Summary
A Quiet Place: The Road Aheadis an upcoming single-player, narrative-driven action video game steeped in stealth and horror. Published bySaber Interactive, the spin-off comes from the wildly popular franchise of the same name, where extra-terrestrial creatures have made it their mission to hunt every being alive. The third movie installment, a prequel, is currently in theatres, andA Quiet Place: The Road Aheadis set to follow its sibling later on in 2024.
From the reveal trailer and the pictures available on Steam, the video game is all set to be a refreshing experience for fans of thesurvival horror genre. A core part of this is crystal clear: players will have to ensure not a single sound is made during their run. If they fail, death will be at hand.
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’sdeveloper, Stormind Games, is judiciously sticking to the lore set by the movie franchise. Considering that players will have to ensure they make no sound at all, thehorror game may have unique combat mechanics. For those unaware, what makes the monsters terrifying is not only the fact that they have super hearing and can hear even the smallest sounds far away, but also that their bodies are indestructible. Further, they are extremely agile and have bladed forelimbs that can cut anything down in one slash.
Given these points, it’s almost impossible to take them down in combat without appropriate sonic help. To this end, players will have to sneak around the entire playthrough as stealthily as they can. This is akin to thestealth horror inAmnesia: The BunkerandAlien: Isolation. However, the difference here is thatA Quiet Place: The Road Aheadwill be more story-driven.
Exploring a detailed world, discovering new items, interacting with people, and generally keeping a constant lookout can be quite hard on the nerves. Naturally, there may be multiplevideo game action sequencesthat can be burned into players' memories. At this point, it is not known whether any background score will be present inA Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. But, it is possible that the developers may choose to go without to build up the game’s intensity; this will also help players out with keeping tabs on the noise level. This will likely be implemented, considering the movies had no background score either.
Stormind Games' upcoming survival-horror experience will give players freedom of choice in tackling their journey however they wish. Multiple survivor camps will be present in theopen-world video game, as can be seen in map markings in the reveal trailer. As perA Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’sSteam page, they will be free to explore their surroundings and discover new tools and gadgets. A key item that should be mentioned here looks like a sound meter to measure the amount of noise being made. This is important, as players will need to keep quiet at all times and stay away from noisy areas.
As perA Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’sreveal trailer, fans will also be able to use their ingenuity in various ways. For one, they will be able to distract the monsters in case they cannot escape or find a place to hide. This is set to be a key mechanic, especially as the journey through the apocalyptic landscape will be constantly fraught with dangers.
The franchise lore has also shown that it is possible to kill the creatures by shooting them, but this can only be done after using a sound device to “torment” them and force their head’s invincible layers to open up. While it is not currently known whether players will be able to face them in combat like this, such sequences, if present, will likely be restricted to interactive scenes and not open gameplay. This can certainly lead tointense action-horror sequencesinA Quiet Place: The Road Ahead.
A Quiet Place: The Road Aheadwill be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
