Status PyramidHeadcrab Mar 17, 2024
So I played this game's 15 minute "demo", which is actually a prologue chapter, and uh... I really, really loved what I saw? It has this vibe, man. Like you know how stuff like The 7th Guest had this art-nouveau, jazzy kinda vibe to them? It was a trope of like early-to-mid 90s PC horror games. This game has …
So I played this game's 15 minute "demo", which is actually a prologue chapter, and uh... I really, really loved what I saw? It has this vibe, man. Like you know how stuff like The 7th Guest had this art-nouveau, jazzy kinda vibe to them? It was a trope of like early-to-mid 90s PC horror games. This game has that. Like it feels nostalgic, but also cool. It feels thoroughly noir with a mix of visceral horror.
I really get the impression that the folks making this one really wanted to take what made the originals unique and iterate on it; not by taking them in a numetal "edgy" direction (hi New Nightmare and Inferno), but by embracing something unique to stand out in a see of also-rans.
I think this one's gonna wind up being a bit of a cult classic, I thinks this is gonna be one of those ones that surprises people.