![]() Robot, was my anchor point for these characters. Rami Malek, known for his stellar performance in the television show Mr. The characters are also wonderfully performed, motion captured, and voice acted by a talented cast of typically well-known actors. These traits mix and match based on how you interact with other characters – some major and some minor – which impacts certain future events in the story and what options are available to you. Mike, on the other hand, is introduced as romantic, funny, and brave. The first playable character, Sam, for example, is described initially as brave, charitable, and honest. Each character is framed through a handful of traits that are introduced to the player when the player first meets them. The corny stereotypes presented in the game’s main cast enable practically any player to make free associations with the characters as they are initially presented. Until Dawn is the perfect entry point for someone who doesn’t like horror games because it balances its tension with levity. If you, like me, are easily spooked, I highly recommend you play this with trusted friends. And for a game so centered around player choice, it was fascinating to discuss my decisions and hear how they differed from my friends’ own in real time. Hearing my friends suppress their laughter as I shouted in incomprehensible expletives was enough to keep me from ever diving too deep into the negative emotions that my exposure to the horror genre as a child evokes in me. I knew that I would not make it through without quitting or panicking to the point of post-game paranoia, so I enlisted these two friends who had both played the game enough to coach me through the scarier moments. One of the best decisions I have ever made in gaming was asking my two fellow Epilogue staff members, Zach Rogers and Nina Salenius, to accompany me throughout my playthrough. Knowing my aversion to horror, I still begrudgingly purchased this game to investigate its branching storytelling – I just wasn’t brave enough to endure the story alone. It’s clearly inspired by its campy filmic roots and shaped by the interactive design tropes characteristic to games in the Quantic Dream portfolio. Often described as a schlocky teen slasher, B-movie horror game, Until Dawn features adventure-style gameplay that is heavy on environmental exploration and dialogue choices. I have avoided the horror genre for as long as I have been aware of it, but I cautiously stepped a toe out of my protective comfort zone to experience Until Dawn. ![]()
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