These answers are carefully divulged via various types of stationary, including: letters, diary entries, newspaper clippings, and hastily scrawled messages amongst others. As I moved through every location in Dormont, I became genuinely interested in not only the backstory of the town, but also in what transpired to leave it so desolate. Those Who Remain, on the other hand, reverses this formula: Edward’s internal qualms are shoved to a B plot in favor of focusing on what happened to the residents of Dormont, specifically a young girl named Annika and her mother Erin, and it is through doubling-down on this decision that the writer, Ricardo Cesteiro, elevates Those Who Remain’s synopsis above its fellow indie horror titles. I don’t think many people can name the secondary NPCs in the aforestated titles for example. We’ve all played horror games whose stories are driven by the main protagonist suffering from demons: Silent Hill, Dead Space, Amnesia, Layers of Fear, etc…Part of the reason this is done is because it quickly allows gamers to invest in that character’s arc: we can all empathize with personal suffering because no one has lived a life without sorrow or regret.Īnd that’s a perfectly fine thread to follow, but it does have its drawbacks, namely that the side characters tend to be shortchanged in favor of the solo journey. While the premise is no doubt familiar, where Those Who Remain differentiates itself is in its narrative pursuit: it’s more interested in having Edward caught up in another mystery than his own personal turmoil. Who are they and what is going on? It’s up to you to figure it out.
#Those who remain ps4 full
On the outset, the story looks like another Silent Hill clone: you play as Edward, a recently-divorced man who arrives in a town called Dormont to break-up with his girlfriend, only to discover the entire place devoid of humans, shrouded in darkness, and full of hostile phantoms. I mean it when I say that that was the case with Those Who Remain.
What may look like a tiring gameplay endeavor could very well be enticing when you have the controller in your hand. These brief glimpses gave me some presumptions that turned out to be either half-true or outright wrong and, as a result, I now understand something that I feel all gamers should consider when checking out upcoming (or even past) releases: seeing something and actually experiencing it are two very different things in the world of video games. A week or so prior to playing it, I was given the opportunity to interview the developers, Camel 101, and in preparation for said interview, I watched demos. To be clear, I wasn’t completely unaware of Those Who Remain before I booted up the review code. And it is here that I find myself discovering, playing, and ultimately enjoying Those Who Remain, despite its technical and narrative drawbacks. That’s the short answer, for the longer answer read on.
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Oh what a joy the indie market is! This is a place where game development is (mostly) free of overwrought media coverage, pointlessly-extravagant graphics, and the toxic desires of fans.
Red Stewart reviews Those Who Remain for PS4…
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