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In retro gorefest The Lacerator there are as many solutions as you have limbs to loseCome stick your whole arm into the demo
Come stick your whole arm into the demo
Image credit:DreadXP
Image credit:DreadXP
The Lacerator is as good at Lacerating as Max is at shagging. If he catches you trying to leave his sordid, trap-filled hideout, he’ll try to chop your appendages off. Losing a limb isn’t game-over, however: it just seals off certain routes and approaches, forcing you to improvise. It’s the basis for a schlocky, Manhunt-adjacent escape room experience, which seemingly offersat leastfour ways around any given obstacle.
The Lacerator - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
The Lacerator - Announcement Trailer
There’s no release date yet, but there is a pre-alpha demo. I’ve just had a quick go, and while I have yet to meet the Lacerator - a roaming nemesis in the tradition of, well, Nemesis fromResident Evil- I am already in need of a new left arm, thanks to a guillotine surprise I really should have anticipated. The branching possibilities of dismemberment aside, The Lacerator feels like an old school survival horror with authentically tanky handling. You can play from a modern, over-the-shoulder perspective, but the true connoisseur/sicko will of course prefer the game’s fixed perspectives.
So far, the game’s static camera composition feels pleasantly unhinging. There’s always a blindspot to worry about, always the monstrous murmuration of something unseen, always the suspicion of an item or terrain puzzle component tucked away in some feculent background surface. You also have an inventory to manage, with consumables including bandages (which restore health, but not limbs) and lockpicks. Given the requisite bodily accessories, Max can punch and kick both the Lacerator and other, maddened prisoners. There are also a few weapons to unearth, such as a pistol.
The delicate question you are probably entertaining is: does the dismemberment extend to any actual, you know, members, and what role might Max’s… professional fixture play in his escape? DreadXP aren’t saying, and I am not going to speculate because I am a coward. If you like the cut of The Lacerator’s gibs, I suspect you’ll also enjoyEndoparasitic.
