Beholder (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Warm Lamp Games |
| Publisher(s) | Alawar Entertainment |
| Engine | Unity 3D |
| Platform(s) | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure, strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Beholder is a video game about a life in a totalitarian State.[1] The game is developed by Warm Lamp Games and published by Alawar Entertainment.[2]
Beholder is released on Steam on November 9, 2016 and supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
Gameplay
Beholder is inspired by dystopian works of George Orwell,[3] Aldous Huxley and Ray Bradbury.
The main character – Carl – is a government-installed landlord in a totalitarian State. The State appoints Carl to spy on the tenants. The primary task is to covertly watch the tenants and eavesdrop on their conversations. A player can bug apartments while tenants are away, search their belongings for whatever can threaten the authority of the State, and profile them. The State requires a player to report anyone capable of violating the laws or plotting subversive activities against the Government to the authorities.[4]
The game offers a player a chance to either follow the commands of the Government or to side with the people who suffer from the oppressive directives.
Each game character has their own personality, circumstances and issues. Every decision that a player makes affects the way the story unfolds. The game has multiple endings each of them being a sum of the decisions made by a player.[5]
Awards
Beholder got several nominations and won «Excellence in Game Design» and «Best Indie Game» awards at DevGAMM Conference (Minsk, 2016).[6]
External links
- Official website
- Steam page
- Beholder review at PC Gamer
- Beholder review at Destructoid
- Beholder review at Rock, Paper, Shotgun
- Beholder at Metacritic
References
- ↑ "Spy on your neighbours in Beholder". pcgamer. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ↑ "Warm Lamp Games unveils BEHOLDER -- A Game of moral choices". Destructoid. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ↑ Smith, Adam (2016-10-06). "Demo Of Surveillance Game Beholder Now Available". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ↑ Vincent, Brittany (2016-11-13). "Dystopia Simulator Beholder Out Just in the Nick of Time". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ↑ "Beholder - A Game of Moral Choices". DVS. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ↑ "DevGAMM Awards Winners". DevGAMM Minsk 2016. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2016-12-01.