Something horrible has occurred. In the space tower blocks burn and once I look to the sky, there’s proof of an excellent higher disaster hanging overhead. A Fine Mess is a brief sport about surveying a catastrophe from a distance. You stroll round an inlet, stopping to look by tower viewers at varied intervals. Scanning the surroundings, you will get a more in-depth take a look at the devastation and clues as to your personal place on the planet. And down on the seaside, somebody is skipping stones…
I used to be watching Black Mirror final night time and A Fine Mess’ bleak grayscale landscapes remind me of collection four episode Metalhead. This isn’t a violent sport although. I’d describe it as eerily tranquil.
It’s lower than an hour lengthy so usually I’d be very cautious of spoiling something, however the fact is I’m not completely certain what there’s to spoil. Some of the sights, maybe, however in relation to the plot or which means, I’m undecided I understood effectively sufficient to disclose something in any respect.
The entire setting and story are fairly obscure. As I stated proper at the beginning, one thing horrible has occurred, and that’s as a lot as you recognize and maybe as a lot as you’ll ever know. There are clues however there’s a central thriller that left me confused. Perhaps that’s the purpose, or maybe every thing can be clearer if I’d spent extra time exploring. You’re largely caught to paths, surrounded by impassable fences, however when the credit rolled, the sport advised me I’d achieved 78% completion. I’m half-tempted to return and discover the sights I missed.
As a lot as I just like the aesthetic, a world bled of color, there are some technical methods that don’t work all that effectively. Collapsing rocks that ought to be dramatic bounce just a bit an excessive amount of and a few seagulls appeared to have change into trapped within the geometry of the seaside at one level. They’re minor issues, however as a result of the sport depends a lot on its ambiance, I discovered them distracting.
And though I used to be barely pissed off by the shortage of closure, A Fine Mess it at its greatest when it’s obscure. There’s one notably on the nostril little bit of environmental storytelling that spells out the scenario with all of the class of a sledgehammer to the intestine.
Primarily, A Fine Mess appears like a marker. It isn’t developer Tan Tuncag’s first sport but it surely’s his first that isn’t explicitly tied to one among his musical tasks as Cava Grande. Previously, he launched Sentinel, which you’ll download for free, to accompany one among his tracks. You ought to obtain it as a result of it appears like this:
A Fine Mess can be available on Itch and prices $1.99.
