Early teaser for the next game from Frictional games: SOMA!

[Ladro]

http://www.somagame.com/

 

From the creators of "Penumbra" series and "Amnesia".

 

Here is the teaser:

 

 

Brilliant, really interesting and promising!

 

It'a sci-fi horror with some (as usual) lovecraftian elements.

 

Cogito, ergo sum!

Edited November 5, 2013 by Ladro

[Sotha]

Looks cool.

 

I dunno if it is a coincidence, but SOMA means, in finnish, cute/pretty. Maybe it is sarcasm?

[GameDevGoro]

I dunno if it is a coincidence, but SOMA means, in finnish, cute/pretty. Maybe it is sarcasm?

 

I thought that was "SÖPÖ"... ò_-

 

Just kidding, it's probably both LOL. xD I do think it's a coincidence tho. Frictional games isn't exactly known to put finnish word references into their game.

[Sotha]

Yep correct, söpö is a synonym.

 

More seriously, maybe soma really comes from "somatic."

[Melan]

Or it is a Brave New Word reference.

[Bikerdude]

Blimy, thats some trailer..

[AluminumHaste]

Looks like fun, if you like shitting your pants every 20 seconds.

[Ladro]

"L'essere umano è un animale da soma"

 

[demagogue]

The opening concept is cool, if I understood it. Your brain is plugged into the collective but you're still walking around under its power, so it sets up a natural way where you can explore the space & avoid threats but still be centrally mindfucked by the collective or whatever and always under its spell at the same time.

 

And it sets up the "unreliable narrator" possibility, which has potential. And cybertech distortion is probably a bit more palatable than "paranoia" as a game mechanic... I mean in the sense some people complained the early fear mechanic was a bit contrived, but if it's a brain implant then anything goes & the fiction has a ready way to make sense of it.

[someTaff]

Orgy-Porgy!

Edited November 9, 2013 by someTaff