The meaty third-person melee combat and brooding atmosphere of Hell is Us might scream ‘soulslike’ at first glance, but this upcoming action game from Montreal-based developer Rogue Factor has much more in common with classic adventure titles. I went into my two and a half hour hands-on session expecting something akin to The Surge or Mortal Shell, but what I found was considerably more unique.
Centered around the fictional country of Hadea in the mid-1990s, the extremely fluffy-haired military deserter Rémi is returning to his homeland after a long time abroad. The region is in the midst of a brutal civil war, fuelled by the conflicts between its various ethnic groups. It’s a bleak fantasy world that at once feels believable and realistic, but still alien enough to be intriguing.
