Indie dev inspired by PS1 Resident Evil tells arachnophobes to get bent, creates first-person survival horror where you're trapped in an apartment "infested by giant spiders"
Indie dev inspired by PS1 Resident Evil tells arachnophobes to get bent, creates first-person survival horror where you're trapped in an apartment "infested by giant spiders"
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Subscribe to our newsletter If you're the type to flip on arachnophobia mode in games like Grounded 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds, turn away now and run.
Run far, far away, because we're talking about a new survival horror game all about giant, killer spiders.Lurking, from indie developer Ctrl Freak, exists in defiance of arachnophobia modes.
Spiders were obviously explicitly designed by god to be as scary as possible.
The six legs.
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The multitude of eyes.
The venom.
Spiders are not serious creatures.
Their sole purpose on this planet is to evoke horror, making them pretty ideal antagonists for a horror game.Likewise, the premise here is simply horrifying: You play as one of those weirdos that keeps spiders as pets, when one day the inevitable happens.
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The spiders' carefully constructed plan to escape finally succeeds and sure enough, your whole apartment and the surrounding building are crawling with ginormous killer spiders.
I'm not sure how they became giant, but it doesn't matter now, the only thing you need to worry about now is survival.Article continues below Lurking Official Reveal Trailer - YouTube Watch On "Stay low.
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