Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting Demo

Whether you enjoy adventure games or not, they are definitely difficult to pull off, especially now after so many successful titles have been released by giants like Telltale. However, all you need is a proper atmosphere and a strong story to keep the players interested, although proper level design and good graphics are also quite important in some cases.

Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting is a point-and-click adventure game featuring a horror theme and quite the tantalizing mystery behind the story, just enough to make you curious from the first few minutes. The puzzles are diverse and somewhat original, not to mention rather difficult, yet rewarding. The horror elements make their presence felt as well, which is great news for those love enjoy unsettling atmospheres.

A lot of effort went into the storyline as well, because it seems plausible, yet it somehow feels like you could also stumble into monsters while exploring the dark environment. As such, you play the role of Alex Truman, a sheriff who one day hits a man with his car. The man appears to have no name, address, or any identification, which is how the entire mystery starts. After the car crash victim wakes up and mumbles the words “Cold Winter Farm”, Sheriff Truman goes to investigate the location, only to get stuck in an underground laboratory because of a storm.

As you begin exploring the facility, you need to carefully examine and analyze every room in order to figure out how to find out more about what happens there. The puzzles are also quite difficult and tough, although they are also practical and logical, most of the time. As an example, you will need to find the access code to a computer at some point, but the code has to be obtained by combining two other ones and combining them in a specific way.

There are not many problems in the technical department either, although there might be a few inconveniences with the interface every now and again. However, the graphics definitely look sharp and you can tell that a lot of work went into the environments, given the amount of detail they feature. Moreover, the soundtrack is excellent and it adds a great deal to the overall atmosphere.

When it’s all said and done, Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting has its fair share of flaws as well, but a final release is on its way soon and it promises to fix a lot of things. Hence, if you are a fan of point-and-click adventure games, this may very well provide you with a lot of fun and quite the engaging puzzles.