If you find Darkwood too dark, perhaps you will like I Hate This Place, an isometric (is it, tho?) survival horror based on the comic book of the same name from Kyle Starks and Artyom Topilin. I Hate This Place is dark – it has hungry tentacle nests, antlered stalkers, and spiders of many sizes – but going by the trailer, at least, it’s nothing like as harrowing and hollowing as the Acid Wizard game. The colours are bright and splashy, the munsters, funky: think Stranger Things.
It occurs to me that we need a thematic darkness scale for ‘dark’ video games, perhaps comparable to ocean depth categorisation. I’d say Darkwood is right down there in the hadopelagic trenches. I Hate This Place? A denizen of the upper bathypelagic (Midnight) zone, so far. Here’s that trailer.
This sounds like an interesting take on survival horror! The 80s theme adds a unique twist, and it’s great to see a gentler option for those who might find Darkwood a bit too intense. Looking forward to seeing how it unfolds!
great to see a gentler approach to the genre. The combination of nostalgia with survival elements could really resonate with fans of both horror and retro aesthetics. It’ll be interesting to see how the comic series influences the game’s storytelling!