Sublustrum, also known as Outcry in the West, is a classic point&click adventure by the Russian Phantomery Interactive studio. While working on the game, the creators were inspired by the well-known genre of Myst and Scratches series. The climate here is very suggestive, in the air you can feel the dense atmosphere of surrealism from the beginning of the 20th century.
Sublustrum combines elements of classical Myst-like adventure games, along with author’s approach to visual and audio environment. Interactive soundtrack has been designed for the game by Anthesteria project. The plot brings up aspects of irrational and subconscious dream viewing and near death experience. The main character, a mid-aged writer, who has recently got back from long-term wanderings in North Seas, receives an invitation letter from his brother – a scientist and professor at a university, whom he hasn’t seen for years, and decides to visit him. However upon arrival, the writer receives news about sudden disappearance of his brother and as he finds out, the scientist turned into a real outcast, who has alienated himself completely from the outer world and has been secretly working on a mysterious machine, which, according to his calculations, could separate one’s consciousness from his physical appearance.
Game features:
Musical background, combining elements of dark-ambient and neoclassic and recorded by Anthesteria project is one of the main components of immersing into the world of Sublustrum includes individual sound design for each location.
Explore the surroundings of a highly-detailed photorealistic gameplay, which combines the elements of Victorian style, modern, steam-punk, industrial aesthetics and retro-futurism in the best traditions of Myst and Scratches.
A mystic and philosophic plot that explores the boundaries between dream and reality. Action takes place in a surreal atmosphere of the first half of XX century and touches aspects of one’s mentality, unconscious condition and internal conflicts.
Unique system of puzzles which requires the player to use different perception aspects (associations, noises, time and space) Hints and limitations of active elements which help avoiding excessive difficulties in solving them.
Last updated on August 14, 2015
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Outcry Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: Phantomery Interactive
Publisher: Noviy Disk
Age restrictions: 12+
Outcry System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Pentium 4 2 GHz, 512 MB RAM, graphic card 128 MB (GeForce 4 Ti4200 or better), 1.5 GB HDD, Windows XP