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Gorgeous Visuals Await in Stealth Horror Game ‘Unholy’
Recently-formed Duality Games have announced their first project in the form of first-person stealth horror, Unholy. Set for release next year (according to the game’s Steam page), you play as Saidah, a mother in search of her child in the Last City. The city itself is ruled by a caste system, with humans ranking lower than the creatures that make up the upper caste. Making matters worse is a mysterious plague going around.
While details are light, the game appears to use a sanity mechanic similar to the Amnesia series, giving you more incentive to stay out of sight. Additionally, players will have to take advantage of the city’s social order to progress. In other words, you’ll have to negotiate and interact with different castes to get ahead.
Another cool thing about the game is that the Art Director, Tomasz Strzałkowski, did the art for a little something called Inner Chains, as well as Painkiller and Gears of War, just to give you an idea of what the art will be like. Of course, you could also get that from the trailer for Unholy found below.
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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