Fossil Games' upcoming horror RPG Sunshine Manor isn't landing on Switch until later this year, but we've been treated to an early sneak peek at what's to come in a brand new video.
Described as "a true love letter to classic horror films of the 1980s", Sunshine Manor has you taking on the role of Ada whose night of trick-or-treating turns into a night of terror. Ada finds herself trapped inside the old Aitken Manor, so it's up to you to use her latent psychic powers to fight off demons and solve puzzles. Oh, and there's also a Shadow Man "who is watching your every move". Which isn't creepy at all.
"As you can see from the trailer there's a lot more to Sunshine Manor than your standard horror RPG," says Fossil Games developer, Paul Dolby. "The team has added combat, multiple enemies, boss fights, puzzles and much more awaits you behind the doors of the mysterious Aitken Manor."
Here's a feature list:
Sunshine Manor Features:
- Discover and explore the ever-changing haunted Sunshine Manor.
- Transport yourself to the Demon Realm and banish hellish fiends!
- Beautiful hand-drawn 8-bit graphics.
- A deadly game of Cat & Mouse where the Demon can be anywhere.
- '80s Soundtrack written specially for this game.
- A fantastic evil consumed story-driven narrative.
- Devious puzzles to tax your brain box.
- Lots of scares, spooky scenes and nods to iconic horror franchises.
What do you think? One to keep an eye on? Feel free to share your early thoughts on the game in the comments below.
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Ya’ll got any Story of Seasons reviews? Ads for the game are all over this site. I’m on the fence and I need some insight, NL!
Whoa an actual original RPG for the switch
This doesn't look like my cup of tea, but for some reason has me suddenly craving an 8-bit Scooby Doo RPG.
I'm generally not big on horror games (I often only make it as far as the first save point) but this actually looks pretty interesting to me. I'll definitely keep an eye on it for now.
If any of you are horror fans, we have a physical coming out by Premium Edition and for the artwork, we had Graham Humphreys design something spectacular. Honestly, I was amazed when I found out some of the post art he's done for movies over the years - so many of my all time favourites!
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This actually looks super cool to me, I'll buy for sure.
Reminds me of Lone Survivor which is a good thing!
Really like the look of this.
I'm still shocked that 2 Dark didn't get a switch port, that game was amazing and would be ideally suited to short bursts of handheld play.
So the main character looks like someone wanted to draw Dexter and Dee Dee but at the same time?
Good looking art style.
I like the theme. Will definitely be keeping my eye on this one.
Guys, this isn’t 8-bit. The expanded color palette and much (it seems) of the art style is clearly 16-bit. It amazes me how often gamers and game media miscategorize this aesthetic.
reminds me of earthbound but horror
Saw the thumbnail and thought it said "Unshine Manor". Kinda would make sense but, eh...
Props for stuff like the hanging picture on the wall or the bones on the table being actually drawn, and not lazily rotated sprites like some "nes style" games do.
(last two screenshots)
PS - I saw from the trailer that there are still rotated sprites on certain elements of gameplay, but at least this seems to be minimal, comparing to the rest. Character animations for example still seem to be frame by frame pixel animation.
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