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Until Dawn

     Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror adventure video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 . Until Dawn was released worldwide in August 2015. Until Dawn is a game about a group of 8 teenagers who decide to vacation for a night in a cabin on fictional Blackwood Mountain , exactly one year after the disappearance of 2 of their friends , a pair of twin sisters . Shortly after their arrival , the gang realized that they are being attacked by a psychopath . The gang needs to defend themselves in order to survive until dawn .Find out more about the game at:  http://until-dawn.wikia.com/wiki/Until_Dawn
    
 Throughout the gameplay , players alternate between eight characters , they are required to make critical decisions as their choices affect the outcome of the game . Until Dawn is a game that involves plot twist , jumpscares and also gores . I was fascinated by this game as they used Wendigos to make the story more exciting . At some point of the gameplay , it is revealed that the one attacking the gang is not the psychopath but a bunches of wendigos . According to the website , Wendigos in the game were humans who have been changed by a Native American spirit into cannibalistic monsters after eating the flesh of other humans because of starvation.

Find out more about the wendigos at : http://until-dawn.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wendigos
The Wendigo

The Wendigo
     What impressed me even more is details of the arts , from the characters' body movement to their facial expressions , actual voice actors and voice actresses were recorded in order to create realistic reactions of the characters and thus it made the characters to be unique in Until Dawn . The colors and lighting in the game too had created the horror atmosphere that made the game looks even more horrifying . This is the video of  behind scenes of 
*how they filmed the voice actors and actresses  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR-IgPhsHls
*interview of voice actors and actresses : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkiXZx4BIHw

      Besides , the music composed by Jsson Graves too was amazing as the music was beautiful but creepy enough to creates the horror atmosphere in Until Dawn.  Here is the video of the behind scenes of how he composed the scary music and his thoughts on it . : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5BWSYNJFY

In my opinion , Until Dawn is definitely an interesting game to play if you are looking for a horror game with deep plot twist and drama between people as the relationships between the characters may affect the outcome of the gameplay as well . 
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