The sound design of the game is actually perfect for what is happening onscreen. The ghoulish enemies you come across also ooze that something is truly wrong with Lloyd’s current situation. The overall decors are simplistically handled, albeit with the necessary details making you feel quite uneasy from time to time. We loved the old-school aesthetics, where it feels like you’re playing through an artsy 60s horror movie, with a reasonable amount of details in its backgrounds.

When booting up the PS5 version of DARQ, we instantly had that ‘Little Nightmares’ vibe, albeit darqer. This has a certain charm and makes you speculate on what everything could mean. We actually liked the fact we didn’t get a full explanation of the story, and this summary we just added also doesn’t really explain most things that are going on.

He never truly snaps out of it, and it’s up to you to find a way out.

When actually looking up what the game is about, it is somewhat what we expect, namely the main character is trapped in a dream-like world. This repeats itself until the credits start rolling. We soon find ourselves solving puzzles, where eerie monsters lurk around, while eventually always ending up in what seems to be our bedroom. Much like Little Nightmares, the game just throws you into the gameplay without any context or information as to what the hell is going on. Now, the Complete Edition has been released, with both DLC packages included. The original endeavor of Lloyd, in the nightmare realm he finds himself in, was quite short but kept a lot of gamers entertained for a few hours. DARQ is a game that is actually almost two years old by now, but it recently gained some attention again with the release of its ‘Complete Edition’ for the next generation, as well as the Switch.

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