Amidst the AAA games and indie titles with huge crowdfunding
resources, Imaginary Game Studios are bringing horror back to the basics in Perturbia.
You play as a character who makes a stupid decision to go
into a building with an advertisement on the door, where this decision is
almost instantly regretted. One death-defying lift ride later, and you’re plunged
into darkness with nothing but pee-soaked shoes – I assume - a ton of puzzles
to solve.
Solving these puzzles is the only way to progress through
the game, which the studio promise to be “old-school hard”, and finally escape
from the madness of the building. I don’t know much else about what else to
expect in Perturbia, but I do know
that you won’t be alone…
For any sceptical gamers out there, make sure you don’t
judge Perturbia based on its visuals
alone. Some of the scariest and most impressive horror games I have played,
such as Slenderman or Home, had pretty simple graphics, and
they still managed to have me yelping in fear and scared to keep going, and
this game may just do the same. There’s also a comic series that ties into the
game called ‘Wake Up’, which I may just have to read. I do love a good comic.
Perturbia will
also be compatible with the Oculus Rift, which makes any game almost 100,000x
scarier – that’s right, I did the maths. The studio say that their game will be
really hard to beat, so if you care to put their game to the test, try out the
demo.
More information on this old-school horror can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, Steam or IndieDB. You're welcome.
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