Concern The Limelight is vibey as heck coming from the get-go, like diving in to a wormhole that delivers you upright onto the collection of the ‘90s cult horror classic The Craft. Grainy, VHS-esque visuals, narrative-driven gameplay, and simplistic puzzles are reminiscent of early PlayStation horror titles or point-and-click PC mysteries, and the two lead characters (Vivian and Amy) look like they’ d be actually socializing near the water fountain at your neighborhood store, fishnet best as well as pentagram tee featured.
Blumhouse, the horror manufacturing center that revealed it is actually diving in to video games in a huge technique through flaunting 5 various video games throughout the 2024 Summer Months Game Feast discussion, observed exactly how awesome Concern the Limelight got on Heavy steam in 2013 as well as used the two-person advancement group (Pleasant Game Buddies) an option to grow it. Therefore, they took it coming from Shutoff’s market place to flesh it out also additionally, as well as will certainly launch it completely later on this year. I acquired an odds to participate in a little bit of cut of the trial at Summer season Game Feast, as well as it left behind an amazing feeling, one that is actually remaining also as I move to some others hands-on visits.
Concern the Limelight is embeded in an university in the evening– a liminal room right out of a 4Chan creepypasta whose creepiness is just raised due to the game’s VHS surface filter. Vivian as well as Amy have actually burglarized the institution to receive a Ouija panel away from a latched situation in the public library while an electrical storm roars outdoors (I observed that the noises of the tornado expand louder as you stroll closer to the public library’s home windows, a very small little bit of particular that was actually a joy to uncover). You need to conceal coming from the institution’s surveillance video cameras (Concern the Limelight possesses extremely general action technicians: stroll, jog, crouch) as well as collect points to assist promote your seance similar to you may in a Local Misery game: to receive the secret for the case you require to locate a keycard to enter the curator’s workplace.
As the gals take a seat to begin their séance, you have actually reached ignite the candle lights in your corner of the dining table along with a package of suits, a little minute that provides an extremely gratifying petting. However typically, as quickly as Vivian as well as Amy start to assemble along with the lifeless, points go awry– the candle lights blast, Amy vanishes, a fire bursts out. The silent, slow-burn stress and anxiety Concern the Limelight was actually making for the very first two-thirds of my hands-on instantly moves in to heart-pounding worry, as you need to go through the public library to run away the fire as well as find yourself dashing through an unusual tear in the cloth of truth.
When my concise hands-on finished, I counted on the duo dev group as well as merely mentioned, “Fuck yeah.”
Concern The Limelight is toning up to become an exceptional combination olden as well as brand new, a crystal clear indicator of Blumhouse’s superb flavor. It’ll relaunch later on in 2024 for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch Over, as well as computer. PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Set X/S, Nintendo Switch Over, as well as computer.