With its visually outstanding in-game art, fairy tale premise and aforementioned voice acting, it would be easy to be led to believe that The Darkest Tales: Into the Nightmare is a perfect game, and it very nearly is, apart from one element where developers, 101XP, have dropped the ball – control mechanics.ĭon’t get me wrong, the controls aren’t at a point where they make the game unplayable. Not Everything is Perfect in The Darkest Tales From start to finish, the voices add a fresh spark to an already compelling game. It’s refreshing to see such care and attention being given to the voices of The Darkest Tales: Into the Nightmare, as opposed to the lazy approach off scrolling subtitles that we all too often see. ‘Lighty’ has a wonderfully mischevious lilt that perfectly complements in contrast to the surly, grumpy tones of the main character. The game opens up with a fairy-tale-esque narrative that draws you into the story from the very start. The Darkest Tales: Into the Nightmare features a talented cast of voice actors that give a real lease of life (sorry, Pinnochio) to the array of characters you meet along the way. What rounds this dark journey off nicely is the voice acting. The Darkest Tales: Into the Darkness – Voice Acting
Then game keeps you waiting in a keen anticipation to see what other gruesome rendition of a childhood hero is waiting for you ahead. With familiar faces cast in a sinister light we see the likes of an evil Red Riding Hood, Arial from The Little Mermaid as a grotesque sea monster, and a rather disturbing battle between our long-nosed friend, Pinocchio and his creator, Gepetto. The Darkest Tales – Into the Nightmare, brings many of the fairy tales of all our childhoods into a wonderfully macabre story of forgotten grudges and adventure. We only need to take a brief glance at the likes of the seventh generation video game – Alice: Madness Returns and the multitude of references in the monumental hit of the same generation, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to realise that fairy tales have earned a place in the world of video games. An Interesting Premise with some Familiar Facesĭark and ominous takes on fairy tails often make for interesting games and movies. Playing as a disgruntled teddy bear, you’re awakended from a deep slumber – in which you’ve happly been enjoying – by a luminescent flying orb named ‘Lighty’ that tells you your owner has fallen into a deep sleep, in which her conscience is being fed upon by demons.Īs you can tell, The Darkest Tales: Into the Nightmare is far from your conventional fairytale of sunshine and roses. The Darkest Tales: Into the Nightmare throws you into a fantastical world of the dark side of fairy tales, penned by The Brothers Grimm.
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