Developer Pieces Interactive
Publisher THQ Nordic
Format PC, PS5 (tested), Xbox Series
Release Out now
The psychiatric hospital housed in Derceto Manor may be filled with occult artefacts, haunted rooms and supernatural creatures, but its most perspective-shifting moment comes upon entering the office of Dr Gray. Our viewpoint swings from behind our shoulder up to the ceiling, mimicking the fixed camera of the original complete with tank controls. It’s a clever moment in a game with plenty of good ideas. Yet by invoking its progenitor so directly, this reboot highlights its own deficiencies. Failing to live up to the defining characteristics of the survival horror genre, it
