Perception – Boston FIG Hands-On Preview

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Developer &&num;8211&semi;<&sol;strong> The Deep End Games<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Publisher &&num;8211&semi;<&sol;strong> The Deep End Games<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Location &&num;8211&semi;<&sol;strong> Boston&comma; Massachusetts<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p><strong>What is it&quest;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;If you could combine <em>Gone Home<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s storytelling with<em> Firewatch<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s paranoia and a healthy helping of <em>Outlast<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s terrifying sense of vulnerability&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;d get <em>Perception<&sol;em>&period; In The Deep End Games&&num;8217&semi; first title&comma; you play as blind woman plagued by strange dreams of a Gloucester mansion&period; To quell these dreams&comma; you break into the long-abandoned mansion and begin your search for answers&period; Along the way&comma; through a series of audiolog and environmental clues&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re plunged into a Stephen King style rabbit hole of paranormal and psychological terror&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113247" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113247" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-113247 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;19083914&sol;Percep&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Perception&comma; The Deep End Games" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113247" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Perception<&sol;em>&comma; The Deep End Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Why should I care&quest;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Created by veterans of <em>Rockband<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Dead Space<&sol;em> and the <em>BioSchock<&sol;em> series&comma; this game is more than just another &&num;8220&semi;scary walking simulator&period;&&num;8221&semi; As a blind protagonist&comma; you must use echolocation to sense the world&period; More similar to Suprise Attack Games&&num;8217&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;blind-pax-east-2016-hand-preview&sol;"><em>Blind<&sol;em><&sol;a> than Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;fearless-daredevil-episodes-1-3-review&sol;">Daredevil<&sol;a>&comma; your &&num;8220&semi;vision&&num;8221&semi; is limited by time and space&comma; offering close&comma; proximal glimpses that fade after a few seconds&period; If <em>Perception<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s eerie ambiance wasn&&num;8217&semi;t enough&comma; you are stalked throughout the mansion by &&num;8220&semi;The Presence&&num;8221&semi; and without any weapons&comma; your only options are hide or flight&excl; While wholly original&comma; <em>Perception<&sol;em> is reminiscent of classic horror games&comma; such as <em>Clocktower<&sol;em>&comma; and its themes clearly pay homage to classic horror films such as <em>The Shining<&sol;em> and <em>Aliens<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;L&lowbar;1zUXv5l7M" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>When can I play it&quest;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Kickstarted last year and already Greenlit on Steam&comma; <em>Perception<&sol;em> should be available on PC&comma; Xbox One and PS4 in early 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;