Just over a year ago, a very particular pixel art graphic adventure arrived on Steam, a horror thriller set in the years 40 which put players in the shoes of an attractive woman named Loretta. The game takes its name from her protagonist, who we will soon discover hides more than one secret, and who above all will discover many others about her husband. This interesting adventure has now been revived in the console version, and in fact in this review we will tell you what the experience of Loretta on PlayStation 5.
Sympathy for the Devil
As just said, Loretta is a beautiful woman, a housewife who lives with her husband in a farm in the countryside. The latter is one writer successful, who is now working on a hard boiled genre novel that will lead him to make the definitive leap in his career. The two are transferred on this farm, the first home of his deceased parents, not long before, a decidedly big change for them who were in chaos and the elegance of New York. The description alone might make you think of a happy and cheerful picture, but there is nothing further.
In fact, the first scenes of the game see the protagonist talking to a private investigator, who works for “someone important” who wants to know what happened to her Walter, Loretta's husband. already in this first scene we may have two or three particular implications, but only one will make us understand the hint, and which will allow us to continue with the game.
The most important thing we will learn, however, is that Loretta feels a growing hatred towards her husband, and has suspicions of betrayal, but they are there are many skeletons in the closet of bothwhich are destined to come out.
The game will make us experience the story in a not exactly linear way, with some flashback and some moments in which we will not control Loretta, but other characters, which we will not spoil.
Between crows and wrong roads
The gameplay it is among the most classic, with the controls on the left that will make us move Loretta, the four keys on the pad that will let us choose what to interact with or choose dialogue options. Apart from a fairly persistent vibration in some cases, there are not many differences in the pad configuration that we had already seen on PC, so the controls are promoted without infamy and without praise (despite the flaw of the lack of any tutorial for a couple of unclear things).
While playing you move between backdrops, interact with objects, and above all talk to other characters. All the choices we will make there will lead to different outcomessome positive, some very negative… but I will always be there “someone” ready to get us back on the right path, and to restart us from an automatic save (or even from a post-other choice moment).
Discover the various implications and various endings it is certainly one of Loretta's most satisfying activities, which if done will give us a general picture of all things, making us better understand everything that happened. The possibility of also being very welcome select the various chaptersand the difficulty of the game at the beginning.
The less popular partswhich perhaps could have been treated better (or not included at all) are those linked to minigames: between one chapter and another, we will be engaged in minigames which with unhealthy symbolism will anticipate what we will experience – or could experience – in the next chapter.
They are ends in themselves, poorly managed, and not exactly clear at first. Another feature that could have been exploited better, perhaps by lengthening the game a little, is that of the various places to move to on the map, present only in a few minutes of a single chapter. Sin.
A tragedy… or maybe not?
Speaking of technical sector on PlayStation 5, which is the part that interests us most in this review of Loretta, we can say we are fairly satisfied. Excellent work done in the transposition, e.g very good cleaning job on some models, as well as in some of the colors. The only problems on a graphic level are for some symbols next to the choices to make, which should correspond to the button to press: sometimes they are really incomprehensible!
THE Technical Problems they arrive in one single scene of the game, in which it crashes after a few seconds of time (not if you are fast enough in reading). Probably a known problem that will be promptly resolved with a patch on day one. As anticipated there are no special features for the DualSense, and perhaps it's for the best.
A shame for us Italians that Loretta is not localized for our language toohowever there are very few parts that will be slightly indigestible in terms of understanding.
HP 301 CH561EE, Original HP Cartridge 190 Pages, Compatible with HP DeskJet 1000, 1050 1500, 2000, 2050, 2500, 3000 and 3050 Printers, HP Envy 4500 and 5500 and HP Officejet 2600 and 4600, Black
€18.99 (starting from 9 April 2024 18:52 GMT +02:00 – More informationProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase it will apply to the purchase of this product.)
HP 301 CH561EE, Original HP Cartridge 190 Pages, Compatible with HP DeskJet 1000, 1050 1500, 2000, 2050, 2500, 3000 and 3050 Printers, HP Envy 4500 and 5500 and HP Officejet 2600 and 4600, Black
€18.99 (starting from 9 April 2024 18:52 GMT +02:00 – More informationProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase it will apply to the purchase of this product.)
Logitech M185 Wireless Mouse, 2.4 GHz with Mini USB Receiver, 12 Month Battery Life, 1000 DPI Optical Tracking, Ambidextrous, Compatible with PC, Mac, Laptop – Gray
€11.40 (starting from 9 April 2024 18:52 GMT +02:00 – More informationProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase it will apply to the purchase of this product.)
#Loretta #Review #Black #Magnolia #lands #consoles
