Do any of you remember the movieNightwatch?
No, not the Russian one with the iffy sequel. I mean the one with Ewan McGregor as a security guard at the local morgue, constantly harrassed by a presumably drunken Nick Nolte and a serial killer. Well,Uncanny Valleyreminds me a lot of that movie, by way of Jasper Byrne’sLone Survivor.
As Tom, a security guard with a dark past, it’s your job to roam a scientific facility while sorting your life out. Every shift has a time limit, but you have complete freedom to go anywhere and stay out longer, choosing either to do your job or ignore your tasks as you snoop around. Of course, you might not like what you find.
It’s a genuinely interesting premise: playing on our desire to uncover the unknown while juggling the mundane. Every choice seemingly has a psychological consequence, every injury will slow you down. Part-point and click, part-free flow decision making, all survival horror,Uncanny Valleyoffers a lot options in such a small space of time.
No word on an exact release date beyond April 2015, but you canpre-orderit from Humble Store for £6.49 (complete with Steam key), anddownload an older demoin the meantime.
