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MONSTERS OF THE WEEK: Hellnight/Dark Messiah

#Hellnight #HellnightReview #SurvivalHorror #MonstersOfTheWeek

When Survival Horror was on the rise after Resident Evil’s meteoric rise, a ton of (especially Japanese) game companies came up with their own take on the emerging horror subgenre, with many trying to impart their own twist and flavor on the formula.
Atlus (yes, the SMT/Persona guys) also tried their hand at it with the wonderfully experimental subterranean horroradventure Hellnight (known as Dark Messiah in Japan).
It came out in 1998 in Japan for the PS1 and was only released in a few European countries in a translated version in December 1999, with few copies and fewer game journalists grasping what this game attempted to do resulting in abysmal review scores and Atlus ultimately dropping Survival Horror for good. Which is a damn shame, because Hellnight was highly inventive, pioneering many mechanics that have become tried and true staples in survival horror gaming.
A prime example for a game that was far ahead of its time... or rather pearls before swine.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:18 Part 1: Pearls Before Swine
07:06 Sponsor
08:58 Part 2: Welcome to The Mesh
16:33 Part 3: TOP 5 REASONS HELLNIGHT WAS TOTALLY AHEAD OF ITS TIME
23:06 Epilogue: Atlus was onto something here
28:43 Thank you & Credits

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Thanks for additional Footage Recording:
Mira Cox
@Snaping Snapper