Le studio derrière le revival du survival-horror dévoile son nouveau jeu, le mystérieux SOMA à l’ambiance bien léchée comme on les aime …
Il y de ça déjà 4 ans, les suédois de Frictional Games redonnaient leurs lettres de noblesse au genre survival-horror en sortant Amnesia : The Dark Descent, qui plaçait le joueur dans la peau d’un certain Daniel traqué par une entité mystérieuse dans les dédales d’un château… Le jeu se démarquait de la concurrence d’alors grâce à son ambiance oppressante à souhait et son protagoniste sans défense forçait le joueur à opter pour la fuite, tout en veillant à garder sa santé mentale à un niveau correct afin d’éviter que celui-ci ne sombre dans la folie à la vue des horreurs qui se tramaient dans la bâtisse…
Et bien, il faut croire que les récentes productions s’apparentant au survival-horror ont le vent en poupe ces derniers temps, puisque le studio dévoile un nouveau trailer afin de présenter leur futur jeu, le mystérieux SOMA, dont les développeurs eux-mêmes nous disent qu’il s’agit d’un « survival-horror dans un univers de science fiction« . Ils se sont d’ailleurs exprimé sur leur titre à paraître dans les colonnes du Playstation Blog européen.
The last three years we have been working on a game called SOMA. All of that time, this project has remained a secret and it is a great relief to finally be able to talk about it. The game is by far the most ambitious and thrilling project we have ever undertaken.
So what exactly is SOMA? Briefly stated it is a sci-fi horror game played from a first person perspective. You are not a space marine though, but a normal, and very exposed, person trapped in a nightmarish world. SOMA is a game about exploration, survival and immersing you inside an interactive narrative.
That short description does not really do the game justice though. In order to properly explain why I am so excited we need to dig a little bit deeper.
In all of our previous games the setting and themes have been by-products. We started with the core gameplay and then created high level aspects that fit with that. While a lot of good can come from this approach, it makes it very hard to approach tougher subjects.
SOMA is meant to be a proper sci-fi game, and to get that right we couldn’t let the themes be an afterthought. My favorite works of sci-fi are the ones that use fantastic worlds to probe important issues in a way that down-to-earth settings just cannot. Great sci-fi authors like Asimov, Dick and Heinlein all do this. We want to give SOMA this quality as well.
The subject that SOMA will discuss is consciousness. Personally, I find it the most profound questions that it is possible to ask. “How can the feeling of subjective experience arise from a chunk of flesh?” Exploring this further takes us to questions such as “Can machines be conscious?” and “Do we have free will?” It quickly gets very disturbing and is ideal for a futuristic horror setting. It is the kind of sci-fi that we want to make.
From the start, we knew that this could not just come through background story or dialog. We want you to PLAY through this. It must be an integral part of the gameplay and not just fluff.
Part of this comes through the game’s monsters. You will encounter a number of strange creatures, each an embodiment of an aspect of our themes. In order to survive the journey, you need to understand how they work and in the process take on extremely unsettling subjects.
Our goal is for SOMA to not just be another carnival ride of cheap scares. It is meant to chill you at the core and confront you with questions about your very existence.
Bref, un titre à surveiller de très très près si vous êtes fan du genre… Cela dit, ne nous emballons pas trop vite, puisque le titre ne verra pas le jour avant 2015 sur PC et PS4…
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