Talk about a blast from the past. It's been so long since I posted the teaser trailer for Red Thread's Norwegian noir mystery Draugen that I almost forgot it existed. It's been a long, rocky road to the game's release but if all goes to plan, Red Thread will be releasing the game next month. There's a much-updated trailer for the game below, which details Edward Charles Harden's search for his missing sister in a misty fjord town during the 1920s. Edward is accompanied by his precocious ward Lissie, but they find the town abandoned, and littered with sinister clues.
I'm really hoping Draugen turns out to be great, especially considering it looks similar to numerous period piece mysteries released in the last few years, that turned out to be tedious walking simulators. I'm a little worried that the game's been percolating so long that other studios have stolen its thunder in the meantime. To put it in perspective, Red Thread has been developing Draugen for six years now; I met my wife, dated her, she finished school and then we got married and moved twice in the time Red Thread has been working on this game. In any case, we don't have to wait much longer to find out if Draugen lives up to its longer than usual development cycle.
Oslo, Norway - April 4, 2019 - What does it mean to be truly alone? To be a prisoner of your own mind, a perennial stranger in a strange land?
Edward Charles Harden has spent his life in self-imposed isolation, a prisoner of his manor study, chained to books and letters ; his only contact with the outside world his sister Betty, and Lissie, Edward’s young ward.
But now his sister has vanished and Edward must overcome his fears to follow her fading trail. Accompanied by Lissie — his steadfast companion and his only, tenuous connection to reality — he must embark on a dark journey into the misty fjords of rural Norway.
Watch the story trailer here: https://youtu.be/AoxyEMZbQd0
Draugen is a first-person exploration of the secrets and lies that hide beneath picturesque surfaces, set against the beautiful backdrop of 1920s Norway. Play as Edward Harden searching for his missing sister. Accompanied by his ward Lissie, journey into a remote coastal community to find—
No, wait.
There’s much more going on here.
Described as a ‘Fjord Noir’ tale of mystery and suspense, Draugen is more than a quest for a missing woman; it’s also a story about an unusual friendship, a forsaken community, a family torn apart by secrets, and a man haunted by his own past.
KEY FEATURES
IMPORTANT LINKS
Website: https://www.draugen.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Draugengame/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/draugengame
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/770390/Draugen/
GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/draugen
Draugen is coming to Windows on Steam and GOG in May 2019.
