The people at Supermassive Games, have been making a name for themselves in recent years. From the days when they were making PlayStation exclusive games to now, when all their games are multi-platform, it's clear that they have a knack for cinematic quality games. Now a lot of us gamers, often find that the worse kind of games are the ones that are clearly trying to be a non-interactive medium, despite being released on something that usually is an interactive medium. But unlike anything that Quantic Dream make where they just make even the simplest of tasks a bit more difficult, Supermassive do try to give us a bit more unexpected things, realism and eye candy too. Not saying that QD doesn't have that, but often in these games that Supermassive make, there is a bit of eye candy, and it's the same here. They are very much independent, so many of their games are published by other people. On this occasion, it's 2K Games, and it's a horror of sorts, so let's get into it:
The game has you play as nine different (and very attractive I must say) teenage camp counsellors who have just sent away a bus load of children. Thanks to Jacob (voiced, mo capped and so forth by Zach Tinker) who got recently dumped by Emma (voiced, mo capped and so forth by Halston Sage), plans for the teenagers to return to civilization, get derailed. Jacob attempts to win back Emma, while the team are told to spend the night in a lodge. Unaware of the terror that will soon come for them, they decide to party on with all the usual horror tropes we've come to expect in a night where the teenagers may or may not survive. Played from a third-person perspective, each of the nine teenagers have decisions to make regularly. All of which can change the course of the game, such as the fates of each one and how they feel with one another and so forth. Depending on the choices made, the game can last awhile, but should characters die, the length may get shortened. As is tradition with these games, each part is divided in chapters with an occasional intermission that features the narrator who may offer guidance to the player and guilt trip them when certain bad decisions are made. There are a lot of quick time events, several different endings and lots of collectibles that can help with matters. Once one full playthrough is done, a mode is unlocked whereby the player can change the fates of at least 3 teenagers for subsequent playthroughs and also alter certain gameplay aspects too. Online multiplayer is a thing in which people can vote on which is the best decision to go for and play as multiple teenagers. DLC is also included too.
Not gonna lie, but I do like games where despite it being clearly designed as if it was a movie, it makes up for decent gameplay and a cast that, in the long run, actually make it worth our time. Whether it just for the good looks alone, the decisions these characters can make or whatever else, as long as the acting is good and so forth, I'm all in. The game, overall, plays out like any other Supermassive game, but has the advantage of not being tied to any of their other games, apart from being a spiritual successor to Until Dawn. The writing is good, the tropes it uses are probably as expected from a game like this and if you like a good horror film like what's depicted in this game, then you will have a good time, no doubt. Its always nice when a developer establishes its style and sticks with it, while trying to keep things fresh with the writing, characters, settings and so forth. 8/10
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