Recently, there is a game on Steam that is available for free download for a limited time, and it is the game “The Red Lantern” that I will introduce today. “The Red Lantern” is developed by the independent game team Timberline Studio. This is a game that combines “narrative」、「Resource management“and”Mild Roguelite“Elemental sleigh adventure game. Tired of playing popular games? Why not come and play a game where you can watch this kind of skit and relax your mind!
The Red Lantern download
The Red Lantern is currently available for free download on steam for a limited time, and the time is only until 6/18. Players who want to collect the game should download it quickly!
A brief introduction to how to play The Red Lantern
In order to let readers understand what this game is about, the author also played it a little bit. First of all, this game does not have any Chinese, and then there will be a lot of dialogue and instructions, so people who are not good at English will have a hard time playing it:
After entering the game, players will hear the heroine talking all the time, and even talk to the dog next to them. The outline of the story is that the heroine is tired of the day-to-day city life. In order to pursue her childhood dream, she decides to take a dilapidated box car and adopt a few sled dogs to the ice-covered Alaska. Her goal is simple: to find a small wooden house with a red lantern in the vast wilderness and start a new life there.
It is worth mentioning that the heroine is voiced by well-known voice actor Ashly Burch, who is also the voice actor of the protagonist of “Horizon: Dawn of Hope”:
In the process of nagging, the game screen will bring different dogs, and you can choose 5 dogs from multiple dogs to form your sled team. Each dog has its own backstory and personality. Some dogs have a keen sense of smell and can help you find hidden items, some are particularly brave when encountering bears, and some are the pistachios of the team:
After forming a dog team, you can go on an adventure with the sled:
The purpose of the game is to go to a cabin with a red lantern on, and the player must pull a sled to explore the snow:
Before each departure, a small amount of meat, bullets, medical kits and wood for fire will be allocated. When you fall down due to hunger, cold or accident on the way, the protagonist will wake up from the car and start all over again:
In the game, the player will not move the direction of the sled, but will tell the dog whether to move to the left or right by giving commands:
The wilderness of Alaska is full of surprises and crises. You may encounter ferocious grizzly bears and wolves, and find elk and rabbits that can be hunted (but I still don’t know how to shoot correctly in the shooting system). The game will constantly throw up two-choice or multiple-choice problems for you to choose, so every choice will have a different result:
Since the game uses the element of hunger, the game may end when the heroine and the dog are hungry. At this time, you must quickly set up camp to replenish your physical strength:
Except for the initial supply of meat, the rest must be obtained by hunting in the wild:
As the journey progresses, you’ll get to know each dog’s habits better and better. Moreover, you can stop and pet each dog at any time in the game. For dog lovers, this is absolutely an irresistible design:
summary
“The Red Lantern” is not a hard-core survival game that requires high skills. Playing it is like reading an interactive polar adventure novel. If you like watching movies where the protagonist adventures and camps in the snow or you like games that focus on narrative and atmosphere, then you might as well play “The Red Lantern”.
Source: KOCPC Chinese