Release Date: April 29, 2014
Daylight is a horror action game with first person perspective (FPP). The title was produced by Zombie Inc. studio, which achievements include Blacklight: Tango Down and Saw II: Flesh & Blood. The main character of the game is a young woman who for some unexplained reason wakes up inside an abandoned psychiatric facility. This place has been taken over by wraiths, from which the only way to escape turns out to be.
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Daylight is first-person horror game developed by Zombie Studios, powered by Unreal Engine 4, which takes place in an old psychiatric hospital overrun by ghosts. The game combines elements of arcade, stealth, and adventure games, while the maps are randomly generated.
Daylight is a horror action-adventure game. It independently financed and produced by Zombie Studios, which is known mainly for the Blacklight series.
We assume the role of a woman who one day wakes up inside an old psychiatric hospital. The place is overrun by ghosts and the player's primary task is to survive. The architectural plan of the building is randomly generated, so each new game is a new adventure. The ultimate aim of the game is to find a way to escape the building. It takes about three hours, but the randomness of the environment encourages multiple walkthroughs. Only in this way will we get to know the entire history of the hospital and the main character's past, anyway, as documents and recordings also are placed at random.
We observe the events from a first person perspective. The game does not have any combat mechanics; the heroine is physically weak and does not have any weapons. The only effective defense against the shadows are flares and escape. While exploring the rooms and corridors, our greatest ally is our smartphone - we use it, among others, as a simple flashlight. In addition, from time to time, our phone gets possessed and starts to play the voice of a mysterious individual who apparently hides somewhere watching us. In addition to acting the part of a flashlight, the phone is also a map for easy navigation through the dark locations. Moreover, the proximity of ghosts causes disruptions in the functioning of the device, which is used as a simple detector of supernatural entities. We also have plastic lightsticks which, thanks to the UV light, show footprints on the ground.
Daylight is one of the first projects powered by Unreal Engine 4. The use of this technology resulted in a high level of detail and realistic dynamic lighting system, strengthening the atmosphere of terror in the game.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Developer: Zombie Inc.
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Last update: May 12, 2014
Unofficial guide to Daylight is a set of hints and information which helps finish this game without a stress. It contains list of remnants, lot of hints and description of levels. You find here also a list of available achievements/trophies.
System Requirements for Daylight Video Game:
PC / Windows
Recommanded System Requirements:
Core i5 3.40 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 896 MB (GeForce GTX 260 or better), 5 GB HDD, Windows 7/8/8.1.
Game Ratings for Daylight Video Game.
Destructoid: 4 / 10 by Caitlin Cooke
Overall I felt as if Daylight was made as a jump-scare machine with a loosely tacked-on plot. I never felt invested in Sarah or cared much for the mysterious man rambling through her phone. In fact, I was more concerned with getting Miss Ghost off my back so she'd stop screaming, more so out of annoyance than fear. Daylight would have benefited from a fresh set of spooks rather than intermittent scares and muddy plot lines, but at the end of the day if you're looking for a cheap thrill you've found it.
GamesBeat: 60 / 100 by Gavin Greene
Daylight is a victim of its most-touted feature. When the random generated items and enemies work, every step carries a palpable sense of dread and unease. But the immersion's lost when the player gets caught in an enemy spawning loop with too few flares is hard to get back. The story's climax works better on paper, and bland visuals just make maze navigation aggravating. The $15 price is also a bit much to ask for what will last most players up to 3 hours without much of a reason to replay it. For the few moments when it all clicks, Daylight is the best we could have hoped for out of the Slender craze. The rest of time will have you ing why it was a craze to begin with.
Post Arcade (National Post): 5.5 / 10 by Daniel Kaszor
The best thing to be said about Daylight, the new procedurally generated horror game from Zombie Studios in Seattle, is that while it's a failure, at least it's an interesting failure
Average score from votes.