I get a “Gothic” vibe out of it and it’s something refreshing to see compared to the “Realistic” settings most games try to roll with nowadays. Overall, despite my tone saying otherwise, I admire the commitment that Othercide takes to its dark aesthetic. You’ll be able to see broken pavement or destroyed buildings while fighting monsters in the field.
As such, you can see the vestiges of civilization within the battlefield. The fight between The Red Mother and The Other (that’s the baddies) takes place in the real world. However, some of the more contemporaneous gamers might point out that this style was similarly used in Hatred where notable set pieces like fire and police lights are colored while everything else uses a grayscale filter. Gaming fans of old might recognize this style as it was used in MadWorld. The aesthetic is the most pleasing aspect of the game as it takes on a black and white approach where only the color red is highlighted. However, as much as I mock it, I also have to say it’s respectable that a game commits to that theme and pulls it off nicely. The game unapologetically sticks to an edgy and dark aesthetic that’s so easy for me to make fun of. For someone who cares about the gameplay, you probably won’t need to know all about the war between Mommy and the boy. However, I believe that this is for the person who gets invested in the plot itself.
There’s lots of lore and information about the characters involved for the player to read. That’s the plot we’re going with and, to be honest, it really doesn’t need anything else. So, she throws disposable mooks, I mean, Daughters to do the battling for her. I mean, you can clearly tell they’re evil because they wear plague doctor masks and constantly talk about a “Cure” so… Yeah? However, mommy can’t do the dirty work. Well, the point is that there’s a fight between The Red Mother and the… Bad guys. Meanwhile, an entity known as The Red Mother tries to drive them off and… I think she’s the good guy of this story? I’m not sure. A mysterious being known as the Chosen One of Suffering and its group of generic bad guys are trying to enter our world. In the year 1897/1929 (it seems to take place in both at the same time). However, Othercide does play with some innovative concepts for the genre.īefore we go into that, let’s briefly talk about the story. I mean, look at my review of Langrisser I & II to get an idea. If you know me, I do love my strategy RPGs. That’s pretty much the way this SRPG works.
The first question I would ask my readers here is: “Do you like XCOM?”. Now, the real question is whether the journey is fun since the destination is clearly going to take some work to get to… So, is it? You’re going to die and start over from the beginning and hope you get further. That’s pretty much it in broad strokes, to be honest. You will make mistakes, you will die, and you will start all over again.
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