In life, it's the decisions that we make on a daily basis that define who we are. Every choice that we're presented with has, often unseen, repercussions and the seemingly smallest choice could impact yours or someone else's life in a major way.

Excellent Visuals and Sound; Unique storytelling; Meaningful choices; worthy of multiple playthroughs

Many decisions only have an illusion of choice; finicky motion controls; occasional crashes

Teen slasher flicks really aren't my thing. The hackneyed storyline, laughable acting, and generally ham-fisted approach to instilling fear just doesn't do it for me. I might find them to be a silly diversion at best, and only if nothing

Horror is a canvas for indulging fear. Whether it's woven by actual gore or whispers of things unseen, horror allows us to engage with a view of the world that is both too real and yet impossible to accept.

There was a moment near the end of Until Dawn when I knew I was doing something stupid. My current character was split from the group, investigating a strange sound in a dead-end corridor, and I'd just been as much as told that I couldn't trust anything I heard.

This type of game is not for everyone, but at the same time, in a world where games in this realm are essentially a cinematic experience, Until Dawn has enough fresh and original ideas and truly explores the choose your own path without having too many restrictions.

The fact that Until Dawn both relies too heavily on QTEs, and is essentially a horror movie you play will probably put a lot of people off. Which is a shame, because if you push past the silly concept of what a game should be and just enjoy what's on offer here, what you'll find is a well-thought...

+ Encourages replayability; + Player choices actually matter; + Pretty decent horror story

- Is a playable movie with QTEs; - Not everyone's going to love it (QTEs; limited gameplay

Until Dawn is best described as an interactive film; it's what you'd get if someone made an R-rated movie out of a Goosebumps "choose your own adventure" book. Cut scenes and dialogue make up almost half of the game, and the actual gameplay often comes down to picking one of two options, or...

Genuinely tense; Enjoyable; compelling story; Replayable

Overly reliant on quick time events; Controls a little clunky at times; Much of the tension is gone the second time round

Supermassive Games' upcoming B-movie-esque thriller, Until Dawn , is quite simply a string of binary choices coupled with stunning visuals and traditional quick-time events (QTEs).

Until Dawn is a video game that should jump to the "to-play" pile for those gamers who love classic horror and want to see the high-quality that the PlayStation 4 can deliver when it comes to faces and character interactions.

Character interactions; Graphics quality; Focus on choice and consequence

Reliance on Quick Time Events; Some scenes are too long

The choices you make in Until Dawn have more far-reaching consequences than in most other survival horror games: the butterfly effect feature it so heavily relies on is highly effective, adding weight to seemingly innocuous choices and creating a game that feeds deeply into player paranoia of making...

Narrative offers dozens of branching paths with varying outcomes; Choices matter in big ways and affect the rest of the game; Actor performances are incredibly good; Mechanics are utilized in a meaningful way that feeds into the horror film experience; Repeat playthroughs offer new information and...

Camera angles are unflattering; Story gets predictable at its midpoint