Daymare: 1998

[GZ Crew]

So for you who know me, it is not secret that I'm a enthusiast of the "survival horror" genre. From the big money games like Resident Evil right to the more independent game company games like Tortured Souls.

However after recently finishing "The Medium" I have picked up the game "Daymare 1998" developed by Invader Studios. This game as massively been inspired by such games as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Dino Crisis etc... however from just starting Chapter 2, Daymare seems to give the player more of a tactical challenge where it comes to spending ammo and using your health items. The game starts in a contaminated laboratory (shock) where you have to retrieve a canister which ultimately ends up plaguing a whole town due to a mishap on the helicopter journey back, now wandering a zombie infested local town, between a well trained, soldier from a bad ass group called H.A.D.E.S who follows protocol to the full stop and a local folk called Samuel who suffers with hallucinations, who are both playable characters, which gives the game a nice balance of survivor and shooter, it is up to them to escape and survive.

With a prequel announced back in 2021 titled Daymare 1994: Sand Castle, I'm hoping that Daymare can be something I can get behind. The game already shows promise and potential but does seem it needs to be played correctly in order to get by well.

I will stay in touch with this one over the game play, maybe some screen shots to come too.

[thedarkage]

got to many horror and survivor games already, but im curious to see what you think. Consider you a expert of the genre

[GZ Crew]

Already way into Chapter 3, Daymare: 1998 really is the game that keeps on giving. 3 different playable characters all with their own unique reasons to be apart of the events that taken place in "Keen" (city) chapter 2 gave some good resi 3 vibes, stuck in a hospital, running around doing errands for a crazy surgeon who is hour only tool for survival. While chapter 3 gives us a street style approach, typical Racoon City in peril vibes, cop cars turned over, buses raided, ambulances on fire etc.

The developers of the game really like to reminisce the good old 80's and 90s too, with spoof parody movie posters on walls to arcade machines giving us a familiar feeling to something of the past, and even wall graffiti, which is full of 80's and 90's movies and game references. I plan to take many screen shots and upload them after completion to see how many you guys can spot.

More to follow ...

[GZ Crew]

I finished Daymare: 1998, earlier today, fantastic little indie game. already having thoughts on returning to it and grabbing the rest of the trophies/achievements.

Chapter 4 in a dam which as a secret military base inside. and again returning to the streets but as Samuel this time, finishing with a brutal 3 part final boss battle too.

[thedarkage]

Jan 22, 2022 19:38:17 GMT GZ Crew said:

I finished Daymare: 1998, earlier today, fantastic little indie game. already having thoughts on returning to it and grabbing the rest of the trophies/achievements.

Chapter 4 in a dam which as a secret military base inside. and again returning to the streets but as Samuel this time, finishing with a brutal 3 part final boss battle too.

thats quick mate. It's nice having a shorter game in between

[GZ Crew]

Jan 23, 2022 13:33:19 GMT thedarkage said:

Jan 22, 2022 19:38:17 GMT GZ Crew said:

I finished Daymare: 1998, earlier today, fantastic little indie game. already having thoughts on returning to it and grabbing the rest of the trophies/achievements.

Chapter 4 in a dam which as a secret military base inside. and again returning to the streets but as Samuel this time, finishing with a brutal 3 part final boss battle too.

thats quick mate. It's nice having a shorter game in between

It was about the average sized game you'd expect in the genre, seeing as Resident Evil 3 as a complete the game in 2 hours achievement/trophy. Daymare as a 4 hour one. In honesty I grinded the hell out of it.