The game takes place within a single corridor of a gloomy house that you traverse over and over again, albeit with differences each time you ‘cycle’ through. At its core, the game could don the moniker of a walking simulator if one was to observe it skin deep, but once you begin to peel back the layers there is so much more going on than meets the eye. Acting as the demo for the now defunct: Silent Hills P.T’s success was down to the simplicity of its design. The genre has had a pretty solid run over the last decade, following the success of breakout titles such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Outlast ‘defenseless’ horror became the go-to framework for both AAA and indie developers alike, leading the market to become somewhat over-saturated with some real cookie-cutter derivatives over the years (staring at you Home Sweet Home ) intent on mimicking the particular gameplay style. When Hideo Kojima’s Playable Teaser (P.T.) dropped on the PSN Store following it’s unveiling at Gamescom 2014, the very idea of horror in video games was turned upside down. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and subsequent Steam Greenlight rollout in October 2015, Visage officially released for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on October 30 th 2020 as always I’ll be covering the PlayStation 4 version of the game, going over both the good and the bad, while ultimately discussing whether the game is worth your time and money at the £28.99 asking price (EU PSN Store). ![]() ![]() Acting as a spiritual successor to Hideo Kojima’s ill-fated (yet loved by many) Playable Teaser (P.T.), Visage sets out to follow in its peer’s footsteps by offering a harrowing horror experience in the limited confines of a suburban home, complete with the spirits of the residence’s former occupants, who now haunt the abode’s eerily silent and foreboding hallways. ![]() Hailing from Montreal, Quebec is indie newcomer: SadSquare Studio and their landmark psychological horror masterpiece: Visage. “We have a special guest with us today… His name is Dwayne Anderson… He killed his whole family.”
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