The Church in the Darkness – PAX East 2017 Interview

<p>Video games are a young medium&period; As such&comma; there are many serious topics out there that have yet to be tackled&period; However&comma; games occasionally come along that push boundaries&comma; tackle new subject matters and help gaming mature as a medium&period; <em>The Church in the Darkness<&sol;em> takes place in the tumultuous late 70s&comma; when our country was still coming to terms with the radical changes and ultimate failure of the 60s counter-culture revolution&period; In the game&comma; you play as someone in search of their missing nephew who&&num;8217&semi;s run off to South America with an isolationist cult&period; To get him back&comma; you must infiltrate the cult and uncover clues to learn of you nephew&&num;8217&semi;s fate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This top-down&comma; stealth-action title is procedurally generated in terms of environment&comma; characters and even narrative&comma; making each playthrough wholly unique&period; While your first playthrough may find that the cult is led by dangerous psychopaths&comma; the second may learn that the citizens of Freedom Town are completely peaceful and only seek to be left alone by outsiders&period; In my demo&comma; while things seemed peaceful on the surface&comma; I eventually came to discover clues insinuating dark happenings beneath the surface and a potential rebellion among cult members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"wFHbcz3Gp8Y" title&equals;"The Church in the Darkness - PAX East 2017 Interview"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;wFHbcz3Gp8Y"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;wFHbcz3Gp8Y&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The Church in the Darkness - PAX East 2017 Interview"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Church in the Darkness<&sol;em> is slated for release on PC&comma; Xbox One and PS4 sometime in 2017&period; For more information on stealth&comma; disguises&comma; combat and 70s cults&comma; check out our in depth interview with Richard Rouse of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;paranoidproductions&period;com&sol;">Paranoid Productions<&sol;a>&comma; recorded LIVE on the show floor of PAX East 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;