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Does Until Dawn Push PS4 Technology To The Next Level?

Supermassive's long-awaited horror epic surpasses expectations.

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Thatguy-3103911d ago (Edited 3911d ago )

I think as far as presentation goes definitely. That game just looked amazing. Going forward and tapping into hardware limitations is really going to bring this type of genre out there. There is a type of immersion one gets when playing games like these. The one thing I wish this game did was toy around more with the button prompts. I remember the entertaining struggles with heavy rain when you had to play a game of twister with your fingers when getting through certain levels. I truly hope that they make a sequel or a game that follows a similar story to what was presented in Until Dawn. Slasher story driven games fit so well with this genre.

Hoffmann3911d ago

Just imagine a studio would use the idea for a big slasher movie series of the past.

Something like the stories of Haloween, Freddy Krueger, Friday 13th etc could continue with the looks of the old actors in such a game form as example.

amiga-man3910d ago (Edited 3910d ago )

I have to say there are some moments in the game the graphics look almost real, some of the best character modelling out there, couple that with great animation and voice acting all adds up to a really believable enviroment for the game to flourish in.

Playing it today really left me amazed at how realistic the in game graphics are and bodes well for games and gamers in the future.

Hats off to Supermassive for a job well done.

_-EDMIX-_3911d ago

Agreed. Its one of the rare moments when you forget your playing a game in a good way.

The immersion is unreal with this game. I want to see just how deep they can take this genre and hope it becomes a thing! Consider we only get give or take 2 hours with a film, this game is clocking in at 9 hours of just 1 playthrough type.

Your getting a deep back story with the characters to know every one's place and how it effects the game.

Knowing someone was an ex to someone else really, really helps understand the next scenes!

I've talked about this before longer in Film with Film vs Television where Film is the art of telling you in a very short way something to convey the character to move the story along.

Television gets to do this for many, many episodes, this game does it well with the first 2 hours.

The first 2 hours which would have just been any normal film, is literally just opening up who is who and letting the knowledge of that carry over to the rest of the game.

This now becomes the staple of what we mean when folks say games are bridging that gap.

This is very much a game, with an amazing script. Some games say they have a good story...this game actually, really does.

Ask yourself in the first 2 hours of the game, did you in 2 hours of any horror film get better character development?

Did the film spend 30 minutes telling you about the history of 1 character? When stacked up against real films, this game actually does so many things BETTER then what an actual horror film would do.

This is very much bridging the game, play this game for me is coming very close to just watching a real horror for those same reason, but now I get to choice how it ends and who I want to live or die. I still can't believe just how great this game is.

A sleeper hit for sure, but I want it to be much more.

Some folks did things differently then I did too.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

I choose to try to wake up her brother. @7.38

robtion3911d ago

Yes. Well said. Let's hope for more in the future.

OhMyGandhi3910d ago

agreed.
this game is absolutely incredible. at first, I thought so many people were selling the game as "a group of archetypes vacation to a large cabin retreat in the Canadian wilderness. Chaos ensues."
so many people made it sound like the game did nothing for the characters themselves, which I vehemently disagree with. I cared more about "the slutty idiot without a brain but steely determination" then most characters in ANY now game nowadays.

I cared more about her boyfriend, a similarly thick headed frat boy whose endearing looks and personality make up for his nonsense and horesplay.

These are not easy traits to imbue into characters that you are actually supposed to CARE about, but I found myself nervously inching forward, and thinking damned hard about my decisions, more-so then I did in a game like Heavy Rain or Indigo Prophecy, or The Wolf Among Us.

This game is incredible. It's beautiful. It has incredible lighting and a heavy atmosphere that enshrouds a location that is one of the most realized I've seen.

I have no complaints.

SoapShoes3911d ago

It has great graphics but I think The Order had better if just slightly. This uses the Killzone ShadowFall engine so it looks great. I think Uncharted 4 looks even better now in beta.

_-EDMIX-_3911d ago

Agreed. Until Dawn looks amazing and its easily a top 5 best looking game on PS4 by far, but The Order looks slightly better, but what is really better in a league of such amazing artist and on powerful hardware?

They did a great job with what they were dealt with. Crazy to think this game's life began as a PS3 Move game, but many of gaming's great titles began life as other games.

Halo an RTS, Ico was originally going to be a PS1 game etc.

kenwonobi3910d ago

I couldn't agree more. I am really hoping this game does well enough to inspire sequels or more games similar to it in its genre slasher related. This generation is perfect to show off horror games.

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Chaosdreams3911d ago

It pushes immersion and story telling to a whole new level. If you want to label that as technology, go ahead.

Love the game (I hope they make more like it.) Anything Thriller/Horror + blending genres or inspirations = prime.

Would totally dig more horror though.

Totally.

_-EDMIX-_3911d ago

Agreed. I'm just such a sucker games like this. Give me a good story and I'm in. I want narrative based games to very much be a thing

Eonjay3911d ago

Its just very well crafted for what it is. They nailed the atmosphere and mocaps. I agree with @Chaosdreams. The tech was good but its really the atmosphere that they built that steals the show.

And about the genre, its nice to see games taking the horror genre seriously...angst and all. With the grit of a gory slasher.

F0XHOUND3911d ago

Its fantastic, almost reminds me of a quantic dreams game. Saying that, just wait till we get their next game, that will push the hardware to aanother level!

robtion3911d ago

Yep. Can't wait to see it soon at Paris games show.

FallenAngel19843911d ago

I can't wait to see Quantic Dream's prowess with PS4 hardware

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PS Plus Game Catalog for October: Silent Hill 2, Until Dawn, V Rising, Yakuza: Like a Dragon & more

Tekken 3 joins PlayStation Plus Premium.

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Deeeeznuuuts209d ago

Great month for Halloween, glad that until dawn is the PS5 version, definitely having a few beers and some friends round for that

Profchaos209d ago

What a line up silent hill 2 is a great addition
Also don't sleep on like a dragon Yakuza such a good game

Dexterio209d ago

Now we're talking! Best month for me this whole year.

Puty209d ago

I am very happy for Tekken 3

Redgrave208d ago

It's not going to get trophies, is it 😕

It's a really solid addition, but I'd love a platinum for it. Same with Soul Calibur 3 if that's really next month.

Deeeeznuuuts208d ago

Yeah, it's a real shame that some publishers still don't add trophies, I mean, even Disney do and they even update games to add them

VersusDMC208d ago

Some PS2 classics have trophies so hopefully Soul Calibur 3 has it.

And ps1 classics not having trophies is dissapointing but at least they give you the new version for free if you bought the old ps1 classic.

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Death is Not the End: 7 Games Where the Story Continues Without You

Ben from Netto's Game Room takes a look at 7 video games where dying doesn't mean the end, as the story and world simply continue on without you.

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Until Dawn Video Game Writers Not Credited in the Movie, and They're Not Happy About It

The Until Dawn movie has caused some upset because the writers of the original game were not included in the film’s credits.

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Becuzisaid377d ago

I'm confused. Did they contribute to the writing of the movie?

darthv72377d ago

I think the game writes should be glad... the movie is not that good. Its connection to the game is in name only.