David Bridges
Hollowbody was one of many standouts from Steam Subsequent Fest earlier this yr, and it’s popping out actual quickly.
At a time when everyone seems to be extraordinarily nervous in regards to the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, Hollowbody appears like a complete throwback to that PlayStation period of survival horror. Set in a near-future dystopia, you play as a black market runner who crashes their flying automotive right into a grim UK housing property filled with bizarre issues happening.
The sport is introduced in a semi-retro model — ’90s vibes on fashionable tech — and makes good use of fastened digital camera angles to construct pressure. It has its personal twists on traditional survival-horror gameplay like logic puzzles and sporadic save factors. There’s not a ton in the best way of fight, and apparently there will likely be choices to dial again the motion additional to deal with creepy exploration as a substitute.
Hollowbody is a brand new venture from Nathan Hamley, who aimed to create a complete sport — story, artwork, code and even music — solo. He raised over $35,000 on Kickstarter on the power of his earlier sport, Chasing Static, and a reasonably compelling trailer and pitch. Fom the Subsequent Fest demo I performed after studying a really optimistic writeup on VG247, his singular deal with this venture has kinda labored? Hopefully these backers are glad.
I’m intrigued to see how the total sport pans out — and there’s not too lengthy to attend. It’ll be out there on PC (Steam or GOG) on September 12.
Daniel Mercer
Brandon Fletcher
