Redwall: Escape the Gloomer

Soma Games LLC

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About this game

One of a series of six games, THE LOST LEGENDS OF REDWALL™: ESCAPE THE GLOOMER© is created in partnership with Soma Games, and owned by The Redwall Abbey company™, Soma Games, and Penguin Random House UK™. The Lost Legends of Redwall™: Escape the Gloomer© is a Conversational Adventure™ game in nine chapters developed by Team Clopas.

Based on the wildly popular best-selling book, Mossflower, and second in the twenty-two book series by Brian Jacques, this interactive tale immerses the Player in the exploits and redemption of Gillig the otter as he tries to overcome his weaknesses, limited resources, and the menace of the monstrous water rat Gloomer.

Before Redwall™ Abbey, there was Kotir Castle, an abandoned fortress built over a large lake near the River Moss. It was taken over by the wildcat Verdauga Greeneyes and his Thousand Eyes army of vermin. Upon his untimely demise, his daughter Tsarmina began her evil rule. Subjugating the woodland inhabitants of Mossflower, this cruel Queen reigned using the army of a Thousand Eyes to collect food tribute from the peaceful forest dwellers. In her arsenal was a very special living weapon. A murderous insane creature kept deep in the bowels of the castle. Captured by her father, Gloomer the Greatrat was rightly feared by all. In these ancient days lived mighty heroes such as Martin the Warrior and Gonff Prince of Mousethieves.

Now our would be champion, Gillig directed by the otter leader Skipper, has been given a very special solo mission. Retrieve an ancient scroll once belonging to Verdauga. On the verge of being exiled from the otter crew, Gillig sees this as an opportunity to prove himself to the otter tribe – if he can overcome his weaknesses.

Your story begins with a descent down a rope into a ruined otter holt near Kotir Castle. What happens next will be totally up to you.

Features:

Narrative based game with emphasis on exploration and overcoming obstacles

Nine chapters of interactive play with rich descriptions
Intuitive UI that enables comfortable reading of text with page controls

Character development – progress Gillig from timid otter to noble warrior

Adds to Redwall lore with new backstories and familiar characters alike

Conversational Adventure™ game elements

Original illustrations created specifically for the game

Sound effects and original musical soundtrack

Professional Voice Acting

THE LOST LEGENDS OF REDWALL™: ESCAPE THE GLOOMER © SOMA Games LLC, The Redwall Abbey Company Limited and The Random House Group Limited, 2018. All rights reserved. The Redwall Abbey Company Limited is the owner of the rights, copyrights and trade marks for REDWALL, BRIAN JACQUES and the characters, their names and the settings relating to the REDWALL™ books. All rights reserved.

Ratings and reviews

Currently still playing through, but I am enjoying the story. The game really makes you think in order to progress. Mossflower is one of my favorite stories from the Redwall series and I have always wanted a Redwall game since the first concepts of different games started to be released. Hopefully, Mr. Jacques would have loved this game as he had often turned down ideas for them.

This is a beautiful text adventure game. It does require a good deal of puzzling out the correct directions. If you've ever played Zork or similar, you'll have no problems. The only complaint i have is the sound quality of the narration has a distortion to it. Even with headphones it sounds tinny. I turned all the sounds off and it's really enjoyable.

I love Redwall, so was eager to play this game. It sometimes took a bit to get the exact wording needed, but the hints basically tell you exactly what needs to be done. The Gilligan's Island theme song was annoying and there was no reason for it...seemed way out of place.

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