GAMES
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
WHO WILL SURVIVE THIS GAME, AND WHAT WILL BE LEFT OF THEM?
★★★
PC / PS4 / PS5 / XBOX ONE / XBOX SERIES X|S / OUT NOW
Your chance to play a gory game of hide-and-seek.
NEXT YEAR WILL mark the 50th anniversary of Tobe Hooper’s genre-defining slasher flick. And, proving there’s plenty of buzz left in the chainsaw, this new game taps the iconic Leatherface and his cannibal clan for a fresh cut of multiplayer terror.
That means there’s no story here, be it adaptation of the original film or attempt at crafting a pseudo-sequel. Instead, like publisher Gun Interactive’s Friday The 13th: The Game before it (now shuttered due to rights expiry) or ongoing horror fave Dead By Daylight, this take on the horror classic is essentially a grisly game of hide-and-seek. Each match sees three killers hunting down four victims. Members of the Family must stalk innocents while harvesting blood to feed to the terrifying, desiccated husk of patriarch Grandpa, while Victims — acast of brand-new creations — have to bandage wounds, disarm traps, and seek routes to safety.