14 DAY TRIAL // Developed by Protocol Games and published by Raiser Games, Song of Horror is an episodic survival-horror experience that will make its way to PC via Steam on October 31. Song of Horror is the story of the famed but now elusive writer Sebastian P. Husher, a man who, along with his entire family, has gone missing without rhyme or reason.
Players can step into the shoes of any one of 13 different characters to piece together the writer's final steps and apparent demise, all while encountering a string of events that lift the lid on something truly dreadful: a nameless, dark entity known only as The Presence.
“The Presence watches the player. As the player enters The Presence's territory, it responds to the intrusion and continues to respond in answer to the player's actions. However, even if you do exactly the same thing, it will respond differently. You have no control over it because it plays by its own rules. The fun part of testing this game - even though we've played it about 400 times - is that sometimes even now the damn thing still manages to scare us,” says Carlos Grupeli, founder of Protocol Games, the studio behind Song of Horror.
Apparently, after a character dies, they die for good, with those next in line picking up the story and making progress where they left off, but this time from an entirely new perspective. Obviously, this is in addition to the player's attempts to deal with The Presence, which is entirely controlled by A.I. that learns from the player’s play style and positively adapts the counter it.
The psychological horror allows for multiple playthroughs since you might get a different result each time you play due to the A.I. adapting to certain play styles. It's a unique approach that should be interesting to experience, and, luckily, we won't have to wait too long.
Although Song of Horror is split into multiple episodes, you'll be able to play the first two on launch day, with further episodes to be announced in the future.
