‘Until Dawn,’ The Horrifying Survivor Game
Supermassive Games/Sony Computer EntertainmentCreepy creatures hunt down a group of young adults on a remote mountainside in the game Until Dawn.
In a story reminiscent of something from the 2011 horror film The Cabin in the Woods, Until Dawn confronts players with the question: What would you do if you were being hunted?
The scary video game features eight characters at a party in a cabin on Blackwood Mountain. Slowly, they realize that they aren’t the only ones in the fore. A series of attacks prompts the group to go on the defensive until a rescue team can come get them at dawn.
The game is best known for its use of the butterfly effect. Players’ choices in the game, even mundane ones, change the outcome of the story — for better or for worse. It is played through a third-person perspective and involves finding clues to solve the mystery behind why the eight characters are being hunted.
Overall, critics praised the game for the butterfly effect system and its characters, particularly the plethora of terrifying enemies that take the form of wendigos and other creepy figures.
