Company Bandai namco Entertainement and studio Supermassive games published the first gameplay demo of horror House of ashes – the third part of The Dark Pictures Anthology collection.
At the same time, the press released materials on the game based on the presentation of the gameplay and interviews with the developers. The publication DualShockers in particular asked the game director of Supermassive Will Doyle about what inspired House of Ashes.
Among them were ribbons “Predator“,”Strangers“and”Descent“, as well as various horror literature, including creativity Howard F. Lovecraft and specifically his novel “Ridges of Madness“.
According to Boyle, House of Ashes will tell a story that intertwines the themes of loyalty, duty and trust, and as with the past work of Supermassive, the project is based on difficult choices and complex characters. He also claims that the monsters in the new game are the most sophisticated they’ve ever made, using a combination of motion capture and hand-drawn animation to create them.
In addition, the developer noted that House of Ashes has received a ton of improvements based on feedback from two past games in the anthology. Some of these changes include moving away from fixed camera angles in favor of free, guided vision, the introduction of a dedicated flashlight button and difficulty selection so that players can adapt gameplay to suit three levels: easy, medium, or ruthless.… In addition, four familiar modes will be offered: online co-op for two Shared Story, joint passage of five Movie nightas well as campaign options Theatrical Cut and Curator’s Cut.
House of Ashes takes place at the very end of the 2003 Iraq War. American soldiers during a raid on a suspected underground facility with chemical weapons come under fire from a local patrol, as a result of which an earthquake occurs, and both groups find themselves underground, on the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple, which has become a nest for ancient and unearthly creatures.
House of Ashes will be released later this year on Xbox Series X / S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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