Until Dawn is much like every teenage slasher film you’ve known and loved. It’s filled with strangely moralistic lessons that don’t really make sense until later, especially if you let your characters sneak off for romantic interludes. Every choice you make matters, but you won’t know how until later on in the game, a system they’re referring to as the butterfly effect, which is show in a new trailer.
Watch how choices could end up killing a character:
I like that choices have consequences, and I think for some people this could mean that the game has a ton of replay value. Then again, it might totally not as people get irritated with their results and don’t want to reply entire sequences just to try and kill or save someone. Personally, as much as I like the idea of saving everyone, there are a few characters I don’t mind having killed off. Maybe that’s how I’ll replay it – keep trying until only the characters that I hate don’t see dawn. Then again, the characters will apparently behave really differently depending on the choices you make, turning them into brave heroes or whiny complainers.
Shaping personalities and deciding who lives and dies would normally seem like godlike fun, but by obfuscating the consequences, it really does sound like a teenage horror. One that I’m sorta keen to play. I found it very atmospheric and creepy when I played it at E3, so here’s hoping that playing the whole thing instead of one chapter will add to the fear factor.
Last Updated: August 19, 2015
Captain JJ Fantasticus
August 19, 2015 at 12:25
I cannot go by without leaving at least one comment here!
I like the idea behind this, though specifically it might not be something I’m interested in. You can really make a gritty, dark story with something like this.
Hammersteyn
August 19, 2015 at 12:25
The articles have like and dislike buttons? O_o
Can hardly wait for the next Dota article.
Ottokie
August 19, 2015 at 12:30
New “The Good the Bad and the Ugly” reward/shaming system incoming 😛
Ranting Raptor
August 19, 2015 at 13:02
Oh please. You will compulsively upvote and you know it
Hammersteyn
August 19, 2015 at 13:09
XD
RinceThis
August 19, 2015 at 13:36
HAHAH! 🙂 Poor Martha.
hairyknees
August 20, 2015 at 00:04
WHAT A BASTARD! 😛
Hammersteyn
August 19, 2015 at 12:28
*Takes a huge sip from the hype bottle
Jac7
August 19, 2015 at 12:34
Die bottervlieg effek.
Hammersteyn
August 19, 2015 at 12:42
haha
HairyEwok
August 19, 2015 at 12:48
Just reading this makes me feel like watching a LITERAL movie of Tobuscus.
HairyEwok
August 19, 2015 at 12:39
Rami Malek is super excited that his face was used in a video game AHHHHHH….
WitWolfy
August 19, 2015 at 12:41
Almost thought the title was a spoiler…
Ranting Raptor
August 19, 2015 at 13:02
Seriously those facial expressions. They need to work on this!
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
August 19, 2015 at 13:36
They should rename this game to “The odd reuniting of the constipation support group”
RinceThis
August 19, 2015 at 13:40
Looks like it could be fun. I hope there is an option to get them all killed?
RinceThis
August 19, 2015 at 13:40
What’s with the ‘people found this good’ thing? Next you’ll have a health bar showing how well you’re doing… Opps… That would be the OTHER site tralalalal!
Jonah Cash
August 19, 2015 at 14:05
Way too scared to these type of games… I am such a little girl when it comes to horror anything.
b1nd3r
August 19, 2015 at 14:51
This looked good until they said “Exclusive!!! to piece of shit 4!!”
konfab
August 20, 2015 at 06:21
I hope the character development is good enough that I can impartially make my choices >:3
Too often they only develop a character before they die *cough* Game of Thrones *cough*