5. Mortuary Assistant
This game came out with a playable demo in October 2021 and is expected to come out in Spring 2022. And from what has been seen of the game, it’s delightfully terrifying. Working with dead bodies is one thing. But the slow ramp up from misplaced items? Or realizing that the corpses aren’t as dead as they seem? Sign me up. The fact that all of this is happening at night, you’re alone, and you have to take care of these bodies alone is just the icing on the cake. The fact that it makes you pause and question what’s going on is just fantastic and enough to make anyone eager to see more.
4. Lies of P
Lies of P looks absolutely stunning from the trailers. While it’s not supposed to be a spiritual successor of, say, Bloodborne or Dark Souls, it does look like it could be, a bit. It for sure has the influence of either title from the reported difficult combat, the visuals, and of course the creatures- actually dolls- that are supposed to be beaten. This is a dark twist on the tale of Pinocchio, which makes the possible results very interesting to consider. You see, in the game, Pinocchio is trying to find his creator, and there are a lot of interactions with NPCs in the game. What you say or do change the outcome of the game, and there have been implications that it changes his physical appearance as well.
No long nose though, so that’s disappointing.
3. Callisto Protocol
The Callisto Protocol has some points in its corner. For one, they have industry veterans from Dead Space going with something they do well: sci-fi horror. Not to mention, while we don’t know the exact date of when Callisto Protocol will be released, what information we do have seems promising. Playing a survival horror as a prisoner? Alien invasion, with possible body-snatching? Robots and space? Being on Jupiter’s moon? Any one of these would be eye-catching on their own but altogether sound like a good reason for horror lovers to rub their hands together. The idea of how the game is focused on an escape just adds a little more fuel for the intrigue fire.
2. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
This. This game is set to be the finale for the first season of the Dark Pictures games that we have seen so far. We’ve had a bit of a mixed lot when it comes to the previous three games: Man of Medan, Little Hope, and House of Ashes. All three have been under the horror umbrella but have offered a different subtype, with unexpected twists. All do follow a formula that works well, whether playing alone or with others. So the Devil in Me comes with a lot of pressure from the success of the previous games.
What we do know is that the story is based on America’s first serial killer, Howard Henry Holmes. We also know this will be taking place in his hotel the “Murder Castle”. And this time, the characters are a film crew that’s trapped within. So this could be a very good game and narrative.
1. Outlast Trials
Honestly, anything that comes out from the Outlast Umbrella has been amazing. The original Outlast, the DLC Whistleblower, Outlast 2: they’ve set up the genre for being absolutely terrifying thrill ride. The Trials are a prequel to the previous games, and from what we know, they’re apparently about Cold War experiments. It’s all in the first person, with the possibility of working with friends to get out and survive.
There are some high hopes for this one.
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