Psychological thriller games have been in the industry for quite some time, but the scariest of them all was, arguably, Silent Hill. The game introduced a lot of first, like scaring gamers by merely putting a foggy setting and eerie sounds. Silent Hill had its throne for the longest time, not until Allison Road came into the picture. The independently developed game had so far got a backing of roughly 250,000 UK Pounds via Kickstarter campaign and has attracted around 100 backers in just a couple of hours since the crowdfunding campaign went live, Powerup Gaming reported.
Allison Road is created from Unreal Engine 4 and can be played with the Oculus Rift to make the experience even more real. Coming from the developers of Allison Road themselves, Lilith promised for the game to return to the roots of true psychological horror and create a thoroughly engrossing experience through the aid of high-end technology, disturbing gameplay, and compelling narrative, the report added.
The game is set in a Manchester suburb and the first adventure starts on a British townhouse, where the character wakes up with the entire family gone with no memory. The player will now piece together clues and solve mysteries in order to find the family. The challenge of sewing the pieces is done, of course, with paranormal activities around and trying not to get killed.
In related news, a P.T. (playable trailer) was released recently for the upcoming Allison Road for hopefuls to have a feel of what is coming in the next couple of months. According to a report by Engadget, the P.T. was made available in the PlayStation Stores and had invited players to explore a single hallway in a house that is full of puzzles and bizarre jump scares.
The project started as a one-man team by Lilith's CEO and founder Chris Kesler, and grew, in a short span of time, to 10. Lilith is looking to finish Allison Road by the Q3 of 2016. At this point, the Allison Road's focus is the PC platform (with VR compatibility) but Kesler looks to stretch the project to other platforms including Mac, Linux, PS4, and Xbox One.
