Like the work of H.P. Lovecraft? So do Bigben and Frogwares Games and today they have dropped a brand new trailer and more details regarding the Lovecraftian mystery title, The Sinking City.
Set for release on Xbox One, PS4 and PC come March 21st 2019, The Sinking City is an open world action investigation title that has been hugely inspired by Lovecraft.
A brand new IP, The latest trailer for The Sinking City delivers a wealth of gameplay insights, as it exposes private Investigator Charles Winfield Reed and shows off some of the open-world investigation. This new trailer divulges more elements about its main character’s mental state, his interaction with the immersive sprawling open city of Oakmont and the game’s unsettling atmosphere.
Charles W. Reed is a private investigator in New England in the 1920s. Tortured by his past and otherworldly visions, he finds himself in Oakmont, Massachusetts, seeking salvation from the creeping insanity that afflicts him. The city of Oakmont, once a trade harbor known for its lucrative smuggling business, now lives in secluded isolation from the rest of the world under a flood of supernatural origins. In this place of decay and superstition; players will have to deal with the dregs of mankind, follow clues they wish they had never found and unveil a cosmic horror threatening the world itself.
You can watch the trailer right now. Entitled ‘A Close Shave’, we get to see a bit of an insight into the workings of The Sinking City prior to its release next year. It’s gonna be a weird one!
