Dollhouse is a narrative horror game that pays homage to 1950’s film noir. The game has an intricate Stephen King-like story that utilizes suspense rather than jump scares. The narrative is self-constructing and immerses players in a world that is affected by their choices.
The story of Dollhouse centers inside the mind of Marie, a detective trying to unravel her past. The player can use the help of a big cast of characters to gradually progress further into Marie’s mind. They can create their own experience by choosing which paths they take.
As she crawls deeper and deeper into her mind, she slowly discover that she might not be who she really thinks she is... Dollhouse’s narrative adapts to the player’s decisions based on what memories players kept or deleted to define who they were. All this is happening inside a world that reinvents ways players perceive horror in both singleplayer and online versus multiplayer utilizing suspense over jump scares.
Dollhouse launches for PS4 and PC (Steam) on May 24, 2019.
The trailer shows Marie, once “The Greatest Detective in the World” but now suffering from amnesia, on a terrifying investigation inside Dollhouse. Confronted with disturbing entities, cryptic clues and deadly traps, she’ll have to regain her memories and escape Dollhouse before it’s too late.
In order to survive, Marie has the power to remove objects and temporarily stun her pursuer with the Flash feature, which is also visible in the trailer. Furthermore, there’s the “Focus” feature which enables Marie to see through the eyes of her stalker.
On the weekend of April 13th and 14th, Dollhouse is going into Open Beta to test the Singleplayer and Online Multiplayer and gather user feedback. Those interested in participating can sign up here. Signing up does not guarantee participation, Open Beta participants are selected randomly from the signups and provided with a beta key.
Key Features
- 1950’s film noir style: dive into a world with a ‘noir’ 1950’s atmosphere
- Escape your pursuer as you decipher the eerie story of your past in Singleplayer
- Customize and upgrade your character with 40+ Abilities and Passives
- Scan the environment and see through the eyes of your pursuer
- Creep through procedurally generated maps, no restart is the same in any game mode
- Murder wisely in competitive online Multiplayer where each player has a different target
- Deepen your fears with 14 playable characters in Multiplayer, each with a unique story
Dollhouse is in development for PS4 and PC, scheduled for release on May 24, 2019.
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