The Tartarus Key wants to conjure the same dreadful eeriness of these games, but without resorting to cheap jump scares. Availability: Out 31 May on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC ( Steam, itch, GOG).These can be just as disconcerting, given their cast of characters' uncannily angular faces, distorted environments and cracking textures - almost as if these are bootleg or unreleased games warped by an unknown, malevolent force. Then there's the recent surge of PS1 horror games. They're the likes of snuff films and lost-and-found video footage, their brand of gurgled speech and degraded images as unsettling as it is illicit. Horror scenes weaved from the circuits of analog technology, such as VHS tapes, old cameras and FM radios, are often presented as if they weren't meant to be discovered. A brain teaser that borrows the aesthetics of PS1 horror, The Tartarus Key's repetition sadly dulls the impact of its spooks.
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