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This ‘PT’ Remake Demo on PC Almost Perfectly Captures the Original’s Spirit
PT has been in the news feeds again recently after a clunky bit of hysteria claimed Konami had been secretly patching the infamous Silent Hills teaser to make it no longer run (it wasn’t the case, thankfully). It did give plenty of worry about the idea of it being lost forever, so any way that the now iconic slice of marketing genius for a product that will unfortunately never be ould be kept alive is welcome.
On PC there’s been several attempts at bottling that particular magic, and they’ve been pulled by Konami one by one, but until now, none have come as close as Artur Łączkowski’s remake in Unreal Engine 4 on itch.io.
Brought to our attention by PC Gamer‘s Samuel Roberts, Łączkowski’s remake isn’t perfect, but it’s the most authentic stab at Hideo Kojima’s looping corridor madness. It’s missing just a couple of parts currently (the first room and the loop-resetting staircase), but otherwise, it’s a pretty bang on replica.
Below are a couple of screens from the remake.
It may well suffer the same ironic similar fate as the previous attempts and the actual demo itself, which got pulled from the PlayStation Store after the cancellation of Kojima’s Silent Hills.
Best check it out while you can!
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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