Crow Country is a gloriously grimy revival of ’90s survival horror
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MQR5)
Image: SFB Games Even as modern horror games become unnervingly immersive, there's still a place for the particular mood of old-school survival horror. Through a combo of grimy visuals, cryptic puzzles, slow pacing, and clunky controls, PlayStation-era games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill were able to create a distinct kind of tension and terror. Crow Country is what would happen if that kind of game never went out of style. It has the look and feel of the classics but with just the right amount of modern flourish. It's a perfect bite of classic horror.
Crow Country comes from indie studio SFB Games - led by brothers Tom and Adam Vian - which has so far managed to create quite the eclectic library of releases. There was the playful Switch launch...