Huntsman: Alien: Isolation Meets Giant Spiders in Upcoming Demo
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– Huntsman is an upcoming survival horror game featuring giant spiders that was featured in the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct.
– The game involves players being stalked by enlarged arachnids like huntsman and orb weaver spiders in a laboratory setting.
– The trailer creates tension through atmospheric dread rather than jump scares, with spiders appearing from multiple directions including ceilings.
– The game’s atmosphere is compared to Alien: Isolation but with giant spiders replacing the Xenomorph as the primary threat.
– A demo for Huntsman will release on October 13, with the full game launching in November and available for wishlisting on Steam.
The upcoming survival horror game Huntsman is generating significant buzz by blending the tense, atmospheric dread of Alien: Isolation with the primal fear of giant spiders. A new trailer shown at the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct reveals a chilling experience set in a lab where enormous arachnids have broken containment, forcing players into a desperate fight for survival.
I have a powerful aversion to spiders. After viewing the Huntsman trailer, I found myself scanning the room, half-expecting to find one lurking in a shadowy corner. That exact feeling of pervasive paranoia seems to be the core of the gameplay. You’ll be the unfortunate individual trapped in a facility, stalked by a massive, slow-moving huntsman spider.
Merely running and glancing behind you won’t be sufficient. With spiders, the threat comes from every direction. In one particularly nerve-wracking moment from the trailer, the protagonist turns a corner only for an orb weaver spider to descend silently from the ceiling. This wasn’t a cheap jump scare but a drawn-out sequence of pure dread that had me nearly shouting at my screen, and I wasn’t even holding a controller.
The comparison to Alien: Isolation is unmistakable, though here the relentless hunter is a giant spider instead of a Xenomorph. Frankly, the idea of confronting a pack of facehuggers seems preferable to being pursued by a skittering, oversized huntsman.
For someone who found Eight Legged Freaks to be a genuine horror film rather than a comedy, this game looks like the ultimate scare. Titles like Choo-Choo Charles are too absurd to be truly frightening, but Huntsman’s realistic lab environment and terrifyingly authentic arachnids promise a experience that will likely have players leaping from their chairs repeatedly.
A playable demo for Huntsman is scheduled for release on October 13, with the full game launching in November. It is available to wishlist on Steam now.
(Source: PC Gamer)
