well-maintained photo album, with black corner picture holders and little typed-up
sheets describing each image.
Interface
Main Menu
From the main menu, the player is given the option of going to the Archives menu.
Archives Selection Menu
This screen comes up from the main menu, and the player is presented with a picture of
two books on the left and right of the screen. On the left is Clem’s Journal, and on the
right is Consuela’s Scrapbook. They appear on top of a table in the style ofMedal of
Honor: Frontline. The player is able to select them by pressing left and right to select
the one he wants. When selected, an item glows and pulsates to indicate it is selected.
When the player presses the Select button on either of these texts, he is taken to one of
the two Book screens.
Book Screens
Both Clem’s Journal and Consuela’s Scrapbook function identically, though they look
somewhat different. Both present an open book to the player, viewed from a top-down
view, with only the right page visible. The player can then flip through the pages using
the left and right buttons. On each page an image appears in the upper right, with text
wrapping around it. For both books, each page will at first appear blank, with a “To Be
Discovered” text appearing at the bottom of the page. Then, as the player unlocks a
given creature or location, the page text and image will show up. A text message will
appear in the game indicating that some piece of content has been unlocked, so players
will know to go to look for it.
Clem’s Journal
Clem’s Journal appears to be a worn leather book with various pieces of paper and odd
scraps stuck into it. It is very much a journal Clem was able to keep with him through
his adventures around the island, scribbling in it with his pen whenever he had a
chance. After a brief introduction, each page of Clem’s Journal shows a different crea-
ture on the island and presents an uncolored illustration of the creature in question,
with text that wraps around the illustration. The text in Clem’s journal is a readable
handwriting, in longhand. The text describes, in a few sentences, what Clem has seen
of the creature and how it is tied into the execution theme (something Clem will remark
on with curiosity). The text is simultaneously read aloud in Clem’s voice.
Consuela’s Scrapbook
In contrast to Clem’s Journal, Consuela’s Scrapbook looks significantly nicer, the prod-
uct of an intelligent and skilled woman with a lot of time on her hands. Following an
introductory page, each page of her scrapbook features a photo of a given location, with
text that wraps around it. This text appears to have been created with a typewriter and
then cut out and pasted into the scrapbook. The pictures are of 3D renderings of the
various locations, and are in black and white, and are held into the book by black photo
corners. The text describes the area that is seen in the picture and its historical rele-
vance, and while on the page the player will hear Consuela reading the text aloud.
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