"Though it bears a lot in common with a number of legendary games, like Resident Evil and , this survival-horror title, which takes just as many cues from Spanish culture and folklore as it does from those legendary games, feels most in conversation with something entirely different: it reminds me a lot of the telenovelas I grew up watching on Univision."
" I couldn't shake the feeling while playing that I was caught in a fever dream of a These programs, which have often enraptured the elders of my life, promised big performances, and it seemed like every other show my mother watched during these primetime slots featured booming voices, grand gestures, and more lies and betrayals than one should be able to feasibly fit"
Crisol: Theater of Idols fuses survival-horror gameplay with Spanish culture and folklore while channeling telenovela melodrama. Latine households commonly feature adobo, arroz con habichuelas, Christian imagery like a Bible or crucifix, and regular evening telenovela viewing. Telenovelas emphasize high drama, camp, repetitive loud sound effects for twists, sprawling casts, and archetypal characters such as the stumbling nerd or loyal cadet. Performances rely on booming voices, grand gestures, hammy acting, and frequent lies and betrayals. The game's atmosphere evokes the fever-dream intensity and theatricality characteristic of primetime telenovelas.
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