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Throwback Survival Horror Game ‘Alisa’ Comes to Consoles Next Month in a ‘Developer’s Cut’ [Trailer]
You may remember CasperCroes’ PS1-era survival horror throwback title Alisa – The Awakening (now shortened to just Alisa) from a few years back. The game has been out for a while now on itch.io, but will finally be getting a console release next month in a Developer’s Cut edition. Coming February 6th to the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Alisa: Developer’s Cut contains all of the updates and new content previously added to the PC version, as well as numerous fixes and quality of life optimizations.
Touted as a genuine throwback to PS1 and N64 style gaming, Alisa: Developer’s Cut features old-school Survival Horror aesthetics, including cheesy voice acting, pre-rendered backgrounds, a whopping 480p resolution (with the ability to render in an even more amazing 240p being researched), fixed camera angles. and the choice between classic tank controls or modern control styles. You’ll also have access to a variety of items and outfits with unique player stats boosts, and an array of weapon load-outs, ranging from a sabre and blunderbuss to an SMG.
Alisa sees you play as the titular character, an Elite Royal Agent tracking a wanted criminal, but has now woken up in a strange Victorian mansion that seems to be someone’s personal life-sized dollhouse. You’ll have to explore said dollhouse, solve puzzles, discover the reason why you’re there, and fight off the deadly life-sized mechanized dolls that roam the halls.
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‘DreadOut Remastered Collection’ Announced for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, Coming Later This Year [Trailer]
While it’s not a sequel to DreadOut 2 that some fans were hoping for, developer Digital Happiness and Singapore-based publisher Soft Source Publishing have announced the next best thing with DreadOut Remastered Collection, which is set to head to the PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch later this year. This remaster will include the original DreadOut, and the standalone game DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. Details on just what the remaster includes have yet to be revealed.
“Having worked on bringing DreadOut 2 to consoles, the team at Soft Source Publishing were enthralled by the idea when Pak Rachmad CEO of Digital Happiness threw out the idea of bringing back DreadOut and DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark to consoles,” says Soft Source Publishing director Sameer Pandit in a press release (thanks, Gematsu!). “It’s an immediate thought that we want to be a part of this new project. DreadOut is an iconic IP in Asia and has been spreading its wings in the rest of the world with the release of DreadOut 2 on consoles.”
For those who don’t know, DreadOut (which you can find on Steam) is a third-person supernatural horror game that was released back in 2014 where you play as Linda, a high school student. When the group of high school students Linda was a part of became lost while on a field trip, they stumble across an abandoned town. However, the town holds a dark secret that has left Linda fighting to get out of the town. Using a similar mechanic to Fatal Frame, Linda is equipped with a smart-phone and an SLR camera, which she will use to battle against the horrors in the town and solve puzzles.
Meanwhile, DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is a “missing chapter” from the original game, where you will help Linda face off against more ghosts and challenges in The Mirror Realm: a portal of worlds that connects it to eight haunted dominions where horrific ghosts are ready to greet her in the most terrifying way possible.
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