SteamFirst: I read a story when I was roughly 10 years old that I enjoyed immensely. This was the tale of Theseus, a man who ventured into a labyrinth in Crete to slay the bull headed man known as the Minotaur. Depths of Fear: Knossos filled me with excitement when I loaded the game up for the first time and saw that I would be stepping into the shoes of Theseus to navigate one of the better known architectural designs of Daedalus and Icarus to slay the Cretan king’s bull man.
From the minds at Digital Tribe Games comes a Rogue-like stealth-adventure game that pits you against mythological legends of Ancient Greece. This game intends to challenge players and scare them a little as well.
6aming's Andy ventured into the dungeons of Depths of Fear: Knossos. Find out what he found down there in the dark within.
Knossos combines the terrifying first-person stealth gameplay of Amnesia with the tense unpredictability of a Roguelike, ensuring that the maze is always threatening and confusing. At first glance it’s a great idea. Both of these subgenres thrive on tension and careful planning, so combining them seems natural. However, Roguelikes are built heavily on combat, whereas evasive horror games like Amnesia and Outlast are built around avoiding it. The inability to resolve this schizophrenic dichotomy is what brings Knossos down.
