Yesss, more horror fishing: Drowned Lake is a survival horror adventure in which you might catch an 'abomination'
A game can't so much as include a puddle without being pelted with demands for a fishing minigame these days. The people insist on fish, which is great for the protagonists of cozy life sims, who get to spend relaxing days hooking crappies at the pond. I'd be less pleased if I were the guy meeting giant tentacles in Lovecraftian fishing game Dredge, or one of the protagonists of upcoming survival horror game Drowned Lake, who can expect to reel in «abominations» alongside fish, equipment, and lost items.
Well, I suppose it's got to be partially their fault: You don't go to a place called «Drowned Lake» for sport fishing. The game will include three playable characters, two of which are «a reporter who knows that the lake hides something» and «an old fisherman who, after years, returns to the lake to confront its submerged secrets,» the developer tells me. They're just asking to find some abominations with backstories like that.
Drowned Lake comes from Brazilian game development collective Monumental Collab, which showed off a shorter version of the trailer above at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted today. The video is a collage of different perspectives—FMV, top-down boating, and first-person «investigation,» with fishing minigames and inventory management—and although we don't see any obvious mortal danger, this lake is as unsafe as it looks.
«At the core of the game, players must investigate, manage their resources, and survive the dangers of the lake,» Monumental Collab says. «If defeated, they can retrace their steps with a new character, but this doesn't guarantee encountering the same resources and challenges as before.»
Drowned Lake is preceded by a couple of related games. One is a game jam prototype, Our Lady of
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