Showing off its first terrifying gameplay trailer during the Future Games Show, Maid of Sker looks to be an unnerving and eerie horror game centred entirely around Welsh Folklore. The new psychological horror title published by Wales Interactive has a major focus on sound-based enemies, with the player having to navigate around gothic environments while trying to make as little noise as possible.
Luckily for fans of the game's previous showing, a brand new trailer for Maid of Sker has just been released, showing off a lot more of the title's unnerving gameplay as well as highlighting its release date. The game will officially be available on July 28, with eager-players able to pre-order a physical version of the game right now, while those looking to grab a digital copy can pre-purchase the title from July 21 onwards.
As for the trailer, there's a lot of new content not shown at the Future Games Show that makes the cut in this new slice of footage, including a better look at the game's horrifying foes and how to defeat them. Serenaded by a haunting rendition of the traditional Welsh song Calon Lan, the trailer focuses on the impeccably designed environments that will feature in Maid of Sker, including dark basements, crimson-lit exteriors, sinister laboratories, and several other, demonic-looking locations. The footage also establishes a number of the title's more prevalent mechanics, including stealth encounters that surround remaining quiet around blind foes, light combat with weaponized sonic equipment, and what appears to be a series of intricate puzzles.
The trailer also spends a considerable amount of time highlighting Maid of Sker's creepy antagonists, with the faceless, blind monsters that stalk the player taking centre stage. The trailer's ending seems to imply that there will be different forms of these towering foes as well, with a much bigger, more powerful enemy smashing through a wall and approaching the player as they sneak through a corridor.
Maid of Sker is shaping up to be a unique and interesting take on the survival horror genre that blends Welsh folklore and modern game mechanics to an astonishing degree. With the title releasing in just a few weeks, its clear horror fans have a good few months ahead of them, with Maid of Sker joining the likes of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, Little Nightmares 2, and Amnesia: Rebirth as some essential horror experiences rounding out 2020.
Maid of Sker will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on July 28.