Update [Thu 14th Mar, 2024 15:15 GMT]: SFB Games has announced the release date for its upcoming PS1-style survival horror game Crow Country. As reported by Eurogamer, it will be released across both PS5 & Steam on May 9th.
You can watch a new trailer for the game below to get a closer look at the exciting project:
Original Story [Tue 24th Oct, 2023 09:45 GMT]: SFB Games (Snipperclips) has just released a demo for its new survival horror title on PS5 and Steam which will appeal to those of you who love the old low-poly look of '90s PlayStation 1 titles.
According to creator director Adam Vian, Crow Country boasts a "Resident Evil / Final Fantasy VII aesthetic" and is packed with "locked doors, rusty keys, heart monitor health meter, dreamlike atmosphere, environments that evoke pre-rendered art (but are actually full 3D)."
"The year is 1990," reads the game's Steam page. "Edward Crow has disappeared. The owner of 'Crow Country', he has not been seen since he unexpectedly shut down his park two years ago. The silence is broken when a mysterious young woman named Mara Forest ventures into the heart of the abandoned theme park in order to find him."
You can download the demo now.
[source pushsquare.com]
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Almost 30 years on from when I first played FFVII I'm still absolutely entranced by the pre-rendered backgrounds, it's obviously because I spent the 90's gaming but there's just something about prerendered 90's 3D computer graphics that makes me incredibly happy.
This looks goddamn incredible.
This looks really cool, definitely need to keep an eye on this.
Tangle Tower and Snipperclips were both brilliant, so really looking forward to this.
This looks like steam gear mash mixed with silent hill.
Looks great, but- and I know this is probably sacrilege- I hope there's an option to play in HD. There's an old-school survival horror game on Steam, called Vaccine Rebirth, which does the same pseudo pre-rendered trick, and it looked amazing when I played it with an HD graphics mod. It retained the PS1 aesthetic, but was crystal-clear and way easier on the eyes.
Similarly, games like Lunistice and A Short Hike make the pixelation filter optional (though they do more of a general PS1/DS style, not mimicking pre-rendered graphics), and I really appreciate that the option is there, even if it's not the intended way to play!
@smoreon I just found out you could change the graphics on a short hike a couple days ago. I haven't tried it yet, but I love the default so much I doubt I'll prefer it.
Looks like my jam. I love that it actually looks like a PS1 game. I just wish it was coming out on PS4 or Switch, certainly looks like those consoles could handle it.
Looks good, downloading the demo on steam now, I'll play it tonight 😃
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