It's true that there's something creepy and morally challenged about the feeling of sniffing through someone's life to the extent that it's pretty much voyeuristic. Well, our phone IS our life to some people. We had the chance to try out the early build of the game, and it has has genuine tension and does an excellent job of enticing the player to poke around someone else's life and dig through where you shouldn't be, all in the name of curiosity and righteousness.Īwfully accurate imitation of real life. And in this case, finding a lost phone that somehow peaks your interest to find out more about the owner by looking through her messages, social media, contacts, emails and so on. It is a known strategy for horror movies and/or games to extract fear in gritty details of reality, such as a semi-closed creaking door, a dark long corridor with flickering lights, the fear of height or losing your phone. With over 3 hours of game content, the game pushes the boundary of creative storytelling within just a smartphone screen. SIMULACRA take you through the story of a simple girl - Anna, caught between unknown forces. Blending real live footage, a realistic simulated mobile phone interface, 2 interactive social media platforms and other interactive features. SIMULACRA takes you back to the world of digital horror in similar fashion to Sara Is Missing. With that, we at IGN Southeast Asia are proud to introduce to you - SIMULACRA, the spiritual successor to the award-winning Sara Is Missing (take note of the SIMilarity), which followed a similar setup and premise but it will be better, longer and mind-blowing, as promised by #TeamKaigan. The team spent about 6 months to research and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the game, in other words, what worked and what didn't. We learned a lot from the release and we feel that we can do so much more to this type of (immersive) game", said Jeremy Ooi, game designer of Sara Is Missing. Even though it was supposed to be only a demo, according to game producer Shahrizar Roslan. With the game being picked up by renowned YouTubers such as Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, REACT Channel and Kubz Scouts while garnering almost 2 million downloads across platforms (Android, iOS, PC/Steam, etc), Sara Is Missing is definitely a success story. Your objective is as simple as returning the phone, but you will eventually get absorbed into a mysterious encounter where your decisions could mean life or death. The gameplay involves you scouring through the phone to look for clues and figuring out the identity and location of the owner. Remember Sara Is Missing? A game that is set entirely within a missing young Asian woman's phone by Kaigan Games where you play as a stranger who just picked up a phone off the street and you know the owner needs it back.
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