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The Midnight Walk sees you take a hideous ceramic lad on a grim claymated strollMight want to bring a matchstick
Might want to bring a matchstick
Image credit:Fast Travel Games
Image credit:Fast Travel Games
The Midnight Walk - Reveal Trailer | PS5 & PS VR2 GamesWatch on YouTube
The Midnight Walk - Reveal Trailer | PS5 & PS VR2 Games
The hideous pot creature is called Potboy and you’ll need to use his flame “to light your way through a conflicting world of wonder and horror”. In the trailer, some old fella says “Who took the sun away?”, which hints at this clay world being lost to darkness for a long time (cue flashbacks toElden Ring’sShadow Of The Erdtreelore). And thus, why all the dribbly, wrinkly nasties want a bite of your Potboy’s flame.
What’s pretty extraordinary is the art style, where everything’s been sculpted from clay and scanned into the game. It’s paired with stop motion animation, too, so the world has an appropriately clumpy feel to it.
It seems like the game’s story will be split into “five tales of fire and darkness” and you’ll meet a bunch of weirdos on your late night amble. Like a house on legs, a guy with a big hat, and a person with an umbrella. Otherwise, it seems like we’ll get to wield a matchstick like it’s a shotgun and have Potboy fire some sparks out of his head to light up pathways?
We don’t know a great deal more, but what I do know is that I’m cautiously excited for it. It’s due out sometime in 2025 forSteamand will be on Steam VR, too. For the VR version, it seems like it’ll use eye-tracking, so you can close your eyes “to focus on the sounds and manipulate the world around you”. Huh.
