Upcoming Game Last Year Puts You into an ’80s Slasher Movie
What is it with all the’80s slasher movie-inspired games coming our way lately? Well, I sure ain’t complaining.
The latest is called Last Year and was funded on Kickstarter back in 2014. Like Dead by Daylight, it will have one player controlling a killer and four others playing as victims as they try to escape. Killers will have everything from machetes to chainsaws at their disposal, and the slasher movie influences are so abundant that there’s even a stage called Camp Silver Lake, in a not-so-subtle reference to you know what.
The team worked on games including Assassin’s Creed 3, Far Cry 3 and Crysis, so we appear to be in good hands. Have a look at the latest trailer below.
Synopsis:
Last Year is a 5 vs 1 multiplayer survival horror game where 5 players play as a group of classic high school characters and must survive against one player that’s playing as the Killer. As the students your goal is to escape from East Side Highschool and make it out alive. You’ll need to work together by searching for resources and crafting weapons if you expect to survive.
Playing as the Killer is a completely different experience and you’ll be hunting down and ambushing the other players as they try to escape. There are multiple killer types to choose from and each one has its own unique weapons and abilities which lets you choose the playing style you want. You can move quick and light as The Strangler, or go in heavy as The Slasher. All the Killers have predator mode which lets them unspawn and turn invisible. This lets Killers appear from anywhere, ensuring students are never fully safe.
Each survivor has a role to play, like Medic or Technician, and each role helps keep the group alive. Players need to work together and protect each other and they’ll be faced with moral dilemmas along the way. Do you split up and betray your friends to save yourself? Or do you survive as a group and escape together?
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