Three years after its original launch, SOMA is now available with Safe Mode. It turns out Frictional Games was listening. Some reviewers thought it felt like two different genres (walking sim and horror) mashed together with questionable results, and that the game might be better served by cutting out the monsters altogether. This translates to sinister monsters roaming the halls - some organic, some synthetic, and some a terrifying mix of both.Īlthough creature encounters were par for Frictional’s course at the time, SOMA received mixed reception at launch.
SOMA follows suit, but instead of mansions and caverns, players are transported to a futuristic underwater research facility.īecause this is a horror game and because the facility is underwater, of course the researchers there were studying something they probably shouldn’t have.
If enemies approached, players were encouraged to run and hide rather than confront. After the success of their previous work, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Frictional Games found a way to push themselves into new realms of storytelling while keeping the gameplay similar to what they were known for - first-person horror that completely lacked combat.Īmnesia featured a protagonist roaming the dark, musty halls of a Lovecraftian mansion in the 1800s. When SOMA originally launched for PC and Playstation 4 in 2015, it was met with critical acclaim. WTF I’ll never get used to using the right trigger to interact with objects. LOW Chase sequences now lack a sense of danger.
HIGH Safe Mode opens the door for timid players to experience SOMA’s story.
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