DUSK
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Constant first-person gunplay against robed cultists, possessed soldiers, and monsters; enemies spray pixelated blood and burst into flying gibs when hit hard enough.
The story centers on a death cult, demonic possession, and machines that grind slaughtered humans into fuel, set across bleak farmland and a nightmarish otherworld.
A retro shooter built on dread and grotesque enemy designs, with Lovecraftian atmosphere, jump-scare cultists, and a distorted nightmare dimension in the final act.
Robed cultists worship a Lovecraftian entity and tend occult machinery and portals used to summon and channel dark power.
Some enemies are demonic livestock and possessed farm creatures the player shoots as ordinary combat opponents.
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What it is
DUSK is a retro-styled first-person shooter that mimics the fast, blocky look and feel of 1990s classics like Doom and Quake. Playing a nameless treasure hunter, you fight through rural Pennsylvania towns, industrial facilities, and a nightmarish otherworld against gun-toting cultists, possessed soldiers, demonic livestock, and stranger horrors, using an arsenal of shotguns, rifles, sickles, and magical weapons. Combat is the whole game: enemies spray pixelated blood and explode into gibs when hit hard enough. The tone is Lovecraftian horror, with a story about a cult, demonic possession, human remains ground up for power, and an ancient Outer God. It is primarily single-player; a small online deathmatch mode called DuskWorld supports up to 16 players with chat enabled. There are no in-app purchases.
How it's framed
The game frames its violence as pulpy, high-speed arcade action rather than realism, leaning into over-the-top gore and a knowingly nostalgic retro aesthetic. Its horror and occult content are presented as atmosphere and adversaries to overcome; the cult and its demonic god are the antagonists the player battles, though the ending has the protagonist inherit the cult leader's corrupting power.
Details
- Developer
- David Szymanski
- Publisher
- New Blood Interactive
- Released
- Dec 10, 2018
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