Wales Interactive, the current kings and queens of FMV experiences, is back with another interactive thriller shot during lockdown: Night Book. This psychological horror leverages a similar trick to romantic comedy Five Dates, meaning that it’s composed of pandemic friendly webcam footage rather than actors on a set.
There are some famous names among the cast, however, including Colin Salmon, who PlayStation players may also remember from PSVR gangster game Blood & Truth. “Night Book is full of supernatural terror and suspense as Loralyn, a pregnant translator working from home, is fiendishly tricked into bringing an untold evil into her life,” the press release reads.
The blurb continues: “With Loralyn’s husband away and her unwell father in the house with her, players, as Loralyn, must make major decisions that keep the family safe or unwittingly place them in grave danger. Though Night Book features one story, there are multiple paths and endings to discover.”
The game’s coming to both PlayStation 5 and PS4 on 27th July, although the press release is a bit vague about whether the next-gen version is running through backwards compatibility or not. We’ll check in with Wales Interactive to get confirmation, and update when we know more. Not that it should matter, really: this is all live action footage, after all.
[source youtube.com]
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And that's a big pass from me!
Had my fair share of FMV games on the Philips CD-i back in the day.
@Total_Weirdo Wow — the CD-i. That takes me back. Remember the console war between the CD-i and the 3DO? Good times.
Can’t believe there’s a big enough audience for all of these!
@hobbes242
I do remember.
I worked for CDO at that time what, a million years ago it seems.
@hobbes242 Yeah i remember the 3DO lol but it was bloody expensive at launch for those days.
I splashed out on Digital Video card for the CD-i just to play films which came on two discs.
@Svark I loved the CDO! I remember renting the system from Blockbuster, taking it over to my friend's house, and then we'd play Return Fire until the wee hours.
@Total_Weirdo That's awesome. Yeah, I remember those systems were something like $700 or $800 at launch.
It actually looks pretty interesting. I'll probably wait and play it in October though since it's a horror game, and these usually get really cheap too.
These games must be cheap as chips to make. Wales interactive seem to put out 3 a year...I'm seeing them everywhere. They usually drop in price pretty quickly...make a good couples gaming night. Not much else though.
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