There Is No Light – Pixels and Darkness – Gameplay No Commentary – IDC Plays
0We must say that gamers can have a unique feeling of satisfaction that only occurs when we “discover” a game. Something that was much more common in the golden age of gaming, when access to information was restricted to magazines and programs, and buying an unknown game entailed taking a risk with no return. Nowadays it is very difficult for a game to catch us by surprise and, the few times it happens, it almost always belongs to the indie world. This is the case of There Is No Light, the action RPG developed by Zelart whose pixel art already leaves you stunned in its trailer, but it is its setting that makes you fall in love with the game when you immerse yourself in its world.
As a first impression, we can say that it seems to be an action game with frenetic combat and a mere narrative excuse that invites us to continue advancing. But as we progress, it turns out that the story is a fantastic web of anecdotes and experiences of hundreds of NPCs that keeps us interested through the high-difficulty peaks and the frustration of repeating a fight a dozen times.
In There Is No Light we play a mysterious protagonist whose life is destroyed in just a couple of seconds. The Church of the Great Hand's army razes his village, kills his family before his eyes, and takes his baby to be sacrificed. Humanity was devastated by a global catastrophe and, to survive, was forced to take refuge underground. When everything seems lost, Samedi appears, a shady character who will make us a proposal that we cannot refuse.
This is the beginning of an adventure that encompasses a wide range of emotions, not only because of the events that will shape the main plot but also because of the gigantic number of social interactions (in the form of secondary missions or simply dialogues) with the NPCs that populate the intricate underground cities. Each character we meet has something to say and from these talks, we can intuit the state of civilization, its sorrows, dreams and hopes. We are also going to witness how they are crushed or... Is there another possible path? Maybe, that's what the karma system is for.