In a Christmas present to current owners, Question Games have released the “Enhanced Horror Update” for their Monster Squad/Stranger Things send-up title, The Blackout Club. Currently still in Early Access on Steam, the update introduces the usual gameplay fixes, but also includes a new maze area, as well as a little something called the Enhanced Horror System.
What’s the Enhanced Horror System, you ask? When you launch the game after applying the update, you’ll be asked whether you’d like to opt in to the system. From there, the game (in a kind of creepy way, when you think about it) will “listen to and record your vocalizations if you have a microphone active and use it to create the most immersive possible horror experience, both for you and other players.” In fact, certain features (such as the Ritual system) will require you to opt in.
The Enhanced Horror System will not interfere with the game’s voice chat, nor will it allow for the AI to detect you. It’s just another immersion tool that’s not to far from, say, a VR experience. Who knows? Maybe Question will bring that to The Blackout Club next?
To read up on just what fixes have been implemented, you can hit up the game’s Steam update page here. The Blackout Club entered Early Access back on October 30th.