![]() LAST WEEKEND: Unpacking South Carolina baseball's series loss to Tennessee with SEC Tournament up nextĪLL-SEC: USA TODAY Network All-SEC baseball team is in. IMPORTANT WEEK: Scouting South Carolina baseball's path in SEC Tournament, what's at stake for Gamecocks Here's more South Carolina baseball news: A loss will eliminate South Carolina from the SEC Tournament. Up next: With a win, South Carolina will play the winner of Thursday's game between the losing teams from Wednesday evening's games. Radio stream: South Carolina radio broadcast Location: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama Texas A&M in SEC Tournament on TV, live stream Here's how you can watch Tuesday's game: How to watch South Carolina baseball vs. The Gamecocks can secure an NCAA Tournament regional host spot with a strong week in Hoover, but will have a long road.ĭ's latest NCAA Tournament projection has South Carolina as the 2-seed in the Conway Regional with host Coastal Carolina, NC State and UNC Wilmington. South Carolina lost 10-3 against LSU to fall into the elimination game against the Aggies, who lost to Arkansas on Wednesday. South Carolina baseball continues its SEC Tournament run on Thursday with an elimination game against Texas A&M in Hoover, Alabama. It’s definitely something to check out, even if you won’t be challenged to the fullest extent.View Gallery: Mark Kingston: A look at the South Carolina baseball head coach ![]() Its greyscale art style adds to its overwhelmingly gothic vibe while providing puzzles that are difficult enough to force you to pause yet easy enough to solve. I could still be way off about what the game is trying to say, but Darq doesn’t necessarily give the player all of the answers to the questions they are asking.ĭarq isn’t the most difficult puzzle game out there, but it does excel in all uniqueness categories. While the game’s overall message does seem to be muddied over by its visual presentation, my own interpretation of the story is that it’s about escaping an otherwise mundane life and dreaming of a world where the character has a purpose. Greyscale throughout and brooding, Darq dabbles very little in hope and color it also feels as though it does have something to say without saying it. Opening up new corridors or finding hidden areas is always exciting the inclusion of adventure game-style collecting of random objects throughout the world adds that extra twist to really make Darq’s puzzles engaging and fun.ĭarq is a uniquely gothic puzzle game that is visually ripped from Wednesday Addams’ own art journal. The shifting of the game world is also compelling, even if it has been done in other games before it. It’s lovely puzzle design, even if the puzzles aren’t overly difficult or time-consuming. Never outright telling you how to solve the puzzles, Darq does a very good job at providing context clues on how to solve them. ![]() Like all good puzzle games, Darq never treats its players with contempt. This, including the game’s Extra Levels included in the Complete Edition, offers replayability that is somewhat rare in puzzle games.ĭarq’s mechanics are simple to its core: players can move throughout the game’s 2D levels, while also shifting the world around them to discover previously hidden rooms/corridors that are key to solving the overall puzzle. Darq offers plenty of secret objects to be found throughout its world as well that I was unable to locate during my initial playthrough, as evident from the game’s trophy list. This ease of access throughout the game made it so I could enjoy the ambiance the game was presenting and not the frustration many puzzle games often generate. While there are certainly some confusing puzzles to solve, I never spent more than 15-20 minutes on each of the game’s six levels. Its a bunch of disturbing events and imagery that you try and weave. As someone who has lots of nightmares myself (havent had a 'good' or pleasant dream in years, to the great benefit of my psychiatrist) they seldom ever have a story. Throughout my time playing Darq, I never got the sense that its puzzles were meant to be overwhelmingly difficult. Disclaimer: I bought the game on GOG, so no 'has DARQ' icon. ![]() Those expecting puzzles akin to The Witness need to look elsewhere, as Darq is more geared towards setting a mood and engrossing you into its world. From an unsettling art style to mind-bending puzzles, Darq knows exactly what it is and what it isn’t. Enter Darq, a gothic-horror style 2.5D puzzler that manages to straddle the line of familiarity and uniqueness. Not only do puzzle games need to iterate continually to achieve any sort of recognition, but they need to throw in unique flair to stand out from the bunch. The space for indie puzzle games is incredibly tight.
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