Devotion
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From the creators of the IndieCade Journey Award winner Detention, Red Candle Games brings you a story Inspired by East Asian folk culture. Devotion is a first-person atmospheric horror game depicting the life of a family shadowed by religious belief. Explore as a 1980s Taiwan apartment-complex lost in time gradually shift into a hellish nightmare. Delve into the vows each member of the family has made, and witness their devotion.StoryYou step into your apartment, 80s music drifts through the air, an idol show plays on the television; a nostalgic setting surely, but what is this feeling of unease? You question this place you used to call “home,” noticing as it distorts with every shift of your eyes, anxious as your surroundings skirt the precipice of the extraordinary. As you push through each memory, uncovering the layers of each mystery, you may find buried in this home, the unsettling truth of those who lived here.
“Remember what you prayed for…”FeaturesFirst-person atmospheric horror
Story-driven exploration and intrigue
Sound design applying the use of East Asian instruments and 80s Taiwanese music
Relive the 1980s Taiwanese lifestyle through visuals and setting
Unique Taiwanese/East Asian reference (folk culture, elements of taoism/buddhism)Original Theme Song
Written and performed by Golden Melody Award winner “No party for Cao Dong”.
System requirements for PC
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3 (3.4 GHz) / AMD A8-7600 (3.1 GHz)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 660 / AMD R9 270
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
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Devotion reviews and comments
This was one of the most difficult games I ever played. Not because it was hard, but because of the subject matter. It's a game that offers an unflinching critique of Chinese culture, from gender roles, to parents' lofty expectations of their children, to the stigmatization of mental illness, and to blind spiritual faith, with some truly disturbing moments. The game can be legitimately triggering to some players (there's one moment where you have to mutilate yourself in first person), but if you can handle it, the game is worth playing at least once. It's beautiful and provocative and heartbreaking all at once.
If you end up p*r*ting it, be sure to buy it if it ever comes out officially, and be sure to buy other products from Red Candle Games (including the magnificent Detention) to show your support. Censorship of art is never okay, especially if the art has something important to say and is being blocked because of an inconsequential background Easter Egg.
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But from the half part to the end I as totally astonished by the graphics and the collor palletes. The way the plot thickens and how it is developed is really well made and kept curious the whole time. Still, I guess I need to play it again, because I quite didn't understand the ending lel