Review: Daymare 1998 (PlayStation 4)

DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the ’90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with, and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

Pros:

• Really nice graphics.
• 39.39gb download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• 3 difficulties-easy/normal/Daymare.
• Aim mode-manual/assist/auto.
• Resident Evil inspired.
• Action-adventure gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups.
• A lot of puzzles.
• The tense atmosphere with the occasional jump scare for good measure.
• Reloading-you can do it fast or slow. Fast means you drop the clip with any remaining rounds left in it. Slow means you reload properly but it is noticeably slower.
• 3rd person perspective.
• Nails the feel and presentation of a game from the late 90s.
• Jump scares aplenty.
• Satisfying gory kills and headshots.

Cons:

• Only one control layout.
• I got stuck in the scenery a fair few times.
• Awkward controller layout.
• Slowdown and stutters in places.
• No camera sensitivity sliders.
• Predictable set pieces.