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2016 · Adventure · Horror

Nightfall: Escape

Nightfall: Escape puts you in the shoes of a field journalist who is on a mission to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area. Explore the place, search for leads and use your wits to survive the hidden terrors of the cursed place. Tread carefully, for curiosity may come at a price.

Released: 28 June 2016
Platforms: Linux Windows macOS
Genres: Adventure Horror Indie Simulation Survival
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 5hmain story6hcompletionist

About

Nightfall: Escape is a survival horror game developed and published by Filipino company Zeenoh Inc. The game was created for Microsoft Windows, macOS X and Linux, and was released as a full game on June 26, 2016, for the Steam platform. The player controls Ara Cruz, a field journalist who is assigned to investigate an old mansion that lead to a series of mysterious disappearances. Nightfall: Escape received mixed positive and negative reviews from critics, but it was praised for its narrative story and the uniqueness of the monsters used. Nightfall: Escape was awarded as the Most Outstanding Narrative Story by the Department of Information and Communications Technology in collaboration with the Game Developers Association of the Philippines, and the Animation Council of the Philippines held an awards night ceremony for games and animation on November 27, 2015, at SM Mall of Asia Cinema 5.

The development of Nightfall: Escape began in October 2014 as a mobile game but later upgraded into a PC game for the Steam platform soon after the announcement campaign in Kickstarter and Square Enix collective. Although after a few months, the team decided to back out of Kickstarter and open the game in early access in the Steam platform. The game has gotten "greenlit" by the Steam Greenlight service, available for download on the Steam platform ever since the Pre-Alpha PC Version on May 11, 2015, while the beta version was released on May 30, 2016.

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Gameplay

Nightfall: Escape is a survival horror game set in a haunted mansion homed by Philippine mythical creatures. Its presentation is similar to Silent Hill, where the protagonist gets trapped in an alternate dimension with no escape.

The player's character, Ara, is initially equipped with a flashlight, but eventually obtains a shard that would let her use a "bloodlight" to see hints and items being hidden in plain sight. This feature is very useful though there are setbacks as the characters visibility to some monsters become eminent. This feature also drains the life of the character, although her life is able to regenerate. The player is able to collect tools and weapons to use in some scenarios.

Story

Nightfall: Escape puts the player in the perspective of Ara Cruz, a field journalist who was given a chance to investigate the mysterious disappearances in a remote area which started to rise. She soon realises that the disappearances has something more than what they seemed. With no help from her reliable assistant Jolo, she must uncover the mystery that surrounds the abandoned mansion infested with creatures where she thought only existed in lores. Either she will uncover the story of the missing people or become another number in the count.

In 1899, during Spanish rule in the Philippines, there lived a wealthy mestizo family, the Dela Vega. They had a daughter named Maria, who was enthusiastic and kind to everyone. She befriends the son of a family's maid named Simon, who is the errand boy. They eventually became lovers.