
Until Dawn has numerous collectables which give the player background information about the game’s story. Such changes can have a domino effect and can result in certain events occurring, relationships fracturing, or certain choices can even result in the death of another character, and like Heavy Rain, a character death due to a certain choice or failing an action sequence is permanent. Making certain choices or performing an action sequence in a certain way can affect the story for certain characters, as reflected in a status menu that the player can access, which brings up information about the character, along with their relationship with other characters. Very much like a Telltale Game, the player will be faced with a number of decisions which reflect the biggest gameplay element of Until Dawn the Butterfly Effect. They will usually explore the area that they are in, solve puzzles, pick up clues and complete a number of action sequences where they must press a button at a certain time. Using advanced technology, the developers were able to capture the facial expression of the actors, making the character emotions look more realisticĪs players go through Until Dawn, they will take control of each individual character from this group of friends at times. While this is happening, strange unnatural events also appear to be happening at the lodge itself, one event upsets Josh greatly as Ashley, Josh and Chris perform a ritual to get in contact with the dead and seemingly come into contact with Josh’s sisters. However, as Mike and Jessica make their way to the private lodge, they are stalked by something lurking in the shadows. As the conflict between Jessica and Emily worsens, Josh suggests that Jessica and Mike go to a separate lodge to be away from the group. From the conflict between Mike’s former girlfriend Emily (who is dating Matt at this point), and his new girlfriend Jessica, to the group’s problems with getting into the lodge itself along with trying to get the power on.

Upon meeting Josh at the lodge, the group encounters a number of problems straight away.


Josh invites the group over to the Blackwood Pines Lodge for a get together, a year after the death of his sisters Hanna and Beth. It puts you in the shoes of eight young adults named Mike, Sam, Chris, Ashley, Jessica, Matt, Emily and Josh.
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Until Dawn is an adventure game that combines the slasher movie formula with a story that has numerous branching paths.
