I'm not sure what to expect from South of Midnight, but the vibes are impeccable
Witches, atmospheric guitar tunes, terrifying ghoulish creations to hunt, possum familiars… Yeah, I'm in. What I'm exactly signing up for, I don't know, but South of Midnight certainly had an alluring vibe during its cinematic trailer over at the Xbox Games Showcase.
The trailer only set the stage for the eventual game, focusing on a couple of supernatural characters in what appears to be a fantastical American South. But that's not all we have to go on. I can also tell you this is a third-person action-adventure from Compulsion Games, the studio behind We Happy Few.
«As Hazel, you will explore the mythos and encounter creatures of Southern folklore in a macabre and fantastical world,» the game's Steam page notes. «When disaster strikes her hometown, Hazel is called to become a Weaver: a magical mender of broken bonds and spirits. Imbued with these new abilities, Hazel will confront and subdue dangerous creatures, untangle the webs of her own family's shared past and—if she's lucky—find her way to a place that feels like home.»
The only images on the Steam page are ripped right out of that initial trailer—no sight of the actual gameplay just yet. However, the game's creative director, David Sears, has spoken to Xbox on what we can expect from the game.
«Magic Realism is, is one of the calling cards of Southern Gothic. It’s a licence to actually put magic in the modern world, and to have creatures there that are just accepted,» Sears says.
Sears says this gamer is a love letter to the South, a place that he describes as «a sultry, sexy, mysterious place that has not been in a lot of games.»
So, a magical version of a modern-day (or modern-ish) American South. As a fan of Hunt: Showdown, I could certainly get on board with
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