REANIMAL The Prisoner – out now!
Simply while you thought the nightmare was over, REANIMAL has quietly slipped one other terrifying chapter into the shadows – The Prisoner.
With out fanfare, Tarsier Studios has shock launched The Prisoner, the primary DLC for its acclaimed co-op horror journey, giving gamers a recent story, two new protagonists, and one other unsettling journey by way of its twisted world.
Out there now on Xbox Sequence X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Swap 2 and PC, REANIMAL: The Prisoner is the opening chapter of a deliberate trilogy of expansions.
At A Look
Sport: REANIMAL – The Prisoner
Developer: Tarsier Studios
Writer: THQ Nordic
Platforms: Xbox Sequence X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Swap 2, PC
Style: Horror Journey DLC
A New Story Begins
Fairly than revisiting the unique journey, The Prisoner introduces two totally new playable characters – The Soldier and The Prisoner.
Set amidst the war-ravaged streets of a spot that was as soon as acquainted, the pair should struggle to outlive as they’re drawn ever deeper right into a nightmare that twists actuality in methods solely REANIMAL can. Their journey takes them into beforehand unseen corners of the sport’s unsettling world, each on foot and thru different technique of journey, uncovering one other darkish thread within the wider story.
As ever with Tarsier Studios, the horror isn’t constructed purely on monsters. The setting itself tells its personal disturbing story, the place the scars of conflict are solely the start.
Extra Horrors Nonetheless To Come
The Prisoner marks the primary of three deliberate REANIMAL DLC releases. And meaning there may be going to be lots extra of this unsettling universe nonetheless ready to be explored.
Gamers who personal the REANIMAL Season Cross can soar straight into the growth at no extra value, whereas the DLC can also be accessible as a standalone buy for these eager to proceed the story one chapter at a time. You’ll discover it on the standard storefronts for Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Swap and PC. Anticipate to pay round £8.19.
With new characters, recent areas and one other slice of psychological horror, The Prisoner seems set to deepen each the world and the mysteries surrounding it.
Horror That Stays With You
Once we reviewed REANIMAL, we awarded it an ideal 5/5, saying: “REANIMAL is an enormous step up from the Little Nightmares video games when it comes to story and world-building. This feels extra mature, extra epic, and, at instances, rather more terrifying. I’d say that it is best to strive to not get pissed off by the narrative; slightly, let it wash over you and take into consideration the various meanings it may conjure afterwards. And sure, while the core gameplay itself isn’t drastically completely different from what has come earlier than, there are such a lot of wonderful set items that elevate the bar as soon as extra. Visually and aurally, you gained’t discover a better-designed recreation, in my view.“
If that first journey left you wanting extra, The Prisoner gives precisely that – one other descent into one among gaming’s most fantastically disturbing worlds, and with two additional expansions nonetheless on the horizon, it appears REANIMAL’s nightmare is just simply starting.
