June 21. In addition to being the shared launch day for three wildly different horror games — Umbrella Corps, Deadlight: Director’s Cut and Asemblance — and marked the five year anniversary of the criminally underrated horror duo F.E.A.R. 3 and Shadows of the Damned. Let’s remedy that right now, starting with a quick look at one of the more surreal new releases from that day: Asemblance.
Inspired by “The Twilight Zone”, “The X-Files” and “Black Mirror”, this first-person psychological thriller looks about as mind-bending as you would expect with that kind of source material. Developed by Nilo Studios, this is a sci-fi mystery you cautiously peel back, layer by layer, always aware of the devastation that might come the moment the truth is revealed.
Our minds try to save us from the trauma of the really bad stuff, but other than that, the best and worst moments in our lives usually follow us around. In Asemblance, that awareness and identity are gone. That’s a pretty frightening premise, and it’s one you can see unfold on PC and PS4.
