In the past few years, I’ve gotten a little bit fascinated with games that are presented as though it’s all real, stripping away a layer of reality. Games like Simulacra, Emily is Away, and to a large extent Welcome to the Game. Games where part of the gameplay involves interacting with technology, communicating with characters through text messages or voicemails or whatnot, using a simulated version of the device you’re probably actually playing the game on. There’s something about the realism of the presentation that really draws me in. So, you can imagine how happy I was to see early descriptions and screenshots of Wales Interactive‘s upcoming Night Book.
Night Book is an interactive thriller about an online interpreter who is tricked into reading an ancient book that summons a demon into her home.
Loralyn works the night shift remotely from her home, live interpreting video calls from English to French and back again. Currently pregnant, with a husband working far away and caring for her mentally ill father, she is desperately trying to keep her family together and safe – but who is she prepared to sacrifice to survive? The fiancé, the baby, her father or herself?
• One story, several different paths and endings.
• From the producers of The Complex and Five dates.
• Co-developed by the studio behind Maid of Sker.
• Starring Julie Dray (Avenue 5) and Colin Salmon (Resident Evil, Mortal Engines).
• A completely live-action, interactive movie, filmed remotely during lockdown.
Now, Night Book doesn’t look entirely like it’s one of those horror/sim-tech games, not in the same way, since some of the screenshots look like regular video as opposed to video-chat, for instance, but that element definitely seems to be a feature of the gameplay, and I am 100% here for that! It’s a game I can see myself really getting into, for sure!
Night Book releases on July 27th for what looks like every major console, PC, and mobile phone, there are lots of ways to get your horror fix with this one!
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