SOMA Debut Gameplay Trailer from Frictional Games

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SOMA Debut Gameplay Trailer from Frictional Games

Strange occurrences are disrupting the routines of the PATHOS-2 research facility. The radio is silent. Behavioral anomalies of the machines are increasingly dangerous, if not... malevolent. The facility is devolving into chaos. No weapons, and the only escape is practically unthinkable.

From Frictional Games, creators of the groundbreaking Amnesia and Penumbra series, SOMA is an aberrant tale of scientific inquiry and survival; an entropic exploration of synapse and circuit that wades through the delusions of human consciousness.

Here's creative director Thomas Grip describing Soma:

SOMA is meant to be a proper sci-fi game, and to get that right we couldn’t let the themes be an afterthought. My favorite works of sci-fi are the ones that use fantastic worlds to probe important issues in a way that down-to-earth settings just cannot. Great sci-fi authors like Asimov, Dick and Heinlein all do this. We want to give SOMA this quality as well.

The subject that SOMA will discuss is consciousness. Personally, I find it the most profound questions that it is possible to ask. “How can the feeling of subjective experience arise from a chunk of flesh?” Exploring this further takes us to questions such as “Can machines be conscious?” and “Do we have free will?” It quickly gets very disturbing and is ideal for a futuristic horror setting. It is the kind of sci-fi that we want to make.

From the start, we knew that this could not just come through background story or dialog. We want you to PLAY through this. It must be an integral part of the gameplay and not just fluff.

Part of this comes through the game’s monsters. You will encounter a number of strange creatures, each an embodiment of an aspect of our themes. In order to survive the journey, you need to understand how they work and in the process take on extremely unsettling subjects.

Our goal is for SOMA to not just be another carnival ride of cheap scares. It is meant to chill you at the core and confront you with questions about your very existence.

Three years in the making, SOMA is a unique continuation of Frictional Games' signature style of explorative horror, provocative storytelling, and unfathomable tension, free of distractive cut-scenes and combat. SOMA is coming to PC and PlayStation 4 in 2015.

 

[LexiiO]

This looks so B-Movie. Meaning the writing sucks, as far as I can tell.

I like the Alien-esque environment, though, I do.

 

[braindancer12]

This looks so B-Movie. Meaning the writing sucks, as far as I can tell.

it will be probably like Amnesia and Penumbra just with a scifi setting, so if you liked Amnesia and Penumbra you will like this game too....and if not than not...

 

[Garrison72]

I think it's a bit too early to judge the writing. Just wish it wasn't so far out..

 

[braindancer12]

I think it's a bit too early to judge the writing.

right

 

[Mikedudeh]

Reminds me of those old school point n click adventure games.

 

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