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Okay, so FMV games, right? Those things have been sneaking back into the indie game scene for a bit now. They remind me of those choose-your-own-adventure books from when we were kids but in video form. The Shapeshifting Detective? Now that one played around with the whole “Whodunit” vibe, and it had a quirky group of actors doing their thing in a tight script. Um, so there’s also Not for Broadcast, which is kind of interactive and totally funny.
Anyway—oh, right—Dead Reset by Dark Rift Horror. They let me peek into it, and just, wow, it’s a horror mystery thing, and it’s kind of cool.
So, there’s this guy Cole Mason. A surgeon, waking up on a space station floor, like, straight outta Aliens. An armed guard yanks him up and drags him to an operating table. There’s a patient. A weird growth. And a gun. They’re pointing it at Cole, and this authority dude is all, “Cut her open!” You get these simple choices—go for the gun, run, or just do it. I panicked and made Cole do the surgery. And bam! Alien pops out, chaos rains down, and room’s a mess. Cole wakes up, and yup, groundhog day—time loop confirmed. I got to play through a bunch of loops, even got Cole’s arm blown off trying to shoot a gun with some security lock or something. Finally found a path that worked, caught the alien, and then—demo over. Cliffhanger!
The whole cast is super into it. Some of the acting, especially tension scenes, feels weirdly off but maybe ’cause the game’s on fast forward. Like, Cole suddenly knows people way quicker than seems natural. But under pressure, people bond fast in horror flicks, right? The gore’s there, with guts and alien critters that look kinda funny—thankfully, they keep it zoomed out. Gunfire reminds me of that old arcade game setup—like Area 51. Could’ve been cheesy as heck, but somehow it all ties together.
So yeah, Dead Reset? Fun times. It lifts just enough of the curtain to let you peek into its world. The actors, crew, story, it all kind of gels, and now I kinda wanna know what’s next. It’s hitting the Nintendo Switch eShop September 11th. Can’t wait.
