Beautiful Desolation transports you to post-apocalyptic South Africa. Brotherhood Games consists of Christopher Bischoff and Nicolas Bischoff. They started the Kickstarter project Beautiful Desolation. Publishing was taken over by Untold Tales.
Africa 1976
The protagonists of the game are Marc and his wife Charlize. They visit Marc's brother Don and want to help him with his problems. The two see something in the sky, cars fly around them, and they have a head-on crash. A flying triangle will then appear in the fog and air raid sirens will be heard.
Africa 1986
Then the game transports you to a time 10 years later. Marc initially drives his motorcycle to the airport. That's where Don mainly works. Marc's wife did not survive the accident. The cause of the accident was a Penrose triangle or tribar. Robots called agnates then flowed out of this. They subsequently caused a technological acceleration in the world. but since then people have also been oppressed by them. Mark goes to Penrose with Don. A storm swirls up and transports them to the South Africa of the future. You are in a time 100 years later.
Beautiful Desolation's post-apocalyptic era
Another time jump happened. You have to completely reorient yourself locally and you have to go exploring. Is controlled with the mouse, through a post-apocalyptic scenario. High-tech machines stand around weathered, with rusting steel around. Humanity consists of different tribes fighting each other. Don is accompanied by a robotic dog.
The portal journeys in Beautiful Desolation
With a whiz you make your way through portals. These guards allow you to jump over greater distances. You jump from area to area and converse with the different tribes. There you will meet personalities and be assigned your quests. you will travel through the different areas of South Africa. There are no fights here, but rather the adventures style.
Dialogues, quests and decisions
You and get yourself in dialogue, so go in search of objects and make decisions that have consequences. The game can be quite brutal with the decisions and their consequences. You unlock new areas and go exploring again. The backgrounds look very attractive. In addition, you get the need to work through all the side tasks and unlock new portals.
The sound
The voice output is deliberately chosen to be South African. She is a mix of African and English. German and Dutch-sounding words often appear. it is advisable to turn on the subtitles. The soundtrack was composed by Mick Gordon, who also created the music for Prey and Doom, among other things. He creates the right atmosphere.
Conclusion on Beautiful Desolation
Graphically a lot could have been better. Sometimes the running animations seem a bit notchy. There is one or two weaknesses that the game brings with it in this regard. The story of the game definitely knows how to captivate. The consequences of the decisions are sometimes made quite ingeniously and stimulate a lot to think about. The game by The Brotherhood is definitely worth recommending for adventure fans.
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Originally posted on 2022-03-03 13:22:00.
