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‘Ratman’ Sees You Venturing Into the Sewers to Fight Mutant Rats [Video]
The indie devs on itch.io are always good for some quick horror gaming, and Azaxor’s Ratman is no exception. Though be prepared: judging from the comments, this one will make you work for it.
Touted as a “VHS found footage styled survival horror FPS”, Ratman draws inspiration from V/H/S/94 (specifically Chloe Okuno’s segment Storm Drain, naturally) and the F.E.A.R. series, focusing on combat and atmosphere.
The story for Ratman pretty simple: you’re a marine that’s been sent into the sewers to investigate rumors of a cryptid creature that’s been purportedly feeding on the homeless, and more recently, even snagged a military officer. If you want to make it out alive, you have to fight for your survival, or be skinned alive by the creature.
Ratman is meant to be played in a relatively short single session, but as alluded to, the difficulty will keep you busy. There’s no save system, but you respawn at the start of each level if you die. There are also underwater segments, just to make things interesting.
Right now, you can play the game absolutely for free. There’s the option to “name your own price”, if you’d like to give Azaxor some encouragement.
Thanks to Alpha Beta Gamer for the gameplay video.
In a blast from the past, developer atooi will release today Dementium: The Ward for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The first-person horror shooter originally got its start on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, before making its way to the 3DS in 2015, and finally landing on the Switch last October.
The PlayStation version of Dementium offers up “crunchy retro” and revamped HD display modes (presumably, this is similar to the free update the Switch version received last year), and has been “built from the ground up for the big screen”. Obviously, the game will lose its touchscreen capabilities from the Nintendo consoles, but will still run at a silky 60 frames per second.
Dementium: The Ward centres around William Redmoor, a man with amnesia, who wakes up in a seemingly abandoned medical ward. He soon finds out that he’s not quite as alone as he initially thought, as demonic creatures are roaming the hospital. Equipped with a flashlight and a nightstick, William must not only fend off the creatures, but also solve puzzles and find the exit and escape.
No word on if the sequel, Dementium II (which was also originally released in 2007 for the Nintendo DS), will be given the same treatment.
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