Wales Interactive and Splendy Games have announced that The Bunker will be heading to the Switch on 9th April (for £9.99 / $12.99), becoming the console’s first FMV game.
The Bunker is a completely live action experience, filmed on location in a decommissioned government nuclear bunker with a plot crafted by writers behind The Witcher, SOMA and Broken Sword. A cast of familiar faces play out the scenes on screen – Adam Brown (The Hobbit), Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful), and Grahame Fox (Game of Thrones) – with the player interacting with the environment to alter the characters’ decisions. You can check out the teaser trailer for the Switch version below.
As the last remaining survivor in a nuclear bunker, John (played by Brown) relies on his daily routine as the one thing that keeps him sane. When an alarm goes off, his mind starts to self-destruct, triggering a journey that sees players venturing into long forgotten areas, recovering John’s repressed childhood memories, and unlocking the dark secrets of The Bunker.
FEATURES
– Full touchscreen support on Nintendo Switch
– An incredible cast, including Adam Brown (The Hobbit), Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful) and
Grahame Fox (Game Of Thrones)
– Totally live action – No CGI, no motion capture, shot on location in a genuine
decommissioned nuclear bunker
– A complex, twisting plot written by award-winning screenwriters behind Broken Sword,
The Witcher and SOMA
– Hidden secrets, documents and recordings to explore the mystery further
– Neo-retro soundtrack by composer Dom Shovelton
The game received positive to mixed reviews when it launched on other platforms in 2016, and will certainly add something a little different to the eShop. Wales Interactive has teased the possibility of other similar titles, too, saying that The Bunker is “the first of more to come”.
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