An easy recommendation for those looking to munch on some popcorn while you get the crap scared out of you.

An intense horror experience shaped by your decisions and indecisions

Some slight control issues and structural quirks hamper some of the replayability

Perhaps more proficient in keeping the player tense than in delivering legitimate scares, Supermassive Games' Until Dawn is an interesting blend of survival horror and choose your own adventure.

One of the more successful interactive movies of recent years, but that's really not saying much given the lack of gameplay and horror thrills.

A good script and a mostly successful attempt to mix horror genres, while confounding at least some expectations; Excellent graphics and solid voice cast

Outside of the big decisions there's very little in the way of gameplay or player agency; For a horror game it's not very scary or gory; The desire to replay episodes is greatly overestimated

Until Dawn's a QTE-ridden horror whose best beats play out as an amalgam of some of the cinema genre's stronger works, none of which we can name else they'd reveal too much about what happens.

Let's face an uncomfortable truth: Slasher films usually work because we, as viewers, don't mind seeing obnoxious teenagers get butchered like livestock. If the teens are sufficiently annoying, viewers usually start rooting for the killer.

Great atmosphere; Interesting narrative; Meaningful story choices; Peter Stormare is pure joy in human form

Not much traditional gameplay; Some characters more interesting than others

is a flawed, but fun experience. Though an unfocused story means it falls short of greatness, it's an otherwise entertaining homage to the curious traditions of horror movies which pays off your in-game decisions with occasionally shocking consequences.

Tongue-in-cheek tone; Creepy environments; Choices have real consequences

Silly; derailing second half; ‘Doctor Hill' fades into obscurity

How do you define a game? How do you define entertainment? Can they be defined? In recent years, the lines between games and other media forms have become increasingly blurry – Until Dawn obliterates the line entirely.

Quicktime events (if you happen to hate them

Think horror games are boring? Think there's nothing new under the sun? Think again: Until Dawn delivers a blood-curdling nine-hour tale full of jump scares, genuine horror, and shows other game studios how to handle the very concept of the player's actions having palpable and long-reaching...

Release Date: August 28 (US), August 26 (EU), August 25 (North America) Platforms Available On: PS4 Developer: Supermassive Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Genre: Cinematic Horror Until Dawn , the PS4-exclusive horror game from Tumble and Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock developer...

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The world is creepy; atmospheric; Choices hold weight to them; The characters are interesting; Chilling soundtrack; The death scenes

Dr; Hill, Underused characters left as DLC, Motion controls felt wonky