New Indie Developer Presents Survival Horror Game Inspired by Original Resident Evil

Ethan Dickinson July thirteenth, 2022 – 2:56 PM

With a Resident Evil 4 remake on the best way, the new-on-the-scene indie developer Spiral Bound Interactive presents a extra retro choice with the announcement of their very first recreation, a 90s-stylized survival horror recreation that appears to be closely based mostly on the unique Resident Evil video games, significantly the primary iteration from 1996. Similar to Resident Evil, gamers are trapped in a horror-filled mansion, this time with a complete of six members of the so-called Aries Division, arriving on the scene to seek out and detain a killer. In a trailer launched at the moment, Spiral Bound showcases the ever-shifting narrative current within the recreation. 

This trailer locations a big emphasis on the presence of loss of life within the recreation, as dying shouldn’t be the tip of a playthrough or stage, however an precise recreation mechanic that may shift the tides of the narrative. Similar to a fully-narrative recreation like Supermassive’s Until Dawn (now owned by Nordisk Games), loss of life is a everlasting consequence that should be factored right into a participant’s selections. There aren’t any resurrections (so far as we’re conscious), so the participant should keep on from the place they left off with one of many recreation’s different dwelling characters. Assumedly, when all six are lifeless, that may current a real game-over. 

Another distinction in gameplay from the unique Resident Evil pertains to the attitude shifts additionally current within the trailer. Aside from altering protagonists as a personality dies, gamers should additionally adapt between a totally 90s third-person fight system and an instantly first-person shooter sytem, bringing the mansion’s threats entrance and middle to the participant’s view. Looking to be stuffed with secrets and techniques and shock risks, gamers should wind their method by the property’s retro puzzles and treacherous hallways with the intention to unravel the thriller earlier than them. To achieve this, gamers should use every of the six characters and their number of distinctive skills and personalities to counter the various menaces of the mansion. As the trailer’s description reads: 

 

Can you embrace the loss of life of your crew to uncover the reality, or will all your sacrifices have been in useless?

There isn’t any launch date as of proper now, however You Will Die Here Tonight is already obtainable to wishlist on Steam.