Lone Survivor: First Impressions

We fancied playing a horror game, so we decided to download Lone Survivor: The Directors Cut after watching its intriguing trailer. Here's my first impressions (SPOILER'S AHEAD!!!)

Lone Survivor takes the old school survival horror mechanics of Silent Hill and blends elements from modern survival games to deliver something quite unique.

The world has succumbed to a terrifying disease that transforms humanity into hideous creatures, and your only task is to stay alive as you try to make your way out of the city. Like many early survival horror titles however, supplies are limited, meaning you have to make judgement calls on when to conserve your resources. You also have make sure your character is well fed and rested, otherwise he starts to complain of hunger and exhaustion and will eventually die. 

Thankfully Lone Survivor has an in-built cheat system, of sorts, should you find yourself lacking food or ammunition. The more you use it however, the more likely you will affect the games ending, so beware!

There's also some great psychological terror to be had with Lone Survivor as reality begins to distort and you question what is real; and sometimes who is real. You enter dream-like states inhabited by a great cast of eccentric characters; some offer advice and supplies, while others are bizarre and seem completely insane but thoroughly entertaining.

All of this comes wrapped up in a delightful retro art style, but Lone Survivor still manages to deliver the scares. A nice little addition to our Wii U collection.