Soma (video game)

Soma

Developer(s) Frictional Games
Publisher(s) Frictional Games
Engine HPL Engine 3[1]
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4[2]
Release date(s) 2015
Genre(s) Survival horror
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution Download

Soma (stylized as SOMA) is a science fiction survival horror video game being developed by Frictional Games. It is expected to be released in early 2015.[3][4] The game will take place on the PATHOS-2, an underwater remote research facility with machinery that begins to take human characteristics.[5][6]

Gameplay

Soma is a science fiction survival horror game played from a first-person perspective.[1] Thomas Grip of Frictional Games stated that the player will "encounter a number of strange creatures, each an embodiment of an aspect of our themes."[1]

Development

Soma has been in the making since 2010.[1] It was revealed in April 2014 that setting the game in the bottom of the ocean was an idea which was decided on a "whim" by Frictional Games co-founders Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson, and Grip further said that they wanted to try this for a long time.[7] On January 6, the developer stated that the game's development is mostly done, and that they're only polishing the game in works now.[8]

Marketing

A teaser trailer featuring gameplay footage of Soma was released on 11 October 2013.[3] The official website's info page displays a quote by author Philip K. Dick.[6] Another trailer of the game was released on 3 April 2014.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Grip, Thomas (11 October 2013). "SOMA: Frictional Games Brings Sci-Fi Horror to PS4". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Rashid Sayed (30 December 2014). "Frictional Games On PS4's GDDR5 Memory: No Latency Issues And Not A Bottleneck". GamingBolt.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Savge, Phil (11 October 2013). "SOMA trailer shows first game footage, Frictional's sci-fi horror due 2015". PC Gamer. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Klepek, Patrick (11 October 2013). "The Next Dark Descent Is Space". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Nichols, Scott (11 October 2013). "'SOMA': First gameplay trailer from 'Amnesia' creators - watch". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "SOMA - Info". Somagame.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Grip, Thomas (4 April 2014). "New SOMA trailer dives deep into the darkness". Blog.eu.playstation.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/frictional-games-says-soma-has-been-crazy-hard-to-make/

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