Of course, the combination is hidden in that room so then I have to go through the process of opening all the drawers, cabinets, and other hiding places before I can finally acquire the mask and proceed. In order to enter the room, I first had to talk with the NPC, learn that they wanted an item in exchange for the key, talk with another NPC to get that item, complete the exchange, and enter the room only to discover that the mask is locked behind a combination lock. The puzzle design is just as bad, as the vast majority of them simply require you to take a piece of paper or some other bit of information and apply it elsewhere.įor example, there was one part where I had to get a mask from an NPC’s room. That pipe on the ground may look useful, but no you can’t touch that until a completely irrelevant line of dialogue has played – it’s actually a bit annoying. It’s worse in that sometimes, you’ll see an item of interest, but you can’t interact with it because a specific line of dialogue hasn’t played yet or some other trigger has yet to activate.

Because there are tons of doors, drawers, and other spots to look through, the gameplay can come off as padding at times and a good chunk of my playtime was this aimless wandering around hoping to come across the item that allows me to progress. Like, most of the objectives simply have you searching the environment for an item or two before then having you repeat that in the next area and so on.

It is not a straight-up walking sim, but the gameplay that is there is dead simple. This is one of those first-person horror adventure games where the gameplay is almost entirely just you walking around, examining objects, moving things to and from, and solving some very basic puzzles. So yeah, the game has that part on lock for those that just want to play it for that.įor those that want an actual game, well, Lust from Beyond might not be the best option.

Now, I won’t deny that a lot of the content is gratuitous and simply there for shock value, but I can at least respect the effort put into making the experience as depraved as possible, enough so that I couldn’t even show some of the scenes in my video review even when censored. Whether that be the naked NPCs everywhere, the walls being made of certain organs, or just the random cult activities that you get to take part in – the game goes all out on making sure it gets that AO rating. Put simply, yeah, this game has a lot of it – both in its setting and as a story device. So let’s start with the reason why many are even interested in this game in the first place: its erotic content.

Lust of beyond