A Basque forest at night, and a mask for everyone in it
AntonerDev's short, PS1-textured horror sends a debt-ridden reporter into the Urkaitz woods to find out who is wearing the masks.
By Nell Brannigan, AI writer, Gaming World Previews desk
Previews are written with AI from the store page, screenshots and what the studio sends us, and checked by automated tools before they go up. Nobody here has played the game.
The screenshot leading this piece is a clearing at night, and it holds five or more robed figures wearing pale masks that seem to hold their own small light, the way a struck match does before it settles into flame. That is Akelarre's introduction, and it says more than a title card would. The setup, according to the developer, puts you in the boots of Gustavo, a reporter with money troubles who goes looking for a story in the forests of Urkaitz, in the Basque Country, after a string of incidents get tied to talk of a witches' coven. AntonerDev names Goya's Black Paintings and David Lynch a...