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1、TheOldCity:LeviathanWrittenbyNathanielBerens—December3,2014TheOldCity:Leviathanbelongstotheburgeoningstory-drivenexplorationsubgenrepioneeredbythedivisiveDearEstherandexemplifiedbygameslikeGoneHomeandProteus,interactiveexperiencesthatputapremiumonatmospherean
2、dnarrativeoverpuzzlesoraction–eventothepointofcuttingouttheseotherelementsaltogether.Theresulthassparkedheateddebatesaswellassomeofthemoreinterestingexperimentalgamesinrecenthistory,anhonortowhichTheOldCityseeminglyaspires.Itmostlysucceeds,too,thoughitoffersa
3、lessdistinctimpressionthanthegameswhosetemplateclearlyinspiredit.故事探索类游戏，是由备受争议的《亲爱的艾斯特》所发起的，而后被《到家》和《变形》发扬光大。《鬼影旧城：利维坦》就属于这一类新兴游戏的变种。它的互动体验，较之以往的解密和动作，更强调氛围和叙事，甚至完全去掉了动作解谜要素。结果引起了激烈的讨论，也导致了近来更多有趣的实验性游戏的产生，《鬼影旧城》似乎在向它们致敬。《鬼影旧城》明显受到了这些游戏的启发，虽然它没有像它们一样让人眼前一亮，可毕
4、竟也获得了某种意义上的成功。Thisisagamewhereyouwalkandlookandlisteninfree-roamingfirst-person.Therearenopuzzles,nocharacterstoconversewithorfight,andnoplatformstosurmount.Overthecourseoftenchapters,you'llexploreavarietyofareas–mostlysewers–andobservestuff.Occasionally,atsc
5、riptedpoints,thenarratorwillspeakbriefly.TheonlycontrolsbesidesWASDmovementkeysareuse,jump,andzoom,allofwhichareneededonlyrarely.Youcaninteractwithdoors,someofwhichopen,andwiththemysteriousgreenboxesfoundineachchapterthatunlocknotesbyanothercharacterthatfilli
6、ndetailsoftheworld.Andthat'sit.Onasurfacelevel,TheOldCityisaboutasurvivorinapost-apocalypticworld.Afteranunexplainedcalamity,theremaininghumansleftthecitiesandrestoredasemblanceofordertosocietybysplittingintovariousideologicalgroupskeptinbalancebyacouncil.The
7、segroupsaregivenconfusinglyinterchangeablenameslikeTheGuildandTheOrder,whichiseitherveryintentionalorverylazy.ThosewhoexistedoutsidethegroupsweredubbedMinotaursandsenttoliveinalabyrinthine(getit?)sewersystem.Thecouncilcontrolsrationsofsustenanceintheformof"cl
8、eanwater"pumpedoutfromTheSource,warningothersawayfrom“uncleanwater”ofdubiousorigin.Yourcharacter,accompaniedbyanunseen,unheardentityhecallsLeviathan,isattemptingtoreachTheSourceinTheOldCi
