Doctor Who is a sci-fi franchise that's obviously done very well for itself on TV, but what about games? Well, there have been attempts to make the time-travelling escapades into an interactive experience, though the quality has varied. In 2019, we got Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, a PlayStation VR game that didn't quite meet its potential. Fast forward to now, and PS4 owners can play Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins, a well-received mobile adventure that's been ported to consoles.
From developer Kaigan Games, best known for Simulacra, The Lonely Assassins is a found phone horror adventure that expands on the fan-favourite threat of the Weeping Angels. Picking up where the TV episode 'Blink' left off, you discover the phone of someone who's disappeared, and you'll solve the mystery alongside original characters. You'll be searching for clues in text messages, emails, videos, and more to learn what happened and how those spooky moving statues are involved. Jodie Whittaker even reprises her role as the Doctor.
The game actually released in Europe back in July, but just launched for North America a few days ago. It's available for £9.99 / $12.99, and sounds like it may be worth a look for all you Whovians out there.
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You had me interested until "Jodie Whittaker even reprises her role as the Doctor."
Yuck, no thanks, roll on next regeneration please and lets have our mystery sci-fi show back rather then the weekly BBC woke lecture.
@Futureshark typical.
@Futureshark With Chris Chibnall going hopefully it will get better. The guy's so obsessed with pushing his own politics he sacrificed long term continuity and decent characters.
@Futureshark lol I'm sick of woke ideas like women existing
@johncalmc That's not remotely what he said. Women have existed in Dr Who since the very start.
Hello — can we please not drag this comments thread off the rails? We can talk about the Doctor Who game without any nastiness. It's possible.
Played and Platinumed this a whole week ago and my trophies still aren’t registering. Possibly all wibbly wobbly times wimey stuff though I suspect it’s just Sony not registering them yet. Fun game, though, albeit short and easy but there was a welcome Life on Mars reference which raised a smile
Any chance of a mini- review?
@Steel76 probably won't happen unless someone buys it from the BBC. Even chibnall going is unlikely to really change anything.
Picked this up on Thursday, seemed to corrupt my trophy list, was unable to sync with PlayStation network, had to initialise my console, lost all saves on console, started it 4 times, same problem every time.
The minute I saw this had more than 2 comments I knew exactly what had happened.
Mobile gaming 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Talk about an oxymoron, which coincidentally they are enjoyed by actual …..’s 😉
Thought it was David Tenant who was the Doctor from the Blink episode, one of my favourite.
I'm nearing the end of this on Switch. It's short, but interesting, and fun to "work with" Osgood. To add my two cents to the other discourse, I like Jodie's Doctor, but haven't found the storytelling to be very good. I felt the same with the Twelfth.
Jodie Whitaker the worst Doctor ever. Mainly because she's the worst actor ever. I'll pass.
@starbuck2212 yup. Out of all actors that have ever acted, she's like totes the absolute worst. No exaggeration whatsoever.
@naruball hyperbole lol. Definitely the worst actor to play the Doctor though.
@naruball totes?? Cringe.
@starbuck2212 now you know how I felt when I read your post. Worst Doctor? Sure.
Hard pass, but only because no VR mode.
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