When I can get my hands on 'Sir, You Are Being Hunted'
It's a single-player survival game that's currently in the closed alpha stage, set to be released August 19th. Very few screenshots and game trailers are available to the public, but from the little we've all gathered so far, this looks like a big PC gaming hit in the making.
The so-named 'tweedpunk' game is styled like an FPS. Your sole objective is to stay alive and escape an island, as you're tracked down by robotic Victorian-dressed 'gentlemen' in top hats, complete with creepy horizontal, red laser slits for eyes. Why? I don't know and who cares.
The imagery reminds me a lot of the smash hit 'Slender: The Eight Pages', in which you're stalked by the infamous Slender Man. It makes sense because they're both technically categorized as survival genre titles. Both appear to be similar in their stealthy styles, but "Sir, You Are Being Hunted" goes well beyond that by allowing a player to have more control of their fate, by collecting weapons, food, and rune stones to make your way off the island.
Again, little is known about this game thus far. Information is shared in spades, but I've already put in my pre-order. In my mind, it's a sharp-looking indie game that's making the hardcore gamer's head turn. Just look at the numbers. Last year, the game's developer Big Robot looked for £40,000 with a crowd-funded Kickstarter campaign. They more than doubled that amount at £92,551 (that would be...let's see... $140,915.38 U.S. dollars to be exact. Nice bank).
I've seen write-ups about SYABH, but some might argue that this game doesn't have a ton of buzz outside the U.K..
Here's my part in creating some...Sir
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