Mmn-hmn, I'm excited!
Great isn't it? They're the masters of horror and psychological stuff!
Count me in !
SOMA was amazing !
Just wish that they added VR support to their games, their games would be on another level in VR...
Simon was written to be a reflection of how most people would handle the sudden epiphany that their consciousness is an illusion and there is no ephemeral soul. The natural reaction would be shock and disbelief, a natural bias toward one's own subjectivity. I agree it felt frustrating at times but it is 100% true to character.SOMA's cool, hope they don't write the protagonist as a clueless moron this time around though.
Mmn-hmn, I'm excited!
Though if you want not a horror game, they're working on a non-horror narrative game as well which should released a bit after this game (both this game and that game were in development at the same time for the last five years, they announced a year ago the horror game would end up releasing first though).
I remember the live action Soma stuff had people wondering if it was gonna be an SCP like game.Most interesting. Seems like an Amnesia-related game, but Frictional are great at marketing and messing with people's expectations so could be anything really.
Good point. Even narratively, their games would make even more sense in VR. They're so much about subjectivity and personal perspective.Count me in !
SOMA was amazing !
Just wish that they added VR support to their games, their games would be on another level in VR...
Source on the second title being a non-horror narrative game? I knew they were working on two titles, but I thought the first was going to be a horror game in the vein of Amnesia while the second was going to be a more narrative driven horror like Soma. I can't remember where I read it though so I could be wrong
Developer Frictional Games is working on two new projects. What is surprising is their recent announcement that one of these games is not a horror title.
"We want to spread out on what Frictional does. We don't just want to be 'the horror guys,'" said Grip in the interview. It doesn't sound like the team will be working on a jovial cartoon platformer, however, as Grip did note that the non-horror game deals with "depressing facts about the world and making them into an experience."
As for what we can specifically expect from either the horror game or this bold new non-horror venture, it appears that Frictional Games isn't quite ready to say at this time. However, Grip did drop several hints throughout his interview, including his desire to replicate the way that SOMA got people interested in something that he was personally very interested in, and the idea that Frictional's next games will feature a little more traditional gameplay following accusations that SOMA was little more than a walking simulator. He did also note, though, that he doesn't currently want to make a project that's quite as "gamey" as Amnesia was.
Over time they've basically said one of their two projects is a horror game building off what they've learned from all of their games, while the other is a narrative game, though the narrative game is about "depressing facts about the world and making them into an experience."
This game revealed now is the horror game, Frictional said about a year ago that they were going to be close to revealing a game, and the horror game would be the first one to come out.
I also have a personal theory this game may be a new Amnesia game, both by some stuff in the ARG, in this trailer, but also this year marks the 10-year anniversary of Amnesia: The Dark Descent.