
Until Dawn
Supermassive Games
Taste attributes: adventuredramahorrormysteryanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalmusic/danceunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphsunlikely connections
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, unsavoury adventure game, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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80 / 100
745 ratings
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About This Game
Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror video game. It was originally planned as a first-person game for the PlayStation 3's motion controller PlayStation Move, but the motion controls were later dropped when it became a PlayStation 4 exclusive game. Until Dawn is designed to be played multiple times, as players will miss out on quite a bit of content with a single playthrough. Each will last about nine hours in length and the game mechanics utilize a new in-game system called the "Butterfly Effect" in which any choice of action by the player may cause unforeseen consequences later on. For example, locating a weapon in an earlier chapter may allow the player to pick it up down the line when a chase scene leads back to the same room. Throughout the game, players will make difficult decisions during ethical or moral dilemmas, such as sacrificing one character to save another....
Summary: IGDB
Story
When a trip to a remote cabin leaves eight friends stranded on a mountainside, sinister events make them suspect they're not alone... Gripped by fear and with tensions in the group running high, step into the quaking boots of each of the eight terrified characters as you search for clues to the deranged killer's identity. By making life or death decisions using the sophisticated "butterfly effect" system, everything you do will drastically alter the course of the story - and the fate of each character.
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- Developer
- Supermassive Games
- Publisher
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Released
- 25 August 2015
- Series
- Until Dawn
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 8h rushed, 8h normally, 17h complete
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
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- IGDB
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