Until Dawn

I don’t know how many of you have happened to stumble on the game Until Dawn. I know PS4 subscribers were able to download to the game for free in June/July month, which I may add is not how I stumbled on it. A friend introduced me to this game. So being a fan of horror or survival horror games I was fairly mortified that I never even heard of this game before…

So here is my view of the game to add to the already many out there. So, trophy hunters, super easy to get that shiny platinum trophy on the end. Woop, managed to get my own first platinum trophy. Thank you, thank you, no need for applause. With that out of the way, lets get to the actual game. It was released round 2015 and the game follows 8 teenagers in a remote cabin in the middle of nowhere. Sounds cliched? BUT its not. Now the main part of the game, as explained in the very beginning, every choice you make has an effect later in the game. The Butterfly Effect.

So some choices have fairly… lethal effects and some much minor effects. Now your 8 characters gets introduced as the game goes along. As your game progresses your choices actually effect your characters personality and obviously their relationships with each other. And watch those relationships with some people as they can become quite vital.

So as these games go you have multiple endings and its meant to be played more than once. The actual game isn’t that long and its more than easy to finish it in a day. But its a short game with a huge impact. So obviously we can finish the game of all good and have everyone survive, or we can end it off in a bang and have…. well…. no one survive, or mix it up and have something in between. Keep in mind, its damn hard keeping everyone alive, especially since there is a character or two you just wish you could kill yourselves.

So I think the guys did a really good job on this game. All your characters aren’t just voiced by actors, but look like their actual actors, and if you watch a video on how the game was made the actors did the movements etc. for the game. And it lets be honest there is a decent cast for this game as in the likes of Hayden Panettiere, Peter Stormare and Remi Malek.

The story line was great and its so easy to relate to some characters and feel some genuine sadness when you accidentally kill them off because of some bad choice made earlier in the game. It had amazing scary moments and jump scare moments that often had me out of my skin. Oh, also the game doesn’t leave it all on your amazing judgement. Now and then (if you find them) you can pick up a totem that either shows your death, the death of a friend, guidance, good fortune or upcoming danger. So heed these totems my good friends.

At this point (as I have played obtaining every ending, every death and every secret) I am forcing everyone I know to play this game, as it just that good. Also, I do like watching other people go through the emotions of killing beloved characters just so I know I am not the only one who went through the sheer trauma I did when I made a big oops and killed of everyone I like. There was tears… Thus I give this game an amazing 8/10, and a MUST GO PLAY IT guys!! Its so worth it.