Broken Pieces

Broken Pieces - Elisa arrives in the coastal village of Saint-Exile, where time goes in a circle: the inhabitants relive the same era over and over again, and no one can get rid of the loop. The coast, the lighthouse and the surrounding ruins contain traces of the cult, and it is necessary to understand what is happening based on the bits of found records. The weather here behaves strangely, and the reason for this, apparently, is connected with a paranormal phenomenon that threw the heroine into someone else's cycle. From time to time, Eliza herself falls into the past and finds herself in the events of the Cold War, where the same places look different. Locals are reluctant to talk about what is happening, so lore has to be collected from diaries, letters and audio tapes scattered around their houses. What you read often explains where to look for the next clue, so it’s worth flipping through the notes carefully. There are plenty of clashes: the evil spirits react to the invasion and rush into battle. Fights are based on alternating strong and weak blows, a heavy attack opens the enemy, and a light attack finishes. Sometimes in a fight you can change the weather and use time transitions to go where there is no normal road. Separately, the story of Eliza herself is revealed: notes and meetings gradually explain what connects her with the village and why exactly she was stuck in someone else’s time. The opponents are different, and each one needs its own rhythm: some close after two hits, others punish for greed. Some doors open only after solving a small puzzle with a found item, so a forgotten item sometimes returns the player to a place already passed. For those players who love leisurely mystical stories, where half the answers have to be found on their own.