Tag: Horror

Tormented Souls Review

These Secrets Weren’t Buried Deep Enough

HIGH Finding out how Caroline lost her eye.

LOW A puzzle completely unplayable to people with hearing issues.

WTF There are ranged enemies in a fixed-camera game. Madness.


Preview: House of Ashes

House of Ashes is Supermassive Games’ newest title in the Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of interactive horror movies. Where previous titles featured ghost ships and haunted towns, House of Ashes heads in a more visceral and action-packed direction, with the player taking control of a special forces team at the tail end of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.


Chernobylite Review

Green Is The New Black

HIGH One of the best sci-fi games I’ve played in the last few years.

LOW Overly simplified combat and survival mechanics.

WTF You have a PhD in nuclear sciences, but can’t throw a rock?


The Dark Pictures: House Of Ashes Preview

House of Ashes, the next game in Supermassive’s Dark Pictures franchise, just hosted a hands-off gameplay reveal and it seems as if the developers are focused as much on making up for missteps in previous entries as they are at telling a compelling story this time around. Given the content of the preview, I’d say they have a pretty good chance of accomplishing everything they’ve set out to do.


M.E.A.T. Review

To Wallow In Carnage Or To Simply Give Up?


HIGH A captivating opening movie exquisitely sets the mood.

LOW Every part of combat.

WTF Why does this town even have guards if they’re not going to kill the wolves that are chasing me around?