Atmospheric survival horror video games like Lifeless Area and Alien Isolation have one purpose in thoughts – get your coronary heart beating as quick as potential. Nevertheless, virtually each survival horror expertise on the market places you within the sneakers of a human in misery, so how about one that permits you to play as a chimp with a gravity gun and a cute rat companion as a substitute? Meet Animal Use Protocol.
Now I do know your quick response is perhaps ‘nicely doesn’t enjoying as a chimp with a rodent chum break the spooky phantasm a bit?’ I perceive that concern, however take one have a look at Animal Use Protocol, and also you’ll see that the sensible graphics and darkish, Lifeless Area-y grit of exploring an deserted analysis facility make this really feel like an genuine survival horror recreation expertise. I’m hopeful that Penn, the “hyper-intelligent” chimpanzee you’ll be enjoying as, can take us by means of simply as chilling an expertise as Isaac Clarke.
Sure, Penn’s rat companion Journey does seem to have one thing resembling a Tamagotchi strapped to his again, which definitely ups the weirdness issue. However simply so long as there’s some sinister backstory to this, I can see it touchdown.
Talking of backstory, the overarching narrative of Animal Use Protocol is that Penn is main a gaggle of tortured and frightened lab animals who need to escape from the Anchorage Station testing facility. Within the reveal trailer, we see orangutans, penguin chicks, a tortoise, and a rabbit, and whereas that feels like somebody’s Zoo Tycoon wishlist, I really feel like there’s potential for some attention-grabbing characters right here. It’s your purpose to get them out and to uncover the thriller of what occurred to this doomed facility.
To lift the strain, you may be “relentlessly stalked by a monstrous chimera of experiments gone mistaken” as you search for an escape route out of the lab. All you’ll have at your disposal to evade this monster and navigate your manner by means of the sport is a “gravity manipulation software”, which lets you entice, maintain, and throw objects and, presumably, enemies too.
That is definitely one of many extra intriguing horror experiences I’ve seen get revealed over spooky season and I’m to be taught and see extra. Nevertheless, all of us could possibly be ready some time. Animal Use Protocol is aiming for a 2026 launch on Steam.
Till then, listed here are some wonderful single-player video games and survival video games you possibly can check out as a substitute.
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