14 DAY TRIAL // Sony has talked a bit about the decision to rework the previously announced Until Dawn survival horror game from the PS3 to the PS4 platform, emphasizing that it's going to look much better and deliver a better experience using the more powerful hardware.
The survival horror genre has been around for quite some time, ever since the early days of consoles, but with every new generation, things have become more and more realistic, adding to the sensations experienced by players.
Sony revealed Until Dawn, its own survival horror project, quite a few years ago, and it was initially set to appear in 2013 for the PS3 and even had support for the PlayStation Move motion control system. Unfortunately, since then, not much else has been heard about the project and developer Supermassive Games has stayed silent on how things have been progressing.
Last week, at Gamescom 2014, Sony finally confirmed that Until Dawn was coming exclusively for PS4 and that it would deliver a much more impressive survival horror experience.
Now, while talking with Eurogamer, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida admits that Until Dawn was among the games he and his team decided would be a greater fit for the PS4, instead of the old PS3.
"When we announced the title two or three years ago on PS3, we were happy about the reception. But it was a time for us to look at all the games in development. Some of the titles, like Until Dawn, looked better to move it to PS4, because it's a horror title."
According to Yoshida, the game is now making full use of the PS4's power, in order to deliver more realistic visuals and ensure that the facial expressions of the different characters in the game are more lifelike, in order to fuel the dramatic moments scattered throughout the story.
"We realized the game and genre can benefit from moving to higher performance hardware, so the visual impact can be stronger. It's all about who you decide to survive through the event. It's the characters' facial expressions can make it much more impactful."
"So the developer tried some experimentation on PS4 and the early result was great. So at that time we decided, yeah, the PS4 was taking off and lets move it to PS4."
Until Dawn is now set to appear in the future for the PS4 platform, using a modified version of the Killzone: Shadow Fall engine, which should result in some stellar graphics.
