Survival Horror has often been a genre of awkward controls, crap combat, and mind-bending narratives with a cult following. Hollowbody is the latest twisted tale from Chasing Static developer Headware Games and aims to bring everyone back a few generations to the “golden era” of the genre. Do Androids Have Nightmares of Electronic Spiders? Hollowbody […]
Considered one of the original survival horror games, Alone in the Dark (1992) was the blueprint for the genre for many years. Sadly, later installments received progressively worse reviews until the series seemingly died out. Pieces Interactive aims to break that poor reputation with this reimagining of the original survival horror royalty in Alone in […]
Dead Space was an unexpected treat when it was originally released. It gave new life to the Survival Horror genre which was starting to stagnate and was shockingly out of character for EA who’d started drifting more and more into multiplayer titles. Now years later, this title once again is getting a chance to reshape […]
Survival Horror is making a comeback and Science Fiction is in! These are two of my favorite things, so imagine finding out that Playism, Humble Games & rose-engine had partnered up to bring us Signalis, a Sci-Fi Survival Horror. Could this be a match made in cyberhell?. Time for Technobabble Signalis puts you in control […]
Survival Horror had its “golden age” in the 90’s, following a strict set of conventions and tropes. Tormented Souls, by Dual Effect, aims to utilize the core mechanics of Survival Horror but with a modernized twist. Detailed backgrounds, complex puzzles, limited supplies, and backtracking are all present here. However, Tormented Souls also adheres to the fixed camera perspective […]