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Launch Trailer|Behind the Scenes

General Information
Developer: The Chinese Room
Genre: Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC

About

Deep within the Shropshire countryside, the village of Yaughton stands empty. Toys lie forgotten in the playground, the wind blows quarantine leaflets around the silent churchyard. Down on Appleton’s farm, crops rustle untended, the early harvest abandoned halfway through. The birds lie where they have fallen. A pair of shoes hang from the overhead wires. The windmill continues to turn unobserved. Strange voices haunt the radio waves as uncollected washing hangs listlessly on the line. There is light in the wires. The televisions are tuned to vacant channels. Above it all, the telescopes of the Observatory point out at dead stars and endless darkness. And someone remains behind, to try and unravel the mystery.

Further Reading
Secret Blog ARG
From Inspiration to Prototype
Writing a score for the end of the world
Dan Pinchbeck on rapture, religion, and "The Chinese Room" feel
Storytelling in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Soundtrack
Jessica Curry, who created the music for Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, did the soundtrack for this game as well. You can purchase it below on Amazon. US link here. Also available on Spotify.


Reviews
There's a dedicated thread for them.

Thanks to Dr Zhivago for the tag.

Thanks to iNvid02 for helping me out with the banner and Cory Schmitz who made the image it's based on.

 

[Skele7on]

Bravo, Lovely OT

I'm just off to the rapture be there in about seven hours lad!

 

[Dominator]

I'm pre-loaded and ready to go! Can't wait to play tonight.

 

[blame space]

downloading, when does this become playable?

 

[giancarlo123x]

downloading, when does this become playable?

Midnight on the eastern side.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Preloaded and waiting for the green light. Cannot wait!

 

[blame space]

In twelve hours my Playstation just told me.

 

[Shinjiru]

I'm pre-loaded and ready to go! Can't wait to play tonight.

Preloaded and waiting for the green light. Cannot wait!

Same here!

I'm looking forward to this.

 

[Dr Zhivago]

In case anyone's wondering,'cosy catastrophe' was a term used to describe the works of John Wyndham (Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes), which were an influence on this.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

hurry up timer

 

[Covfan]

Some "light" viewing to get you in the mood for the game https://youtu.be/m6U9T3R3EQg.

 

[mobilesworking]

Enjoyed Rignall's review at USGamer. I've been looking forward to this for a while. Really nice to scoop that pre-order discount, too.

 

[Jrmint]

What is the gameplay style of this? The theme looks really intriguing.

 

[Resident Evil King]

I didn't realise this game was coming out so soon i.e. now. Suddenly really really interested and looking forward to playing it.

Preordered on PSN ($3 discount if you have PS+) an hour ago, and bought The Vanishing of Ethan Carter while I was at it, another game I've been interested in but am yet to play.

This game looks beautiful from a graphical/art direction standpoint.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Can't wait until this unlocks.

 

[Dog Problems]

In case anyone's wondering,'cosy catastrophe' was a term used to describe the works of John Wyndham (Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes), which were an influence on this.

I had never heard of it until you originally posted that and I plan on checking out some novels that fall under the category.

What is the gameplay style of this? The theme looks really intriguing.

It seems to be similar to Gone Home and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

 

[ElTorro]

Hyped!

Went on a blackout regarding this game. It is still not up for pre-order in the European stores. A Sony MVP on Twitter told me that it will be up at release. Do we have confirmation of that?

 

[shadowhunter89]

Just it grabbed a couple hours ago off of PSN, I am preloaded and ready to go! love the pre-order theme too!

 

[- J - D -]

I was just about to buy Life is Strange or King's Quest because I had an itch for adventure. Maybe I'll hold off until we get some final impressions of this instead. It looks interesting.

 

[Flandy]

I was just about to buy Life is Strange or King's Quest because I had an itch for adventure. Maybe I'll hold off until we get some final impressions of this instead. It looks interesting.

You should get Life is Strange anyway
It's pretty cheap on GMG if you game on PC

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Congrats to TCR for finally getting this out. I won't be able to enjoy it, but I'm happy to see how much they've grown since Dear Esther hit years ago. Best of luck in the launch, Dan, Jessica, and the others <3

 

[- J - D -]

You should get Life is Strange anyway
It's pretty cheap on GMG if you game on PC

I was probably going to anyway, but because the final episode is a couple months off I felt it was okay to hold off. Plus, my gaming pc needs some repairs so for now it's just the PS4, which makes the very near release of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture seem like perfect timing.

 

[burgerdog]

Pre ordered and downloaded, can't wait to play It tonight.

 

[Tevren]

Pre-ordered, dying to play this. though for some odd reason, it hasn't preloaded for me.

 

[GeoramA]

Been hyped since this was announced 2 years ago. It really came a long way since the first trailer.

 

[methane47]

I read "a Cosby Catastrophe"

 

[M.Steiner]

No sign of this on the UK store but I'll be picking it up as soon as it appears!

 

[big_erk]

I read "a Cosby Catastrophe"

I was coming here to post this. Ha!

Great title for a book, in light of recent events.

 

[dh4niel]

Does has anybody have the store link for the UK? Can't seem to find it on the web store myself.

 

[Ninja Dom]

So what exactly do you do?

Is this an action based adventure (The Walking Dead)? An action game like Last of Us?

Are the devs English?

 

[SZips]

FYI: The soundtrack is also available on Spotify if you prefer that.

Also, just pre-ordered. Been looking forward to this one for quite some time now. Really glad to see there's a pre-load.

 

[Matush]

So how is it with spoiler with this thread, finished the game 1 hour ago.

 

[Certinty]

Hopefully a midnight release for EU PSN.

I was just about to buy Life is Strange or King's Quest because I had an itch for adventure. Maybe I'll hold off until we get some final impressions of this instead. It looks interesting.

Get Life Is Strange. This game may well be great but 4-6 hours doesn't come close to how many hours LiS will give you, it's honestly my GOTY too.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

So what exactly do you do?

i think you go around hacking people up in an idyllic english town, separating their souls from their carnal carriages, which ends with everybody going to the rapture. but you can't run.

 

[andylsun]

Just bought. Intrigued and as a Brit, will be interesting to see an English setting.

Edit: influenced by Day of the Triffids? Oh
wow.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

Can't wait. I love gaming these days, so many amazing, high quality experimental things you never saw before.

 

[ElTorro]

Does has anybody have the store link for the UK? Can't seem to find it on the web store myself.

It's not available in Europe for pre-order, for whatever reason.

It is supposed to appear in the store on release day.

 

[border]

I'm cautiously interested in this one.

 

[Tapejara]

Is this the kind of game that you're supposed to play all in one session for the best experience?

 

[dh4niel]

It's not available in Europe for pre-order, for whatever reason.

It is supposed to appear in the store on release day.

Okay. I was forgetting the EU store doesn't update until Wednesday. :/

 

[wanderjahr]

8 more hours. 8 more hours. 8 more hours.

7 more hours and 59 minutes. 7 more hours and 59 minutes....

 

[ElTorro]

Okay. I was forgetting the EU store doesn't update until Wednesday. :/

It still makes no sense that the game is not available for preorder in Europe. Preorders usually are made available in the stores weeks or months before release.

 

[Covfan]

Okay. I was forgetting the EU store doesn't update until Wednesday. :/

It'll be up in the early morning in the UK /EU according to the Chinese Room twitter account.

 

[Fisty]

Dying for the green light on this one, very intrigued from what little ive allowed myself to watch.

Definitely wish Morpheus had dropped before this though

 

[derExperte]

Okay. I was forgetting the EU store doesn't update until Wednesday. :/

Tuesday now. I think. Or is that only PS+?

 

[joecanada]

Is this the kind of game that you're supposed to play all in one session for the best experience?

without any spoilers what is the object of the game? do you walk around interacting with environments? investigate stuff? can you manipulate objects?

kind of forgot about the game but looking forward to it.

 

[DirtyManos]

Holy shit this is already coming out????

Why the fuck did I think this was 2016??

 

[Matush]

Btw. the game has Platinum trophy, SPOILERS in trophy list.

 

[WITHE1982]

For those that have pre-loaded this in the U.S. How large is the download? Be nice to know if I've got a chance of playing this tonight/tomorrow am.

 

[andylsun]

For those that have pre-loaded this in the U.S. How large is the download? Be nice to know if I've got a chance of playing this tonight/tomorrow am.

5.9GB

Edit: and a day one patch (1.01) which I didn't see the size of