Following the success of its debut title, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Surgent Studios has opted to discover a completely totally different style with its subsequent sport: psychological horror. With Dead Take, the studio units its sights on making a tense and atmospheric expertise that duties gamers with splicing collectively live-action footage as they discover a Hollywood mansion and the darkish facet of fame. It is a onerous pivot and a tall order, however a primary have a look at the sport’s lead actors moving into their roles undoubtedly conjures up some confidence.
GameSpot can solely share a have a look at lead actors Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Final Fantasy XVI) and Neil Newbon (Baldur’s Gate 3, Detroit: Become Human) as seen within the sport’s live-action segments. Each clips are offered as footage from audition tapes, and see the characters nervously introduce themselves earlier than disturbing supernatural parts minimize in. As somebody who has, but once more, fallen into a serious Baldur’s Gate 3 pit, listening to our beloved Astarion placed on a deep American accent undoubtedly shocked me–but not as a lot because the clips’ last moments.
Useless Take – Vinny Monroe (Ben Starr) Audition Tape Trailer
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In Useless Take, gamers tackle the position of Chase Lowry (Newbon) as he tries to uncover what occurred to his shut pal Vinny Monroe (Starr). As Chase explores the luxurious-yet-eerie Los Angeles mansion Vinny was final seen at, he’s compelled to wade via footage of the pair in an try to make sense of what occurred. It is price noting, nevertheless, that previous to Vinny’s disappearance, each he and Chase have been auditioning for a similar position in a critically-acclaimed filmmaker’s subsequent film, hinting that there might need been a little bit of animosity between the pair. And but, jealousy is not the one darkish power at work, as there appears to be an odd supernatural component to the sport as effectively.
“The home is watching. It appears to hang-out your steps,” Useless Take’s Steam page reads. “Piece collectively what actually occurred final night time as you uncover a facet of the leisure trade solely mentioned in whispers. The cruelty. The sordid gossip. The auditions gone unsuitable. The shadowy determine with the facility to make or break your profession. There’s just one method to assure your success: feed me one thing actual.”
Although Surgent Studios has but to announce a launch date, Useless Take is listed as “coming quickly” on Steam. Within the sport’s most up-to-date press launch, the studio acknowledged that it’ll reveal the remainder of Useless Take’s solid, together with “a notable line-up of cameos,” within the coming weeks.