There’s even some “alternate world” versions of some areas mixed in, nudging it closer to a mix of the RE and Silent Hill worlds. The hospital where the game takes place fits right alongside the mansions and facilities from the early Resident Evil games, all the way down to the map layouts and extra hidden corridors you’ll discover later on. Even if the visuals themselves are much higher resolution and more polished on the surface, the adherence to the classic style and direction makes it feel just like stepping into one of the classics. Every room has the potential for a terrifying enemy encounter or a jumpscare of some kind, usually cleverly utilizing the camera angles to the game’s advantage. The use of darkness and tight corners to cause dread is handled very effectively. The developers have clearly studied what made classic survival horror worlds with this visual style effective and have been able to replicate it extremely well. They explained that they wanted to capture the feel of older horror games from the PS2/Dreamcast/GameCube era, specifically, with fixed cinematic camera angles and tank controls, along with many other references and features that were popular among horror games of this era.Īs previously mentioned, Tormented Souls features fixed dynamic camera angles, which leads to some excellent tension-building and scares, in a way that more modern approaches can’t touch. Their new title, Tormented Souls, is the product of several years of work and clearly a labor of love from these fans of old-school horror.
The most recent of these indie developers who have set out to appease the appetites of these hungry fans is DualEffect, a small development team from South America. These scrappy efforts have enjoyed varying degrees of success, while the AAA gaming sphere is leaving these fans in the dust. Fans from all over the world are constantly clamoring for a return to the yesteryear of horror gaming and many indie developers are answering their call. In the last several years, the horror gaming genre has reached a critical mass of nostalgia for the classic survival horror titles of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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