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Summer Game Fest suggests it’s monsters in space time, and I’m all for itYou know what they say about screaming in space
You know what they say about screaming in space
One time in the office (so, a hundred years ago) a hypothetical was posed: if you were given the chance to go to the moon, with a guarantee that nothing would go wrong, would you take it? “No,” I said. “No way. Not a chance. I wouldn’t like it.” People were shocked at my refusal. “But nothing will go wrong!” they exclaimed. This misses the universal truth that even - and indeed, especially - when it is guaranteed nothing will go wrong,something will always go wrong in space.
Space Beast Terror Fright gameplayWatch on YouTube
Space Beast Terror Fright gameplay
We saw reveals or sneaky peeks at the following:
Mamma mia, that’s a spacey meatball! And all but one of these (that being Fort Solis) has confirmed monsters.
Everything being extremely fine in Fort Solis |Image credit:Dear Villagers
I think this is great. I love the space setting as much as the next gal. Keep bringing the space. My theory is it’s a popular setting firstly because it puts natural confines on a game or level that the player can’t complain about - and that reviewers will praise for being claustrophobic and atmospheric. Secondly, space travel is the dream of mankind, the future ideal, and that dream being fucked up is therefore cool and interesting (for this reason I also consider deep sea stations a sub-genre of space station).
This is perhaps doubly true once you involve AI, which is very “so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should” without even having to try. Games likeThe Turing Test,Observation,Event[0], or my favouritest horror gameSomadid great stuff with AI going on the wonk. Given the past couple of years, however, I’m ready to go back to malevolent forces in space that are a) more external and b) more concrete. They can still be metaphors for stuff, just let me blast limbs off of your metaphors where possible.
Not E3 2022 is in full-swing - see everything in ourE3 2022 hub, as well as our complete round-up ofeverything announced at Summer Game Fest 2022. Many more big game showcases and streams are still to come this summer, so make sure you stay up to date with oursummer games stream schedule.
