Hello there, I’m Miki Majka, Sport Producer at Rock Sq. Thunder. Right now, I need to provide you with a primary have a look at the official gameplay trailer for our upcoming sport, I Hate This Place, which is coming to PlayStation 5 later this yr. It’s a craft-based, isometric survival horror expertise all wrapped in daring comic-style visuals and soaked in a gritty Nineteen Eighties horror environment.
I additionally need to take you slightly deeper into how we’re utilizing sound as extra than simply environment. In I Hate This Place, silence isn’t merely golden — it may imply the distinction between life and dying.
However first, let’s check out the gameplay trailer:
These creatures hunt by sound
As you most likely observed within the video, the world of I Hate This Place is full of plenty of nightmarish, otherworldly creatures from a slightly eerie and distorted world. However what may not be so clear is that many of those hulking monstrosities can barely see. As a substitute, they stalk their prey (you) by sound, so all of your actions and actions must be thought out. Each footstep, each gunshot, each clang of metallic may give off your location.
So whether or not you’re creeping by overgrown woods or navigating decrepit amenities, the floor beneath your sneakers issues. A gradual, crouched shuffle throughout grass will possible be ignored. A careless stomp on damaged glass, not a lot.
Making visible noise
To take this technique additional and make it extra intelligent to gamers, we additionally made sound into a visible language, the place noise is color-coded. It’s a novel visible system impressed to tie in with the sport’s comedian guide artwork fashion. For instance:
Inexperienced footsteps imply you’re quiet, crouched, shifting slowly, minimizing threat
Yellow indicators you’re strolling at a standard tempo and making reasonable noise
Purple means you’re working or being loud, and also you’re a beacon for hazard
This color-coded suggestions system doesn’t simply apply to footsteps, although. Gunfire, thrown objects, even the howls and assaults of enemies all observe the identical noise-visibility guidelines, serving to you choose simply how a lot noise your entire actions are creating.
Sound as a weapon
Simply as sound can get you killed, it will also be used to your benefit and turn out to be your most helpful weapon.
With a little bit of technique and planning, you may lure monsters away from key areas or into your cleverly laid traps. Tossing an empty can down a hallway or into the underbrush may entice a close-by creature, supplying you with the opening you’ll want to escape.
With a bit extra planning and thought, you may attempt to herd enemies collectively into the proper spot to then toss that grenade or molatov cocktail you occurred to scrounge.
Stealth is your buddy
Fight in I Hate This Place is about selecting your battles properly. Most of the creatures you’ll encounter are brutal, and much more so when night time falls. Getting into weapons blazing is doable, however possibly not all the time the proper transfer. Ammo is scarce, noise is harmful, and enemies are unforgiving.
So the subsequent time you’re feeling tempted to dash throughout an open area otherwise you assume firing off a shotgun blast in a good hall is a good suggestion, assume twice. In I Hate This Place, it’s not simply what you do, it’s how loud you’re whenever you do it. As a substitute, you may depend on stealth, motion, and manipulation. Utilizing the terrain, sound cues, and enemy conduct towards them turns into second nature as you study to navigate the surroundings and survive it.
That’s it for right now’s deep dive about our fight and probably sound-induced paranoia!
Thanks a lot for studying.
