Developer Jason Oda took to imgur to showcase some animated gifs of his upcoming game, Waking.
"I started work on Waking over 4 years ago, after I released Continue?9876543210, an artsy, philosophical game about a dead video game character wandering in the recesses of the RAM, trying to find peace before being deleted.
Waking tackles similar themes such as death, albeit in a drastically different way. In Waking, you find yourself careening towards death in a coma, you must battle dark forces by conjuring the memories of your real-life loved ones, and join them in the fight for your life.
Along the way you’re invited to explore your fears and struggles. These sometimes take the form of your personal demons. These represent the aspects of life that make it feel not worth living. They beat you down in an effort to get you to give up.
Waking is a unique, meditative, deeply personal action-adventure through your dying mind, coming to Xbox One and PC very, very soon."
Waking is a personal journey through the mind of a coma patient. This review of Waking explores how successful the game is at achieving its lofty abitions.
WTMG's Heidi Hawes: "I’m honestly disappointed by the missed potential of Waking. The concept is outstanding and I wanted to love it, I really did. Aside from the numerous issues I’ve already mentioned, the biggest downfall is that it just didn’t know what kind of game it wanted to be. I’d say it’s a classic case of “too many cooks in the kitchen”, but it was developed by only one person. The peaceful reflective nature of the premise is in stark contrast to the faulty action game it tries to be at other times. I’m impressed with how much Jason Oda was able to create on his own, but in this current state, the core concept is lost. It’s such a shame because with a bigger budget and a clearer idea of what sort of experience he wanted to present to us, Waking could have been something truly special."
Gareth writes: "Ultimately, there is a deep sense of regret from playing Waking on Xbox One because I feel there is something brilliant and life-affirming underneath all that is presented. The meditative sections and use of your personal details are unique and something I enjoyed, and there are certainly some great ideas within. However, Waking will divide gamers, with some loving this intriguing premise and others being put off by the overly long, randomly generated areas."
I’m not liking it... it is low budget tho and the concept is good. I’d be down for a Dark Souls world with Control gameplay... but this shit right here tho..nope. it reminds of that Jank fest known as Indigo Prophecy even tho they are not remotely the same it’s just the same cringe.
Could be cool. I hope it turns out good.
Well be definitely checking this out on PC