If Tormentum feels like a fit for you, it’s got a dark and twisted beauty about it. There were some great puzzle designs, but they left me wanting more. I found Tormentum’s interactions were often too opaque, especially when it came to moral choices, which frustrated the hell out of me. If both the game format and the art don’t speak to you, then I don’t think it’s worthwhile. But beyond the story this game is full to the brim of incredible art work, probably the most amazing. If you like point & click escape rooms and this game’s art direction appeals to you, then it’s worth a few bucks and a few hours to play it. Check out Tormentum - Dark Sorrow on Indiegogo. If I’m gonna murder someone, I want to know that I’m about to do it. On more than a few occasions I made critical in-game moral decisions, by accident, without any intention or understanding of what was about to happen. And they squeezed in a few stage bosses from Contra for good measure. It was easy to completely miss critical things within the game’s elaborate art. The pixel hunt searching overstayed its welcome. While I liked a lot of the puzzle designs, I found myself wishing that they had leaned into their ideas, pushed beyond basic execution, and asked me to more thoroughly master those puzzles. It felt like a heavy metal album had been turned into an escape game. I enjoyed the fictional world of Tormentum. Book your vacation in the next 5 minutes to receive one additional night at no cost to you! Everything looked like a bleakly beautiful hellscape. A demonic guard just casually forgetting his place and giving puzzle hints. There were some entertaining puzzles, but they were not the centerpiece of the game the art was. want to be reviewing video games on this blog because I want things to be more story focused. Tormentum: Dark Sorrow was a point & click, pixel hunt digital escape room. Posts about Tormentum: Dark Sorrow written by Ryan. Head right and talk to the guard on the bridge. Talk to him and he’ll ask you to find him a new storm egg to scare away the crows. ![]() There’s a weird tree creature here being eaten by crows. The art had a Frank Frazetta heavy metal style about it that gave the game a unique feel. Pick up the cart wheel and look inside the broken cart for a photo of the train to Frozen Tears. The entirety of Tormentum was beautifully painted from the characters to the panoramic settings. In typical escape room fashion, the goal was to escape. Tormentum Dark Sorrow is an existing Point & Click game from Poland, developed & published by OhNooStudio for Apple Store, GOG, Steam & Windows, released on March 4, 2015. Your mysterious cloaked protagonist began Tormentum: Dark Sorrow imprisoned in some sort of medieval fantasy steampunk inquisition dungeon. ![]() Price: $4.99 on iOS, $3.99 on Android, $11.99 Steam Story & setting Point & click escape rooms had a baby with Iron Maiden’s entire catalog.
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