Sony used its latest State of Play showcase to officially unveil Until Dawn 2, bringing back the choice-driven horror formula that helped make the original game a cult classic. While the first Until Dawn trapped a group of friends on a remote mountain, the sequel heads somewhere a little more tropical. The reveal trailer introduced…
Sony used its latest State of Play showcase to officially unveil Until Dawn 2, bringing back the choice-driven horror formula that helped make the original game a cult classic.
While the first Until Dawn trapped a group of friends on a remote mountain, the sequel heads somewhere a little more tropical. The reveal trailer introduced a team of ghost hunters who have built a career investigating the supernatural and documenting their adventures for an online audience.
There’s just one small problem: according to developer Firesprite, every single one of their previous investigations was fake.
The group has apparently spent years staging evidence, creating scares and fooling viewers. Now, after signing a major television deal, they’ve been sent to investigate a mysterious tropical island that holds secrets dating back centuries. Unfortunately for them, this time the horror appears to be very real.
The trailer followed the crew as they explored abandoned facilities and attempted to uncover the truth behind the island’s dark history. As expected from an Until Dawn game, things quickly spiral out of control as the body count begins to rise.
Firesprite also showed off the return of the series’ trademark choice-driven gameplay. One sequence featured a character named Luke near a cliff edge while another character came racing around the corner being pursued by something horrible and facing a split-second decision. A choice flashes up on the screen: push like, or just jump yourself. The trailer choice is to push Luke as well, sending both characters tumbling off the cliff, and Luke smashing onto the rocks below in a gruesome death. Sorry, Luke. I’ll remember this when I play the full game.
That moment reinforced the message displayed at the end of the trailer:
Everyone Can Live. Everyone Can Die.
Just like the original game, it appears every major character’s fate will once again rest in the player’s hands.
“This time, how you manage relationships within the crew matters more than ever, with some branches based on where things stand between characters. It’s not just the huge moments, even small character moments can set off a Butterfly Effect, sending your story spinning off towards unforeseen consequences…” says the post on PlayStation blog.
While the reveal didn’t provide a firm release date, Sony confirmed that Until Dawn 2 will launch sometime in 2027.
It’s been more than a decade since the original Until Dawn first arrived on PlayStation, making this one of the night’s more surprising announcements. I guess the remake of Until Dawn last year really was setting the stage for a revival.
Whether it can recapture the magic of the original remains to be seen, but the premise of a group of fake paranormal investigators suddenly coming face-to-face with genuine supernatural horrors is certainly a strong place to start.
But there is one question left: where’s all the Wendigos? We need Wendigos. Wendigos on a tropical beach. Screw it, let’s just make it a Wendigo vacation simulator or something.
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