The first trailer dropped for the missing, an enigmatic platformer from Arc System Works and SWERY's new studio, White Owls. And those expecting classic, bizarre mysteries from SWERY will not be disappointed, as evidence by the scene where a giant money smashes our heroine's head in with some cymbals.
When I went into The Missing, I expected a charming, quirky game. From out of nowhere, The Missing was exactly the piece of media that I needed.
While it might not be up to the same kookiness of previous titles from SWERY, The MISSING has other reasons to make you stay.
From Eurogamer: "There's a horrible crunch when it happens. I'm still not used to it, not even now, not even when I'm several hours into my adventure with J.J. Macfield and most of the time, I'm snapping her neck intentionally. She screams each and every time the bones splinter, her wails of pain piercing the night as her head suddenly lolls to one side, her long, fair hair trailing with it."
looks pretty cool, definitely kinda inside/limbo like
Looks like limbo just not as good.
Giant money, huh?
Not sure what to think really, I mainly liked Deadly Premonition because it was the closest you could get to a game of Twin Peaks and this doesn't appear to have that vibe at all, apart from the woman's voice at the end sounding like the midget from the Black Lodge. I guess Swery's still trying for that connection so we'll see.