Rise of Nightmares

Just as we began to think that the only games to be released on the kinect were family games, we are proven wrong.  Rise of Nightmares is coming to the kinect sometime soon and thankfully, an ESRB rating has proven our theory about the game coming into existence.  The game will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 and released at some point in 2011 so all of you Playstation Move enthusiasts are SOL.

The game is from the first-person perspective and is rated as M, solely because it is directed towards the adult demographic with it’s gory scenery and “sexy” female monsters.  The plot of the game is as follows:

“This is a horror-adventure game in which players assume the role of an American tourist who must rescue his wife from a deranged scientist.”

That is about as far from cliche as I can think of when it comes to a game, especially when they’re throwing in the motion sensing aspect.

“Players use brass knuckles, knives, hatchets, and chainsaws to kill zombie-like creatures and disfigured monsters inside a mansion environment.  Combat is highlighted by exaggerated sprays of blood, and damage often results in dismemberment or decapitation-stray body parts sometimes litter the ground.”

That amount of gore can either make or break a game, leaving viewers appalled by the amount of gore or impressed by the amount of detail that they put into it.  I just hope that mommy and daddy can hide the game away from little Johnny because if he gets his hands on this, he may never recover.

“Some sequences and cutscenes depict more intense acts of violence; a man screams loudly as spikes impale his body; a restrained character’s hand is chopped off before he is killed; a character (cut in half) crawls away in a pool of blood; a soldier is ripped apart by a monster, causing blood to stain the screen.  During the course of the game, some female creatures are depicted in revealing outfits (e.g. ‘pasties’ that partially cover their breasts); in one sequence, a woman sits on the central character’s chest and engages in suggestive dialogue (e.g. ‘Oh, how I’ve thought of this-night after night.  How I’ve missed these lips.’)  Dialogue also includes phrases such as ‘Best sex of my life/Worst sex of my life, f*ck and sh*t.’”

I’ll be interested to see where this game gets taken but I’m also afraid that it will be looked at virtual reality porn more so than a survival horror game.  I guess we’ll find how just how awesome SEGA really are!

Check out the trailer and let us know what you guys think!

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