The Church in the Darkness
***Special thanks go to my lovely fiance for proofing this review for me. Developed by Paranoid Productions, The Church in the Darkness (CD) is a top-down isometric roguelike infiltration game set in fictional Freedom Town, South America, home to the Collective Justice Mission led by Isaac and Rebecca Walker. You play as Vic, aunt or uncle to Alex, a youth that has recently ceased contact with his mother while aiding said Mission. Your task is to venture into the cult-driven settlement and retrieve your kin while enduring both hostile and docile patrols, and discern the nature of this secluded sprawl. I will be entirely honest in that this title has been an interest of mine since my knowledge of its development from John Patrick Lowrie of Team Fortress 2 fame and Ellen McLain-most notably the voice of GLaDOS from the Portal series-at MAGfest 2017. Why I have only recently purchased CD is still baffling to me, as described in detail in the further writing due to its atmosphere alone. ...