It is widely known that many activities taste best when we do them in company. Partying, sex, ball games and TV shows are some of them. However, does this include the exorcism of demons? Midnight Games EIRL is trying to convince us that it is. The theme of their latest production is communing with the filth straight from hell. And the game itself, interestingly, is designed to be played in multiplayer mode - and only in it.
Guide me and my hand!
The creators at every step point out that the completion of this production is possible only with the help of another acolyte, in whose role our friend must play. Together, step by step, chanting after chanting, ritual after ritual, you may be able to get out of hell and return to your old life. Interesting, albeit imperfect, is the way the developers proposed us to solve the infernal puzzles that bring us closer to escaping the abyss. Two players are entrusted with two different tasks resulting from two different roles. The first of them will play the role of an instructor operating the “book of rituals”, containing guidelines that will allow you to successfully complete the rituals of taming other demons. The other one, assuming the executive function, will have to rely on his partner and follow his instructions to complete the ritual.
What, did you succeed? Well, on average …
According to the developers, the ideal situation for gameplay in Exorcise The Demons is when players are not in the same room – preferably when they communicate only through their “favorite communicator”. On the one hand, it is actually the optimal solution, because none of the players feel the temptation to look at the partner’s screen, but on the other hand, it causes that the only feedback that the book operator receives is the exclamation of joy or irritation of his partner. From the third, the performer of the ritual receives little more – after it is properly performed, he has the opportunity to see an animation of defeating another demon, and then he will receive information about the level of synergy that has occurred between the acolytes.
I’ve seen it somewhere before.
Developers from Midnight Games tried to make their production something more than the Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes already available on the market , using the same fun formula. The creators tried to dress their work in new garments, which, however, turned out to be rags. The graphics that can be the main attraction definitely do not throw you on your knees, and the gameplay itself gets boring quite quickly. Exorcise The Demons is only a weak variation of the fun model that was proposed to us by members of Steel Crate Games studio, responsible for the aforementioned Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, and is definitely not something worth paying attention to.
