Idolatry is really the moving purpose of the game and it becomes fairly self evident by the bronze statues and elements throughout the game. If you are a fan of Lovecraftian worlds, this game really brings the atmosphere of a Cthulhu setting home as the robed people aren’t just in it for the sex (though they certainly don’t shy away from it either). Masks tend to be an important theme in the game much like in Eyes Wide Shut. There are a couple little puzzles to do then you find yourself in a room with sex machines, artificial male genitals, a ball gag and masks. You are in a basement, first person point of view, and everything is lit by little tea candles on the floor. Lust for Darkness starts out with a woman in a sealed room with a note waiting for her telling her someone has spirited her away and locked her in, but it only takes looking at the other item on the desk to get a key and leave the room. When you consider how wide of a berth those three descriptions are you get an idea of where Lust for Darkness treads. Movie Games new Lust for Darkness is a puzzle game aimed at a mature audience, bringing us a dark, sexual world that feels like a combination between Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut and Sam Mendes’ American Beauty, but in a sort of Lovecraftian setting. Games like Grand Theft Auto V and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have very mature storylines. In recent years there has been a surge in video games with adult or explicit themes. I have been playing puzzle games for a really long time, including such famous older ones like Myst from 1993 with its breathtaking graphics.

I have been looking forward to Lust For Darkness for a bit with its trailer presenting an adult-themed puzzle game.

Lust for darkness