Just in case SOMA whet your appetite for sci-fi flavoured first-person horror, Camel 101 has announced Syndrome, a slow-paced experience that aims to take the genre back to it roots.
Okay, so the plot synopsis doesn’t sound completely original; you wake up on a seemingly abandoned spaceship, and slowly discover that the crew is mostly dead, and the survivors have been turned into something nasty.
Watching the teaser trailer below, I get a heavy Alien: Isolation vibe from the lighting and art direction. Even the game mechanics share some similarities. You can scrape together a few weapons and some ammunition, but supplies are scarce enough that you can’t John Rambo your way through.
”To survive and uncover the events that took place while you were asleep,” explains the developer, ”you can’t always face your enemies head on; sometimes hiding and breathing as noiselessly as possible is your best course of action. Careful resource management is a key part of Syndrome, but so is learning your enemies’ behavior. What will attract their attention? What will give you a few precious seconds to pass by undetected? Take note―each misstep could be deadly.”
You can find out more about the game over on the official website. Syndrome is set for release in Q2 2016.
