What to Expect From Flesh Made Fear

Flesh Made Fear has certainly grabbed the attention of those who have seen its teaser. As an upcoming horror game that looks and feels similar to classic Resident Evil and Silent Hill titles, it aims to take modern gamers back to a time in the genre’s early days. It certainly looks the part, and it seems that, aside from appearance, it also plans on having and reintroducing gameplay that defined a generation that has long since passed.

Given what’s seen in the trailer and demo, Flesh Made Fear is looking to return to the horror genre‘s roots in gaming. Developed by Tainted Pact Games, who are also responsible for indie titles such as Massacre at the Mirage and Suffer the Night, there are a lot of expectations for it given what it promises potential players. While there is no exact date for when it will be released, people can at least try its demo to see what kind of experience the game will provide, and hopefully, it is one that everyone can be satisfied with and that will help bring attention back to the horror genre.

Related

The 20 Best Open-World Horror Games

Open-world games are often thought of in terms of RPGs, but these horror games make excellent use of the open-world format.

Flesh Made Fear’s Selling Point Is Its Lack of Control

Being a throwback to classic survival-horror games, Flesh Made Fear plans on doing exactly what its predecessor did: limiting players in terms of in-game freedom. As to how it will go about doing that, there are several things it plans to do:

• The game will have tank controls, ensuring players will have a difficult time moving where they have to go, increasing the dread and tension during exploration and combat.
• There will only be a finite number of saves, which means players will have to be very careful when and where they preserve their progress as even one mistake could be costly.
• The fixed dynamic camera angles mean players won’t have the freedom to look wherever they want, forcing them to process as much as they can as quickly as possible with each new area they enter.
• Collecting items will mean players dealing with all the other aspects and coupling that with the limited inventory slots and safe room storages, will mean one must be careful with what they choose to bring and use.

If Flesh Made Fear manages to execute all that well while adding its own innovations, it could become one of the horror games that surpass expectations and achieve success in a crowded genre. Tainted Pact Games will have the opportunity to do so, and hopefully, the developer will.

Flesh Made Fear Will Allow Players to Experience a Horror Game That’s More Than Just Scares

Flesh Made Fear‘s predecessors were well-received because of how certain aspects were designed to synergize with their mechanics and atmosphere. Tainted Pact Games’ project plans on doing the same, as it will be taking what helped make those games popular and reusing and implementing them in its own way, with one being a horror game with a narrative driven by puzzles. It’s expected that players will be solving problems while wrestling with the in-game limitations similar to classic survival-horror titles, meaning players will have to do more than just get through scary enemies if they want to progress through the story.

Such obstacles can further emphasize the dreadful tone the game has set, as it can force players into situations they wouldn’t want to be in while dealing with certain struggles, such as having to make inventory space to carry the items for the solution while deciding which ones aren’t necessary for survival. While there’s no telling how difficult puzzles can get as one dives deeper into the game, if they’re done well and with the right amount, Flesh Made Fear can easily end up being a horror game with great gameplay that many can enjoy.

It’s clear that Tainted Pact Games’ project aims to bring back that feeling of what previous generations experienced in classic games similar to Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and based on the teaser and the demo, it looks like it will deliver. So long as the developer looks into the things that made Flesh Made Fear‘s predecessor’s work and improves on them, it could end up becoming one of the most enjoyable and scariest horror video games of all time.

Steam

Brand

Valve

Original Release Date

September 12, 2003

Original MSRP (USD)

N/A

Weight

N/A