Additionally, guards are sometimes in constant eye contact of each other – meaning there’s sometimes no way to sneak up on one, without alerting the other.
This is made difficult due to Tilo’s small stature. You have to collect objects, craft items, steal keys, solve puzzles and find new locations. Ghost of a Tale requires you to sneak around guards, by learning their routines or using environmental and inventory items to take them out temporarily. (But, if you think about it, that’s also Soulsbourne since only bosses are permanently disabled.) They may have political dominance but they’re not very smart. Unlike Soulsbourne, enemies are not killed so much as temporarily disabled (land a barrel on their head or throw a bottle at their head) or made a non-issue when wearing certain armour sets: If you wear similar guard armour, the Rats think you’re one of them even though you’re half their size. There’s no minimap, few guides and everything depends on your observation skills. And it’s almost as difficult in terms of not holding your hand and demanding your attention. If that sounds a lot like From Software’s Soulsbourne games, then yes. The game barely has a pause menu, where swapping items and performing crafting opens a menu screen but does not stop the world behind it. Costumes and armour pieces are scattered throughout the map, in hard-to-find areas, but offer differing bonuses and improvements to Tilo’s stats. Instead, you’re better off learning the areas, figuring out shortcuts and permanently opening gates and bridges to shorten your travels. There’s a map but it often does little to aid you. NPCs litter the landscape, offering side-quests and rewards. Tilo’s adventure begins with him trying to escape the vast dungeon, then navigating its tunnels, courtyard and many other areas. You have been locked up in a creepy, decaying dungeon, within a vast keep, on an island. Ghost of a Tale sees you in the tiny feet of Tilo, a wandering lute-playing minstrel. But much of this is game is the joy of discovering this rich world, with its complicated power grabs and conflicts between species who each feel they deserve more than what they currently have. One where mice are viewed as betrayers, rats the saviors and secrets eroded by time guarded jealously by the few. It is a world where a mysterious orb destroyed much of the world centuries before, leading to political upheavals and conflict. He thinks he’s people, you’ll squeal.īut if you play Ghost of a Tale, that sense of adoration will simmer as you realise this is not some happy fantasy, but one filled with murder, oppression, confinement, discrimination, the yearning for power, the death of a child and the kidnapping of a loved one. You see a tiny mouse, wearing outfits that are too big for him, carrying tiny lamps or lutes, in a fantasy environment out of Redwall, standing like a person. When you first see images of Ghost of a Tale, the indie mouse stealth-em-up RPG, you’re heart swells.
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