What is it? The first truly successful interactive horror movie, finally getting a PC release.
Release date October 4, 2024
Expect to pay £60/$60
Developer Ballistic Moon
Publisher PlayStation Publishing
Reviewed on Radeon 5700 XT, i5-9600K, 16GB RAM
Steam Deck Unknown
Link Official site
Something magical happened in 2015. Prior to Until Dawn's original release, nearly every attempt to produce a genuinely compelling interactive movie (an ideal games had been pursuing for decades) would invariably fall in one of two categories: either a noble failure or a spectacular one. And then, almost inconspicuously, Supermassive made it happen. The irony is it didn't need much to improve upon the schlocky FMVs of the 1990s, just a tech upgrade and some better-written dialogue. Oh, and attach its ambitions to the single cinematic genre that perfectly complements the idiosyncrasies of an interactive medium: the teen slasher.
