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Moida Mansion is the new free game from Return Of The Obra Dinn’s Lucas Pope, and it’s out nowNo longer hogging the crank
No longer hogging the crank
Image credit:Lucas Pope/Rock Paper Shotgun
Image credit:Lucas Pope/Rock Paper Shotgun
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It’s a beautifully presented thing, faux-encased in a red, four button handheld. “Oh no!” reads the mock-up instruction manual. “The Adventure Club’s official mascot turtle has carelessly wandered into Moida Mansion. Your friends went after her and got trapped! They broke the golden T.A.C rule: “Stay out of Moida Mansion!” Now it’s up to you. Sneak in and rescue them before it’s too late!”
The idea here is that you’ll explore the Moida Mansion in first person, listening for noises to locate your missing mates. It’s basically a very elaborate game of hide and seek. There’s also puzzles, helpful and harmful inhabitants to meet, and a ‘monsta’ chasing you around. No word on whether the New Yoik-ification of these terms has any bearing on the actual game, but maybepizza ratwill show up at some point.
It’s fair to say Pope has a penchant for retro presentation. The excellentReturn Of The Obra Dinnutilised early Macintosh monochrome, and the Playdate itself has its own, stripped back style. If you’re yet to play Obra Dinn itself, it’s safe to say it’s somewhat of an RPS favourite: one of ourfavourite PC gamesof the 2010’s, actually. “Obra Dinn asks you to tease out social lives from a freeze frame of murder,” waswot Matthew(RPS in peace) reckoned. “It doesn’t take the little grey cells to realise this is remarkable stuff.”
