12/27/2023 0 Comments Tormented souls ps4 release date![]() The mutilated, Frankenstein-ish monstrosities have some interesting designs but the developers haven’t taken them to the extremes they could. There are more than enough monsters roaming the halls looking to end you. The set dressing is superb as well with an environment rich in detail and clutter that sells the impression of a once busy hospital now abandoned. This system still renders as much heart-pulping tension today as it did way back when because you never know what’s laying just beyond your view, or much rather, were beyond your view. While the game world is fully rendered in 3D, the developers have opted for the classical locked camera system, always presenting some fantastic views and inventive cinematic camera angles and tracking shots when needed. The first thing you’ll notice about Tormented Souls is its gorgeous visuals. And if you’re lucky, you’ll find a friendly soul to help you on your way. Scattered across the mansions various rooms are the records and diaries of what happened here to help you figure out what’s going on. You’re trapped in a sprawling location full of monsters to battle, puzzles to solve and lots of locked doors to figure out how to open. Now if you’ve played a survival horror game before, then you know what to expect. With some updates to certain systems and mechanics, Tormented Souls comes quite close to standing alongside its forebears. The developers have done a fantastic job of recreating the feelings that those early classics inspired in players. But does a near slavish recreation of 90’s game design still work in 2022? Cinematic camera angles, resource management, obscure puzzles and an assortment of freakish monstrosities looking to tear your face off are all par for the course. Resident Evil and Silent Hill are the most obvious inspirations and their DNA shines brightly through Tormented Souls darkness. Tormented Souls is a love letter to the survival horror games of yesteryear, wearing its many inspirations on its sleeves. But before you can get out alive, you’re going to have to go much, much further into the darkness. After getting unceremoniously knocked out and waking up in a grotty bath missing an eye, your job becomes to survive whatever terrifying events are happening in the mansion and hopefully solve the mystery of the photograph while you’re at it. For this review, we’ll be focusing on the PS4 version of the game.Īfter receiving a strange envelope containing a photograph of twin girls and a cryptic message, Caroline Walker sets out to the town of Winterlake, specifically Winterlake Mansion, to find out why she was sent that photograph. If you’d like, you can check out our review of the PC version here: Tormented Souls Review – Scared the Pants Off Me | Invision Game Community (.uk). A Nintendo Switch version will be out in April for you to take the horror on the go. ![]() Now the game has finally hit PS4 and Xbox One, so that last-gen console owners who have still to upgrade, can join in on the fun. Last year developers Dual Effect and Abstract Digital brought their love letter to old school survival horror games, Tormented Souls, to PS5, Xbox Series and PC.
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