Bloober 3.0 will move towards mass-market horror games
Bloober Team has worked on a few different psychological horror titles, likeLayers of Fear,The Medium,and the upcomingSilent Hill 2remake.But now the studio has announced they’re moving in a somewhat different direction.
In a newEndgadget interview, Bloober’s co-founder Piotr Babieno stated that 2023 is the end of Bloober’s foray into psychological horror.
“This year is like closing the era of making psychological horror games,” Babieno said. “Right now we are going into Bloober Team 3.0, making mass-market horror.”
According to Engadget’s piece, Bloober will rely on “action” and “player input”, which Bloober hopes will expand its audience.
“We focused on the story, we focused on the mood, we focused on the quality of graphics and music, but we didn’t put a lot of attention on the gameplay mechanics,” Babieno said. “It wasn’t our target. But we decided that there was a ceiling that we couldn’t break if we did not deliver something fresh, something new.”
Return toSilent Hill
Babieno says thatSilent Hill 2remake will lead the charge of Bloober 3.0. Which seems like a questionable decision, considering that’sthequintessential psychological horror game.If your team still doesn’t have much experience in action, andhas some issueswith horror storytelling, why not just do a faithful remake ofSilent Hill 2?All the groundwork is already laid out in front of you!
I get that it’s a big change, but there are some things we need to accept. The combat in the originalSilent Hill 2could feel a bit dated by now. The implementation of dodging mechanics might actually do it some favors. Now we just sit and hope Bloober manages to find the balance between adding dodging and James Sunderland RKO’ing Pyramid Head.
The newest game in theLayers of Fearseries, the one that marks the ending of Bloober 2.0, came out just a few days ago.you’re able to see our thoughts on it here.TheSilent Hill 2remake is a timed PS5 exclusive, butit still doesn’t have an official release date.
