Decay: The Mare

Decay: The Mare, released on PC, AND, etc., is a psychological horror adventure point-and-click, developed by independent Swedish studio Shining Gate Software. The production is a continuation of the episodic adventure game Decay, which debuted in 2010 at Xbox Live Indie Games. According to the authors' declarations, the title is a tribute to cult series such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill and classic adventures - Phantasmagoria, Gabriel Knight and The 7th Guest.

Plot

In Decay: The Mare, we play as Sam, who goes to a specific addiction treatment center called Reaching Dreams. Our hero hopes to finally deal with his problem with drug abuse. Unfortunately, during the first night in the center, something goes wrong. As a result, Sam ends up in the middle of a seemingly never-ending nightmare. In order to discover what really happened in this place, our protagonist is forced to explore further dark rooms and solve the puzzles that will lead him to the exit and the happy ending of the whole story.

Mechanics

Decay: The Mare uses the first-person perspective, and during the game, our hero moves around the abandoned rooms and corridors of the Reaching Dreams resort, in search of clues leading to the solution of the mystery of this place. The gameplay uses classic point-and-click adventure mechanics - we find a variety of items, combine them with others and use them to push the plot forward. In order to make the task easier for us, the game sets us further goals, for which we are rewarded with a certain number of points. The plot of the game is to some extent non-linear, but completing each episode requires the completion of all the tasks assigned in it.

Technical aspects

Decay: The Mare is available in two different versions. Windows 8 tablet and PC users can download it as three separate episodes from the Windows Store. The Steam version immediately offers a complete set, enriched with its own set of unlockable achievements.

Last updated on 09 December 2014