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First light shines on supernatural thriller Tokyo Dark

While many adventure games fall within distinctly Eastern or Western design philosophies, indie developer Cherrymochi's Tokyo Dark will seek to bridge the gap between the two when it's released late next year.

Tokyo Dark stars Detective Ito, who finds herself caught up in much more than a missing persons case when her partner disappears. Ito's investigation "soon spirals into a twisted nightmare" that causes her to "question her own sanity while blurring the boundary between life and death." The deeper she probes, the more haunting the questions become: "Is there really a lost door deep below Tokyo? Are there living shadows, lurking in the dark? Will the past come back to haunt you, or should you stand by your decisions?"


Set in the "sinister underbelly" of the eponymous Japanese capital, the game is based on "first-hand experience with the tragic Tohoku earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan." The early screenshots and trailer show off the game's grounding in "Japanese design, anime aesthetic and visual novels", but the adventure has been adapted for international audiences. In "combining the cinematic decision-making of Heavy Rain with a slick 2D interface and stunning stylised artwork, Tokyo Dark confronts the darker side of the city: suicide, child idols, institutionalised sexism and increasing nationalism." In fusing East and West design, the point-and-click branching story promises a "wide range" of endings, multiple solutions to each puzzle, and player choice that determine social stats and impact your interactions with others.

There is currently no firm release date for Tokyo Dark, but for now the developers are targeting completion sometime in 2016.

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