You play as Edward Turner, an ordinary man who travels to Dormont to end a secret affair he’s having away from his wife and daughter. Things begin to turn sour, however, when he arrives at the Golden Oak Motel, where strange occurences start to arise. <\/p>\n
Other story details were largely kept under wraps during our preview session, but gameplay leans into the idea of battling with your mental stability. You’ll navigate areas only to be blocked by mysterious figures who kill you upon touch, forcing you to do some puzzle-solving where you use the light to keep monsters at bay and open the pathway ahead. <\/p>\n It might sound reminiscent of Alan Wake, but Those Who Remain doesn’t have any combat mechanics. This is primarily a narrative experience where puzzle-solving and soaking in its atmosphere are the driving force. With story such a key component, it’s hard to judge from a small slice of the overall experience how it will all come together, but with three different endings determined by different decisions you make throughout, there’s some replayability on offer. <\/p>\n Those Who Remains wears its obvious inspirations proudly too. The mysterious figures feel pulled from Stephen King’s The Fog, while there’s whiffs of Twin Peaks and Stranger Things in the small-town America setting. As a narrative adventure it’s more playfully unsettling, designed perhaps for those who perhaps avoid other horror titles due to their high intensity. <\/p>\n
\nThose Who Remain’s enemies might remind you of The Fog (Picture: Wired Productions) <\/span><\/p>\n