![]() ![]() You float through Volterra in a dizzying mélange of voice over, flashbacks, hallucinations and cinematics.ĭespite this version being updated for console, there are still performance issues. Instead, the story is upsetting, and a worthy one to tell, but it’s told in an unfortunately mixed way. I kept expecting it to be scarier than it actually was, because it’s set in a falling down old asylum and I have come to expect jump scares in that setting. Renée put up with these things and more from the time she was committed, at the age of 16.īecause of this, The Town of Light isn’t a thriller, or a horror - at least in the traditional sense. Patients were restrained and kept sedated, subjected to electroshock therapy, or lobotomised. ![]() Nurses at Volterra were not obligated to speak to patients, or deliver correspondence between them and their families. ![]() The tragedy that befalls Renée in Volterra sometimes seems so terrible as to be unrealistic, though it’s sadly based in fact. The story touches upon many upsetting subjects: child abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and mental abuse. How this mechanic works is never really explained in game, though, you have to figure out what the symbol ‘single person next to group of people with a red cross through them’ means for Renée’s mental health. She questions herself, and you can choose answers that direct her confusion and anger to different people. Renée’s story can end in four ways depending on what you find and how you react: reading through another person’s diary contradicts Renée’s own recollections, and may upset her. ![]() But she’s confused and dissociated from her own, traumatic life, often referring to ‘Renée’ in the third person. Exploring different parts of the hospital triggers different memories in Renée, a jumble of events from her time there that don’t appear in chronological order. You explore the present day Volterra as Renée, a (fictional) patient who was treated there in the 40s. Big brands such as Lenovo and Samsung are also starting to offer Black Friday discounts early, with many more to follow. Early Black Friday deals are starting to go live on Amazon & Best Buy. ![]()
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