- Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel, Horror
Mediterranea Inferno is a visual novel set in Southern Italy, following three estranged friends reuniting after a traumatic event. It explores themes of desire, guilt, and disillusionment through surreal imagery and branching dialogue. The game offers a stylized, experimental take on coming-of-age and queer identity.
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Grave, contemporary, contemplative and intimate.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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EurogamerMatt WalesSep 20235/5Lorenzo Redaelli follows up 2020's uncompromising The Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star with a pulverising, shape-shifting visual novel of friendship, post-COVID trauma, and horror in the blistering Italian sun that's as artistically dazzling as it is emotionally raw.
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TheSixthAxisMiguel MoranMar 20249/10Mediterranea Inferno is an achievement in storytelling - not only through it's uniquely direct tackling of the effects of COVID-19 on young adults, but in how it uses the most outlandish, awe-inspiring visuals and sounds to tell that story.
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God is a GeekLyle CarrAug 20238.5/10Mediterranea Inferno is outrageously weird, intensely homoerotic, and absolutely wonderful, and I never wanted it to end.
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GameGrinAug 20235/10While the plot and characters in Mediterranea Inferno are interesting, the lack of any real gameplay makes this a difficult game to recommend. If you want an interesting journey but don't want much involvement, then this could be one for you.
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Pure NintendoJemma CassonMay 20246/10Mediterranea Inferno is a unique visual novel. Multiple endings allow for replayability, though the drug-induced sequences and unlikeable characters won't be for everyone. Nor will the explicit content. If you like your indie titles on the more obscure side, though, this one might be worth checking out.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Lorenzo Redaelli
- Publisher
- Santa Ragione
- Released
- August 24, 2023
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Side view
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 2 h rushed · 4 h main story
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 7 ratings.
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