How Signalis Perfects Lovecraftian Horror

Signalis is Lovecraftian Horror perfected. But how does Signalis nail the Lovecraft Horror Game vibe and themes while making a perfect survival horror game? Well it’s not just a PS1 throwback game. Although it does use the visuals and sound design of the PSX Revival to its advantage, the themes, storytelling, and meaning in Signalis solidify it as a Lovecraftian masterpiece. The cyberpunk retro-aesthetic survival horror game by rose-engine harkens back to classic survival horror like Resident Evil and Silent Hill while also incorporating nods to Junji Ito, Event Horizon, The Shining, and of course Lovecraft. Lovecraftian horror is hard to get right in the video game medium and so many have tried (Bloodborne, Returnal, Darkest Dungeon) but none of them get it quite as right as Signalis. While something like Source of Madness does a great job aesthetically, the gameplay and story of Signalis really set it apart from it’s Eldritch Horror Games counterparts and how to do cosmic horror right. Plus there's LGBTQ love! Hope you enjoy the video essay!

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⚔ Games Featured ⚔
Layers of Fears
Mortuary Assistant
Dead Space Remake
The Evil Within
Outlast 2
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Outlast 2 https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ou...
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Routine
The Callisto Protocol
Silent Hill 2 Remake
Sons of the Forest
Signalis https://www.humblebundle.com/store/si...
Bloodborne
Sundered https://www.humblebundle.com/store/su...
The Shore
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones https://www.humblebundle.com/store/st...
The Last Case of Benedict Fox
Returnal https://www.humblebundle.com/store/re...
Night in the Woods https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ni...
Darkest Dungeon https://www.humblebundle.com/store/da...
Call of Cthulhu https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ca...
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories https://www.humblebundle.com/store/lo...
Stirring Abyss
Tunic https://www.humblebundle.com/store/tu...
Source of Madness https://www.humblebundle.com/store/so...
Darkest Dungeon 2
Dredge
Escape the Backrooms https://www.humblebundle.com/store/es...
Silent Hill 2
Resident Evil 2
Heartworm
Sanguine Sanctum
Murder House https://www.humblebundle.com/store/mu...
Deadly Night
Cannibal Abduction
Aka Manto
Cultic https://www.humblebundle.com/store/cu...
Night of the Scissors

🎶 Music Featured 🎶
Signalis OST: Die Toteninsel
Signalis OST: MNHR
Signalis OST: Ritual
Signalis OST: Double Back
Signalis OST: Hamstrung
Signalis OST: Mynah Boss Fight
Signalis OST: Rogue Wave
Signalis OST: Liminality
Signalis OST: Crepascular
Signalis OST: Warm Light
Source of Madness OST: The Moon
Murder House OST: Escape
Murder House OST: The Easter Ripper
Signalis OST: Eulenlieder
Heartworm OST: Save Room Theme

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