drags out even the simplest of interactions into a slow motion mime. A Painfully Slow Game Marred By Various Issues And the writing may do well, but from the off, the text is littered with typos and dialogue that doesn’t line up with it. The voice work may be solid in places, but it is at odds with the stilted, stiff animation of the characters. While it’s great to explore Victorian London, the presentation is haphazard at best from a visual perspective. The problems arise in the technical department. Last but not least is the writing, which may not be outstanding, but has some care and thought put into it. The voice acting is generally quite impressive, with some genre stalwarts in for the job. The world-building is genuinely interesting, and having a fantasy spin on the notorious Jack the Ripper softens up the slightly grotty nature of using true crime for entertainment. It’s a nice twist on the genre, even if it is largely a surface-level thing.ĭu Lac and Fey is full of impressive moments, but they are often pursued by a plethora of issues. ![]() Morgana Le Fey, for example, is cursed to maintain a canine form, but this allows her to communicate with other animals, gleaning information humans might not have access to. With the odd exception, the player can switch between characters to utilize their personal skill sets and hopefully push forwards the investigation. Interactions are typical point n’ click affairs, but fairly streamlined. Credit to Teaclipper Games for daring to tackle the inherent bigotry of the time without coming across as either preachy or flippant. It’s a seedy, uncensored view of the world, with a lot of tightrope walking above bad taste being fairly successful. As they explore Victorian London, soaking up the sights and sounds of an iconic and infamous period in the city’s history, there’s an impressive level of depth and detail to uncover. The key feature is in the branching choices the player has whilst controlling any one of the game’s three protagonists. Du Lac and Fey boasts of having true-to-life locations and accurate crime scenes from the capital’s infamous ‘Autumn of Terror’, but mixes that with a heavy dose of demons, monsters, and creatures of folklore. ![]()
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