{"id":133511,"date":"2023-05-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148887"},"modified":"2023-05-03T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:00:00","slug":"ps1-inspired-horror-the-tartarus-key-invites-you-to-escape-a-mysterious-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/03\/ps1-inspired-horror-the-tartarus-key-invites-you-to-escape-a-mysterious-mansion\/","title":{"rendered":"PS1-Inspired Horror &#8216;The Tartarus Key&#8217; Invites You To Escape A Mysterious Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f52c69e1df4e0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f52c69e1df4e0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f52c69e1df4e0\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"1pEJ_7qwXrQ\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Publisher Armor Games Studios has revealed a PS1-inspired horror game that ditches traditional survival horror combat systems for a more streamlined focus on puzzle-solving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tartarus_key\">The Tartarus Key<\/a> is developed by Vertical Reach and will launch for the Nintendo Switch on <strong>May 31st, 2023<\/strong>. It stars protagonist Alex who finds herself waking up in a mysterious mansion with cameras following her every move. It&#8217;s up to you to escape by solving a number of deadly puzzles and riddles as you explore the dark, creepy corridors of the mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of key features:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Escape a deadly mansion filled with dangerous traps, and rescue Alex\u2019s fellow captives\u2026 or fail, and leave them to a grisly fate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Uncover three different endings, and dig to the heart of the mansion and the strange secrets it and your captors hold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Solve puzzles and challenges reminiscent of escape-the-room games in a variety of unsettling and bizarre scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A tense, atmospheric adventure that relies on puzzles and plot instead of combat or chase sequences<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: Armor Games Studios<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be grabbing The Tartarus Key when it launches on Switch later this month? Let us know with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Publisher Armor Games Studios has revealed a PS1-inspired horror game that ditches traditional survival horror combat systems for a more streamlined focus on puzzle-solving. The Tartarus Key is developed by Vertical Reach and will launch for the Nintendo Switch on May 31st, 2023. It stars protagonist Alex who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}