New Found Footage Horror Game Has Serious Paranormal Activity Vibes
Horror game enthusiasts should keep an eye out for the new found-footage horror game Paranormal Tales, which has some serious Paranormal Activity vibes. Every year there are tons of new horror games hitting the indie market, trying to find new ways to scare their audience. Classics like Puppet Combo's Stay Out of the House and Chilla's Art The Convenience Store are only a few of these newer horror games coming out. While many have been trying to emulate the VHS tapes with a more retro-style art style to them, there is one upcoming game that seems to be trying to look more like a ghost video from the internet.
Paranormal Activity has been a heavy influence in myriad horror films that have been coming out since its release, where instead of trying to look more cinematic with dynamic camera angles, it elects to go for a more realistic route where someone sets up a camera to capture the supernatural. At first, it was a cheap but effective method to build up tension and horror in the audience, utilizing subtlety to keep them on their toes. It's fair to say that this influence has also spread into many video games, trying to capture that realistic feel of a normal person experiencing the supernatural.
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One upcoming horror game is looking to capture that feel, as shown in its latest trailer. The game, titled Paranormal Tales, released a Pre-Alpha gameplay trailer recreating an authentic found-footage experience showing what would be the premise of the usual ghost encounter video seen on YouTube. In the trailer, someone is recording a hall in their house, hearing a banging in the distance and calling out to whoever it could be before going out and trying to investigate. They
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