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Dawn of Fear announcement trailer - Releasing February 3rd on PS4 (fixed camera Resident Evil-inspired horror game, Playstation Talents)
- Thread starter Dusk Golem
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First review has dropped...
Sounds like he would've enjoyed the game as a whole if it wasn't broken as hell.
Sounds like he would've enjoyed the game as a whole if it wasn't broken as hell.
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Hoping it gets a few more patches, since the review does sound like the game is a decent B-Horror Resident Evil clone, and the most surprising (and interesting) thing for me is him noting there's more enemies than just zombies and the enemies are actually pretty disturbing (there's a screenshot of a silhouette of one of them within his review, which yeah, it looks pretty interesting). And he mentions the intrigue in the game is there, which I find is crucial for these type of games.
Game breaking bugs is bad, hoping it gets patched since otherwise honestly as a horror enthusiast who's played and mostly enjoyed many Resident Evil clones from the PS1/PS2 era, and the more modern indie scene, this sounds like an interesting enough effort... if they can bug fix it more and fix up the technical side further.
I'll probably pick it up due to my own interest in such games, but I'm holding hope they'll fix it up some.
I was ready to just pull the trigger given the price point but not with all those issue. Sad to see, hope they patch it quickly.
Alright I caved in and bought it, beat it in one sitting. Man, what an endearing game. That Pushsquare review is on point and I agree with almost everything that's said there, including this is a recommended play despite its flaws. A sweet love letter to classic Resident Evil and Silent Hill games.
Yes, there are bugs that sometimes forces you to reboot the game. I ran into them a handful of times but loading is very quick, so didn't affect me too much. I almost fell into the same game breaking bug described in the Pushsquare article but rebooting the game fixed it. Minor, but I also got a bug where the game didn't let me get any of the trophies.
I fully expected jank, and I enjoyed the jankfest for the most part. But one of the biggest issues with the game was how certain late game enemies' attack motion doesn't seem to connect to the player character's hurtbox, but still damages me. These things can kill you with two hits, so sometimes I would end up HAS MUERTO. Oh, the game also needs an option to adjust brightness. Some places are so dark.
Enough about bugs and jank. The musical score is phenomenal, the gameplay is classic RE/SH, you can choose either tank controls with the dpad or "modern" controls with the analog stick. Some rooms and camera angles seem to have been lifted straight from RE1. The zombies don't have a lunge attack that sucks you in - you can dance your way through them with ease, which is a good thing in my book. The combat knife is amazing against basic zombie enemies - use them frequently to save up ammo! The story is surprisingly coherent and the plot makes clear sense. The actual house and the setting doesn't make sense at all but all is forgiven :)
It's a short game, with just a few boss fights (all but the final boss are gimmick fights, unfortunately), but you know what, I did have a fun time. I may revisit and even try to speed run this game. Just in terms of pure fun factor, I had a better time with this game than RE0 and post-Team Silent's SH games. This is a game I'd love to see touched up by professional dev teams (e.g., reliable performance, smoother framerates, actual cutscenes with voice acting). I'd say if the bugs get fixed, this qualifies as a hidden gem on the PS4.
Yes, there are bugs that sometimes forces you to reboot the game. I ran into them a handful of times but loading is very quick, so didn't affect me too much. I almost fell into the same game breaking bug described in the Pushsquare article but rebooting the game fixed it. Minor, but I also got a bug where the game didn't let me get any of the trophies.
I fully expected jank, and I enjoyed the jankfest for the most part. But one of the biggest issues with the game was how certain late game enemies' attack motion doesn't seem to connect to the player character's hurtbox, but still damages me. These things can kill you with two hits, so sometimes I would end up HAS MUERTO. Oh, the game also needs an option to adjust brightness. Some places are so dark.
Enough about bugs and jank. The musical score is phenomenal, the gameplay is classic RE/SH, you can choose either tank controls with the dpad or "modern" controls with the analog stick. Some rooms and camera angles seem to have been lifted straight from RE1. The zombies don't have a lunge attack that sucks you in - you can dance your way through them with ease, which is a good thing in my book. The combat knife is amazing against basic zombie enemies - use them frequently to save up ammo! The story is surprisingly coherent and the plot makes clear sense. The actual house and the setting doesn't make sense at all but all is forgiven :)
It's a short game, with just a few boss fights (all but the final boss are gimmick fights, unfortunately), but you know what, I did have a fun time. I may revisit and even try to speed run this game. Just in terms of pure fun factor, I had a better time with this game than RE0 and post-Team Silent's SH games. This is a game I'd love to see touched up by professional dev teams (e.g., reliable performance, smoother framerates, actual cutscenes with voice acting). I'd say if the bugs get fixed, this qualifies as a hidden gem on the PS4.
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I'm enjoying this a lot! I'm a few hours deep. I've had to reload a few times when environments didn't load properly and I got munched while disoriented. The Resident Evil nods and Easter eggs are all over this game. Especially that one location! Also just the experience of exploring an unknown mansion and trying to keep track of puzzles and your inventory is a nostalgic treat. I think I might restart using the analogue controls because using tank has caused me to get munched on fairly often and as such I'm low on health kits.
One nitpick, however, is that I wish they had gotten a native English speaker to proofread the text. It's not unintelligible or anything but the mistakes can be distracting. I wouldn't have minded the game being set in Spain if they had chosen to go that route, the architecture fits and it would have been interesting I think. Overall I'm liking this very much.
One nitpick, however, is that I wish they had gotten a native English speaker to proofread the text. It's not unintelligible or anything but the mistakes can be distracting. I wouldn't have minded the game being set in Spain if they had chosen to go that route, the architecture fits and it would have been interesting I think. Overall I'm liking this very much.
So a patch dropped yesterday for this game: any updated impressions? I'm kind of interested in the game, but it sounded like it launched as a broken mess.