Item Details
Sign up

Until Dawn

Video Game
33
Ratings8
Reviews2
Followers0
Q's
Until Dawn
Until Dawn
Highlights Images Videos
7.8
No Media

This item doesn’t have any media yet

Add New Image or Add New Video
Until Dawn

2015 | Action/Adventure

PlayStation 4

Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror adventure video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 4. It was originally scheduled to be released for PlayStation 3 and feature PlayStation Move support, but in August 2014 the game was re-introduced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive title, and was released worldwide in August 2015.

Set in Western Canada, Until Dawn centers around a group of eight teenagers who decide to vacation for a night in a cabin on the fictional Blackwood Mountain, exactly one year after the disappearance of two girls, the twin sisters of a member of their group. Shortly after arriving, the gang find themselves under attack by a psychopath, and must attempt to survive until sunrise. Throughout the adventure, players alternate between all eight characters, making critical decisions as the story advances which drastically affects the game's outcome, leading to hundreds of different scenarios.

Until Dawn was met with a positive critical response upon release, with praise directed at the visuals, 'choice' mechanic, horror elements, music, characters, voice acting, and gameplay design. Most of the criticism the game drew concerned the second half of the story, the camera angles, character movement, and the game's partially linear plot. A prequel, The Inpatient, was announced in June 2017

Related Items:
No related items currently exists - add one now
Published by Sony Computer Entertainment
Developed by Supermassive Games
Until Dawn
Mature

Mature

Content is generally suitable for ages 17 and up. May contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

Images And Data Courtesy Of: Sony Computer Entertainment.
This content (including text, images, videos and other media) is published and used in accordance with Fair Use.

Added By

Daniel Boyd

Added this item on Jul 13, 2017

Until Dawn Reviews & Ratings (33)
9-10
30.3% (10)
7-8
57.6% (19)
5-6
12.1% (4)
3-4
0.0% (0)
1-2
0.0% (0)
Sorting

Post Type

Hidden Post

Archived Post

Until Dawn reviews from people you don't follow
40x40

LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated

Jul 2, 2019  
Until Dawn
Until Dawn
2015 | Action/Adventure
9
7.8 (33 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
A refreshing addition to the horror genre
Until Dawn took me completely by surprise. I had heard that it was decent but just wasn't drawn to it whatsoever. I ended up eventually downloading when it was made available on PlayStation Plus, and it still sat there for a few months before I finally started it up.
I have no idea why I waited so long - I was immediately hooked.
The opening scene sets up a huge amount of intrigue, to the point that I ended up playing through the story in a couple of days, and then playing through a couple more times just to see all the various story routes.

Everything you do results in a butterfly effect, and can change the story dramatically, to the point that every single character can survive the story, and every single character can perish - it's all based on what decisions you make throughout.

As far as scares go, for the most part, Until Dawn made me feel uneasy, with it's eerie setting, and the fact that you're not sure what is exactly trying to kill you, or even what is real, for a good chunk of the game, leaving you desperately trying to figure out what's happening.

The final third of the game is where that aspect drops, and all hell breaks loose.
Add to this some pretty nice performance capture, with some familiar faces littered around (Rami Malek, Peter Stormare, Hayden Panettiere, to name a few), and you have a winning formula.

Go and play it!
(5)   
40x40

Natalie (23 KP) rated

Nov 13, 2017  
Until Dawn
Until Dawn
2015 | Action/Adventure
7
7.8 (33 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
Choice-driven narrative (2 more)
Suspenseful
Graphics
Very slow-paced (2 more)
Confusing 'inventory'
Linear despite decision-making
What I like about this game is that you essentially get to play out your own horror movie. The choices you make will effect who lives and who dies. Along the way, the narrative is suspenseful (though often too filled with dialogue) and has a decent amount of action as the game develops. The slow-pace is incredibly frustrating and one can imagine the game play would be cut in half if the characters could walk at a decent pace and the cut scenes be reduced by 20%. Though 'choice-driven', the narrative is very linear and you are led through the game - no free-roam. On top of this, it's hard to understand the items you collect along the way. Nonetheless, it's still fun and unusual. Great to play with friends as you all get involved and it's like watching a personal movie develop for your enjoyment. Difficult to re-play because the linear narrative makes it hard to go through everything so slowly again.
(1)   
40x40

Natacha (374 KP) rated

Jan 20, 2019  
Until Dawn
Until Dawn
2015 | Action/Adventure
9
7.8 (33 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
Every action/decision you make has actually a clear butterfly effect (5 more)
Multiple endings
Beautifully art and animation
Gripping story
Great twists
Complex characters
I'm not a fan of zombies like creatures in stories but I got over this fact pretty fast (0 more)
The best interactive I've played so far.
  
40x40

Bethany Fletcher (17 KP) rated

Jun 25, 2018  
Until Dawn
Until Dawn
2015 | Action/Adventure
9
7.8 (33 Ratings)
Video Game Rating
Engrossing (1 more)
Good jump scares
The constant recaps. (0 more)
This game is phenomenal! I sat and played the entire thing in one go. In the dark. Alone. If your in it for the scares definitely play it in the dark. If you are a bit more nervous play with the lights on. And a friend.


The spooks were good. They gave you enough time to chill and breathe before you had to react to the situation but not too much, you were still kept on your toes.

The graphics are incredible. They are realistic and engaging. The story was fantastic and took a supernatural twist I was not expecting but it just added a whole other level to the game. It felt like being in a movie.

The game mechanics were also very good. Having to swipe the touch pad on your controller to open the characters phones, having to hold the controller completely still to keep the sensor in the center in order to keep the characters still. All of these things add stress to the gamer but make it way more engaging than just pressing buttons.

The only real downfall for me was the constant recaps. About every 20 minutes there were recaps you couldn’t skip. If you only played for twenty minutes a time that’s great but most people don’t only sit down for 20 minutes to play a game so it is incredibly annoying. Apart from that this game was one of my favourites I played last year and I would absolutely recommend it for those who want a good engaging horror game.