Media Diary: Until Dawn

The game, Until Dawn is an interactive survival horror game. The game was developed by SuperMassive Games who also developed Little Big Planet. Until Dawn received the second best-selling software for the week of 29 August 2015, debuting at No. 2 in the UK retail software sales chart. Although other games such as WatchDogs and The Last Of Us received much higher download percentage the game is popular amongst the horror fanatics and thrill seekers. 

The story of eight friends who get stuck on a mountain getaway gone wrong, things quickly turn sinister and they start to suspect they aren’t alone. This game is highly popular due to its cinematography and graphics. The cinematography includes high angle and low angles to establish who is the villain and who are the 'hero'. Extreme close ups are used to show the true emotion of the character and feel empathy for them. Also wide view shots of forests to make us feel anxious and scared that something is lurking in the shadows and we are not alone. 

The graphics shocked people, the use of S4's full 8GDDR5 RAM but still featuring real time reflections made the game even better. The use of these made the game much more detailed and life like. Each voice actor had their own character which looked the exact same as the real life human. even down to the hair and body builds. For me, this made the game more enjoyable due to being able to see even the littlest actions that the characters did. 

The narrative was not event followed by event. In the gameplay, if you found a certain object it would show an event of the future. This made the game even more exciting as a simple twist as to seeing a clue for the future makes us curious and willing to continue on playing the game. 
 

Rating: 9.5/10