“It’s quite common for creatures in games to simply just run at the player as soon as they spot them. Not so in SOMA. Here, some creatures might just stand and stare at you for a while. Others will ignore you until you disturb them. Some might not be dangerous at all — or at least, not in a dangerous mood right now,” says Thomas Grip, Creative Director at Frictional Games.
Creepy creatures in the game also have different types of tactics for attacking the player.
“We have made sure that different types of creature have completely different tactics. For example, one type of creature forces you to avoid eye contact, some creatures react to your movement speed, others only to sound, and so forth. “
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SOMA also has a pretty unique damage system as well.
“Normally a game gives you a life bar and it is pretty clear how many hits you can take before going down. But in SOMA it is much less deterministic. Sometimes an attack will barely make a scratch, sometimes it will knock you down and force you to crawl out of danger, and other times you will die on the first hit.”
SOMA hits PS4, PC, Linux and Mac on 22 September.
[ Source: All Games Beta ]
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