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Alexander Chatziioannou

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Until dawn review | History Defined

Sony Supermassive
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What is it? The first truly successful interactive horror movie, finally getting a PC release.

Release date October 4, 2024

Expect to pay £60/$60

Developer Ballistic Moon

Publisher PlayStation Publishing

Reviewed on Radeon 5700 XT, i5-9600K, 16GB RAM

Steam Deck Unknown

Link Official site

Something magical happened in 2015. Prior to Until Dawn's original release, nearly every attempt to produce a genuinely compelling interactive movie (an ideal games had been pursuing for decades) would invariably fall in one of two categories: either a noble failure or a spectacular one. And then, almost inconspicuously, Supermassive made it happen. The irony is it didn't need much to improve upon the schlocky FMVs of the 1990s, just a tech upgrade and some better-written dialogue. Oh, and attach its ambitions to the single cinematic genre that perfectly complements the idiosyncrasies of an interactive medium: the teen slasher.

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