Visage is an upcoming horror game from SadSquare Studio influenced by the hyper-real visuals and environmental storytelling explored in beloved horror demo P.T., but extended into a longer experience.

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Its creators plan to launch on PC with VR compatibility in January 2017, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to follow if SadSquare meets its funding goals.Check out 12 minutes of alpha gameplay footage from Visage below.Visage isn't just inspired by P.T. – it began as a recreation of the Silent Hills demo's iconic home in Unreal Engine 4. When Konami canceled Silent Hills and removed the playable teaser from the PlayStation Store , Visage level designer Jonathan Vallières decided to turn the prototype into a game of its own."[Visage] is going to feel a lot more like an adventure/play-a-movie game, rather than an action horror game with jump scares all around," Visage programmer Jonathan Gagné tells IGN, pointing to Sierra Entertainment's 1995 horror adventure Phantasmagoria as another inspiration.According to its Kickstarter, the house in Visage is the central location where the events of the game unfold. Newspapers, the layout of rooms, paintings, TV and radio transmissions, and other information contained within the house work together to convey a series of smaller stories linked to the larger overarching narrative."Visage will make players focus on details," says Gagné. "You'll always feel like something's off, without really knowing what, until a decisive moment."Some events will even trigger randomly, which its creators hope will add some replayability, though they expect a single playthrough to last around 6 to 8 hours."You'll have to venture the rooms, in search for clues about what happened and what's going to happen," Gagné tells IGN. "You'll find fragment of stories all around the house, and it will be up to you to uncover the story or find means to escape. Also, it's psychological horror, your (protagonist's) mind will play tricks on you, just like the nightmares in Phantasmagoria."You can learn more about Visage on Kickstarter Allison Road , another game inspired by P.T., made it onto our list of most anticipated horror games of 2016

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