For those unfamiliar with the franchise’s history, the Syberia series began its life all the way back in 2002 with the release of the first game, Syberia, which put players in the role of Kate Walker, a New York lawyer who ends up going on a fantastical journey across Europe and Russia.
Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s terrifying mythos of cosmic abominations and otherworldly terrors, the game will follow the stories of four separate characters, each with their own unique characteristics, as they investigate a friend’s mysterious disappearance.
Taking on the role of the Gloom Girl, the last surviving member of her kind, players must slash and dash their way through seven highly detailed, interconnected biomes as they master the symbiotic relationship they have with the titular Doomblade.
In it, players enter a deadly gambling tournament called Death Game 2000, where they must gamble not just with chips, but their own body parts as well, which leads to all kinds of gory (but somehow still hilarious) results.
Welcome to GTOGG’s June 2023 edition of Promising Indie Game Releases, where we highlight indie and non-mainstream titles that we believe deserve your attention – in other words, “look at all this potentially cool stuff you might’ve missed otherwise”.
Set in the gloomy wilderness of Green Park, players will have to explore a desolate house and its haunted surroundings as they look for various clues in the form of photographs, videotapes and other types of key evidence – however, they’re not alone in the oppressively heavy rain, as someone is always watching and listening.
Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the game will once again whisk you away to a future ruled by robots – a future where mankind is extinct, yet their knowledge and culture appears to live on.
In the game, you’ll be thrown into the otherworldly, cosmic realm of The Sarcophagus – a strange ecosystem where death does not apply, as the demon making this place its home will send you into a time loop the moment you die.
Announced by developer One More Level and publisher 505 Games, Ghostrunner 2 will mark the return of protagonist Jack, but this time, he leaves the confines of the first game’s Dharma Tower in order to explore the vast wastelands of the outer world on his trusty motorbike.
Sporting some uniquely striking visuals, the game starts off with an interesting premise: you’re Kuon, a cat who has tragically died and must therefore venture through the otherworldly realm of the Soulplane in order to find his way back to his owner.
