I’ve performed many a creepy throwback recreation that takes inspiration from the ever inadequately named “Golden” (Dirty and Diseased? Cadaverous, maybe) Age of survival horror on PS1, but it surely’s uncommon you play one which invokes the N64, and even much less typically that you simply hit upon one thing horror-adjacent that riffs on Star Fox 64. Ah, Star Fox! The pure companion piece for, say, Everlasting Darkness or The Struggling. In equity, I did all the time discover these Pez dispenser dialogue animations fairly eerie.
The work of Norwegian dev Agelvik, Demise in Abyss (Steam link) is a third-person “submarine motion recreation” wherein you discover a noxious ocean filled with offended, bioluminescent brains and what I hope are ravenous tadpoles, although different potentialities happen. You are right here to shoot all the things in chilly blood, after all, however there’s room for some whimsy alongside the way in which within the form of your craft’s motion. Put it in reverse, and it does a cute little backstroke. Significantly, take a look at this trailer. I am unable to get sufficient of it. If I’m ever wealthy and silly sufficient to purchase a submarine, I need one which strikes like this.
Demise In Abyss additionally takes inspiration from the slaughterous Satan Daggers and the anime Made In Abyss, which I have not seen however perceive to be fairly disagreeable, and presumably Problematic. Agelvik’s past works embody Gun Satan, God Rattling The Backyard, Apple Slash and Lulu’s Temple, all of which channel a specific mix of upbeat and macabre I discover very interesting.
There is a Demise In Abyss demo coming in July, all going to plan. If that is your cup of mutant herring gizzards, the just lately launched Underspace may additionally seize you. It is equally ample in oceanic monstrosities, although it is a sprawling Freelancer-like quite than a level-based motion expertise, and does not, so far as I do know, characteristic any backstroke-capable spacecraft.