![]() After looting a large key from his body, the Doctor theorizes that the Stranger possesses knowledge on how to escape the forest. While scavenging for gasoline, The Doctor comes across the Stranger, injured and unconscious after an unknown accident. ![]() The game begins with The Doctor rambling about the forest and how it has consumed all exits and trapped its inhabitants, his inability to treat the plague and his devotion to escaping the woods before he perishes. Other characters include a trader who helps the protagonist in the prologue, a half-man half-wolf hybrid known only as "The Wolfman", a cyclist drunk known as the "Bike Man" and Piotrek, who is mesmerised by space travel and Yuri Gagarin, and wishes to build a rocket. After the prologue, the player takes control of "The Stranger", a man who is searching for the stolen key that will lead him through an underground passageway out of the forest. The Doctor seems to be disillusioned with his job of helping locals and is hellbent on escaping the forest. In the prologue, the player takes control of an apparent doctor as he searches for supplies. By the time the game takes place most of the Outsiders are dead or evacuated from the zone. A group named "The Outsiders" consisting mostly of government officials and soldiers were sent to investigate the woods, setting up hideouts and a tunnel system to get in and out of the forest. Many people have been left trapped by the forest and a strange plague is ravaging the survivors, killing and causing victims to transform into monsters and abominations. Synopsis Setting and Characters ĭarkwood is set somewhere in the Polish People's Republic or according to the developers, somewhere else in the Soviet Bloc in the late 1980s where a mysterious forest has engulfed a large amount of land and is continuing to expand. The game features two different main endings, with each character's subplot being defined by other, smaller actions as well as which of these endings the player has achieved. Different characters from the first chapter may appear too, depending on the player's actions. The game switches to a different map in its second chapter, with the previous regions becoming locked and several new gameplay elements and NPCs being introduced. Aiding different ones will lead to different endings, and sometimes influences sub-plots relating to several other NPCs. The storyline is shaped based on how the player reacts to the requests and actions of NPCs. Higher difficulties have higher penalties for death such as the loss of lives or permanent death. Should the player die while out scavenging, they will suffer a loss of half their inventory which is then marked on the map for later collection. If the player dies during the night, they will wake up in the next morning without receiving any reputation. Should the player survive the night, they will gain reputation with the trader which can be used to trade for more expensive items. Planning a defensive strategy is key and players have the opportunity to lay traps and barricade doors or windows to slow down any intruders. During the night, the player cannot leave the hideout and must defend against possible intruders until morning. During the day, the player can also "cook" Hallucinogens at his stove in order to gain access to various skills, any beneficial skill that the player chooses requires a detrimental skill to also be chosen. It also features a crafting system, a day/night cycle, trading and non-player character (NPC) interaction, a skill system, stealth and combat, as well as multiple storyline branches which alter several aspects of the world.ĭuring daytime, the player can explore the world and scavenge for supplies at several locations scattered around each biome as well as spend this time repairing doors or barricades around the hideout and crafting new items and upgrades at the workbench. The game features a semi-open world, with the player unlocking new areas as the storyline progresses. It later released for PlayStation 5 on Octoand for Xbox Series X/S on December 23, 2022. The game was also ported and released for the PlayStation 4 on May 14, 2019, for Xbox One on May 16, under the publisher Crunching Koalas, and for Google Stadia on September 17, 2021. On March 20, 2019, a Nintendo Switch version was announced during the Nindies Nintendo Direct and was released on May 16, 2019. The game takes place in a mysterious dark forest somewhere in the Polish People's Republic or according to the developers, another region of the Soviet Bloc wherein the main characters have been trapped. ![]() The game was first released through Steam Early Access on July 24, 2014, eventually becoming a full game release on Aug for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Darkwood is a survival horror video game developed and published by Acid Wizard Studio.
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