Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:04 pm
#97805
Anyone here play Until Dawn? I love the idea of an interactive horror movie. After years of watching slasher movies and shouting in vain at the dumb teenagers on the screen, you finally get the chance to control the characters. Do you investigate that noise outside, or stay in the cabin? Do you split up, or stick together? Do hide from the killer in the closet, or run down the stairs?
Making use of the butterfly effect, your choices have permanent consequences. As it turns out, an interactive horror movie is more intense than just watching a one. Because if you get them killed, the blood is on your hands. I was literally holding my breath at times (you have to keep the controller still to hide).
The lighting and camera angles are very cinematic. Collecting clues got a bit tedious, but I did enjoy piecing together the mysteries and mythology. Many horror tropes are on display, some in tribute, some to subvert expectations By the halfway point I still didn't know if I was dealing with a human killer, creature danger, or supernatural threat. Is all of these? Or none?
There are 8 teen characters in the main cast, and depending on your choices, they can all live or all die. I'm proud to say that I saved all but one (and the one I got killed wasn't integral to the plot).
Making use of the butterfly effect, your choices have permanent consequences. As it turns out, an interactive horror movie is more intense than just watching a one. Because if you get them killed, the blood is on your hands. I was literally holding my breath at times (you have to keep the controller still to hide).
The lighting and camera angles are very cinematic. Collecting clues got a bit tedious, but I did enjoy piecing together the mysteries and mythology. Many horror tropes are on display, some in tribute, some to subvert expectations By the halfway point I still didn't know if I was dealing with a human killer, creature danger, or supernatural threat. Is all of these? Or none?
There are 8 teen characters in the main cast, and depending on your choices, they can all live or all die. I'm proud to say that I saved all but one (and the one I got killed wasn't integral to the plot).