PlayStation Magazine UK - 12.2019

0

Gory glory Sometimes non-horror games give the genre a run for its money when it comes to gore

dev talk

“And, yes, we like to

push the envelope.

When someone on

the team says ‘are

we really going to

do that?’, then we

feel we’re on the

right track.”

“The purpose is

to make players

uncomfortable, on

edge, so they become

more receptive to the

scary parts. When

you feel you’re playing

a game in which

anything can happen,

then you’re in the

perfect state of mind

to be scared.”

Philippe Morin

Game designer, Red Barrels

O

utlast’s core game gave us more than the

willies but the DLC is on an entirely different

level. We’ll try not to spoil the story as it’s worth

seeing through to the bitter end for yourself,

but this post-game prologue follows a different

protagonist as he attempts to escape Mount

Massive Asylum’s violently deluded patients.

Asylum resident and serial killer Eddie Gluskin

will leave a deep impression on you as he pursues

your protagonist with the intention of making him

his ‘wife.’ Gluskin’s wooing is less a chocolates-

and-flowers affair and more a castration-and-

dismemberment situation... as you find out while

watching him work on another victim just before

becoming more intimately acquainted yourself.

Game designer Philippe Morin explains: “Outlast is

a lot about coming up with moments that will make

men cringe,” and says this sequence was inspired

by the torture scene in Wes Craven’s movie The

Serpent And The Rainbow. He also tells us it was a

lot of work as the team had to balance the narrative

and the gameplay, offeringjustenough agency as the

horrible scene unfolds. Um, well, thanks, Red Barrels.

Outlast –

Whistleblower DLC

A match made in hell

INFO PUBHOW TO PLAY RED BARRELS PS STOREDEV RED BARRELS RELEASE^2014

A

s videogame adaptations go, Alien: Isolation

succeeds by carving out its own space within

the film mythos and telling a new story that

makes the most of its medium.

Aboard the Sevastopol as Ripley’s daughter, Amanda,

nowhere is safe – especially not when you’re trying

to save. To record your progress, you must find a

terminal and save manually. Any hostile force can

sneak up behind you and send you all the way back

to the save point before. Hiding in a locker doesn’t

guarantee safety for long, and don’t get us started

on scrabbling through the vents. Even after picking

up the flamethrower in mission 10, playing a deadly

game of cat-and-mouse with the Alien in the tight

confines of the server farm is no walk in the park.

Nowhere is safe in this bug hunt.

Alien: Isolation

Nowhere is safe

INFO PUBHOW TO PLAY SEGA DEV PS STORE CREATIVE ASSEMBLY RELEASE^2014

Doom and Doom Eternal

Rip and Tear indeed

Well, this demon is

Doomed, and you’re in

the splatter zone.

You’re often up to your

elbows, but guns can

wreak bloody havoc too.

Alas, the Doom Slayer’s

approach to trepanning

never quite took off.

Mortal Kombat 11

One that can’t be beat

Cassie Cage’s Fatalities

are particularly goofy.

Nice aim, Cassie!

Scorpion’s Fatalities

always have a sting.

That’s gotta smart.

Before we continue, let

us take a selfie (we

couldn’t not include this).