Right now seems like a fantastic time to be a fan of all things spooky. With horror games dominating this year's Summer Games Fest, showing trailers from the newly announced Aliens: Dark Descent, as well as the hotly anticipated The Callisto Protocol, those who enjoy digital scares are going to be spoiled for choice. There's also MADiSON, an upcoming indie title from Bloodious Games, which recently launched a new trailer that's not afraid to wear its influences on its sleeve.
As spotted by DSO Gaming, the latest trailer gives a brief overview of some of the game's story elements, as well as a healthy dose of gameplay footage, all of which really sell the scares that this game is going for. It's been no secret among those who have been watching from the sidelines that MADiSON has serious PT vibes, really gunning for that ultra realistic aesthetic combined with an unsettling atmosphere that takes place inside the one location where people should feel safe, their own home.
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For those who aren't familiar with the game, it functions in the same vein as any modern first-person survival horror experience. The whole PT / Silent Hills comparison may be getting a little dated for some. So to put it in more modern context, it seems to be carrying the torch from the likes of the disturbing horror game Visage. That game also took cues from the cancelled Hideo Kojima / Guillermo del Toro project, but the main difference here is that Visage was actually a fully released game. Evidently, the scrapped Silent Hills game has left a huge hole for the horror fan base.
In terms of MADiSON, one mechanic that it introduces is the use of a camera. Similar to the PS2 Japanese
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