Chat about The Tartarus Key with us in the RPS Game Club today

Live from 4pm BST

I’m locked in here with you for the nextRPS Game Clubliveblog! From 4pm BST today, July 3rd, we’ll be chatting aboutThe Tartarus Key. Come prepared to talk about your favourite puzzles, the ones that stumped you, and the weird horror themes you liked best. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed making the team play a tough puzzle game, especially one that’s intentionally retro and a bit spooky without being scary. So why not come and join in the discussion? Haha, that’s a joke: you don’t have a choice. As I said, you’re locked in here unless you can find theResident Evil-ass key I have hidden in here somewhere. See you at 4pm, when we’ll be back to see how you’re getting on.

Our live coverage of this event has finished.

–Alice Bell

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I think that’s why toddlers get so upset sometimes.

–Alice Bell

Right? I wasn’t mad about the idea of him dying either, he was well written as a douche. Did you have a puzzle you found especially challenging?

Edit: apart from saving Kai haha

–Alice Bell

–Ed Thorn

Oh my God THE ANIMAL CLOSET! I was in there for ages too. And I was watching It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia while playing the game on Steam Deck, so now I can’t think of Rob McElhenney without thinking of a polar bear poster.

–Alice Bell

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I absolutely concur with this, I think. There are more endings than you’d think.

–Alice Bell

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Yes exactly! I think it made everything easier to tackle, you know? I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m always ready to force puzzle games on people…

As far as I remember they do not. That would be impressive though. One day a puzzle game will do that, maybe. But I will say that the ‘bad’ ending does cut the game off at the knees a little, too - there are a lot more puzzlesafterthat for the Good/True endings.

–Alice Bell