Have you ever wanted to walk on the moon? Float through space? Solve a mystery that has the entire world depending on you for an invaluable resource found on an inhospitable rock?
If you’ve answered yes, then Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna by independent developer, KeokeN Interactive, is the game for you! You even get your own floating robot buddy to help you along.
The objective is simple: travel to the moon and figure out why all communications have stopped. However, nothing is ever that easy as you soon begin to realize that the journey and finding out the truth is filled with unrelenting danger. After your first harrowing experience soaring through space and dodging flying debris with limited oxygen, you reach a deserted moon base. Abandoned and in various states of messy disrepair, you must navigate through stimulating puzzles to continue forward. Some of these challenges include avoiding loose cables of high-intensity voltage, and time-sensitive, oxygen-deprived areas. Throughout this process, clues can be found scattered around the environment in the forms of holograms or voice recordings. The more evidence you collect, the closer you are to solving the mystery of how communications were lost and why an entire colony of humans disappeared from the moon.
What was most captivating about Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna, was its use of music, sound effects, and its environmental storytelling. The soundtrack is beautiful and haunting as it helps express both the eeriness and wonders of space. The many minute details that can be found throughout the areas, such as small notes of who is keeping score of beer pong or cute drawings from a child, aid in defining characters that we never see. The puzzles were also intriguing and enjoyable to solve as quick thinking and timely reflexes are put to the test.
However, at times, there seemed to be too many puzzles and the storyline of the game felt lost in the slowed pace. If you are also prone to motion sickness, this game will test the limits of how far you can take it. The shifting of viewing from first person to third allows for a stunning and immersive experience but can also be incredibly disorientating. This is especially palpable in areas of zero-gravity that although was very interesting, it was also at times difficult to appreciate the full experience.
A reoccurring problem during one of the levels was a bug in the game where certain buttons were unreactive. Because of this, the story would not advance until either the level was reset, or the developers were notified. However, after some experimenting, adjusting the resolution and size of the screen would sometimes help with the problem.
Despite these few flaws, Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna was thoroughly entertaining. It is reminiscent of the 2013 film, Gravity, as the game keeps you riveted to your screen with a splendid score, stunning visuals, and engaging plot. However, much like the film, be prepared to experience the occasional dizzy spell when the floor becomes the ceiling and you’ve flown into another wall.
Pros: Music, sound design, mood, and storytelling.
Cons: Pacing, motion sickness can occur, and some areas in the game can freeze up resulting in resetting the level or the graphics to continue.
SCORE: 6.8/10
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Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna is available for PC for $19.99 via Steam.
Steam Review
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Overall Score - 6.8/106.8/10
Video games have always been a huge influence in my life and have definitely shaped me to who I am today . Some of my best memories growing up were the many adventures and stories I was able to experience and become immersed in. If my hands aren't either covered in clay, typing, editing, creating, or helping shoving food in my mouth, they would either be gripped to a controller, tapping away at the screen of my phone, or clicking away on my PC. I am always up for trying something new because why live just one life when you can live many.
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