April 16^th, 2003 (12:00am) - Midway Games Inc. seems to be in the think tank, spewing fourth announcments of changes and titles that dont normally fit the Midway mold. Along with a few of those announcments came a shocking announcment about survival horror title cheerfully entitled "The Suffering." i know, i know, the same confused "Er?" came across my lips upon first reading about the title in development, but after seeing some of the screens, showcasing and exploiting some of the gruesome images the game might entail, i’ve totally done a U-turn and am actually siked about it.

“The Suffering redefines terror with a chilling look into a penitentiary haunted by apparitions of executed prisoners grotesquely reincarnated as the methods of execution that befell them,” said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway.

If you couldnt tell, the game takes place in a prison, and from the press release we got, the game will claim to "redefine" the survival horror genre by doing everything from playing nasty little shadow tricks, (dynamic lighting) to having 3 different story endings... which sounds a little bit "Silent Hill-ish" to me. The title does go out to make its path different from others, check the list of key features below, see where it says "frightening character morphs,"? umm yea, im interested.

key features listed below

The Suffering Key Features:
· Terrifying Levels – Nine levels - traverse indoor and outdoor terrain with horror lurking in every dark corner.
· Frightening Character Morphs – Fill the rage meter and transform Torque into a hideous and powerful creature.
· Deadly Weapons – More than 10 deadly weapons from the shiv to the tommy gun to aid in the survival of this freakish nightmare.
· Horrific Monsters – A dozen monsters, each representing the methods of execution that befell them.
· Gory Detail – Blood and gore, dripping, pooling and splattering at every level of the fright-filled journey.
· Disturbing Choices – Interact with different hardened criminals and determine their fate.
· Unique Endings – Three distinct endings depending on how the game is played.
· Taboo Environments – Explore the deepest recesses of the most wicked prison environment.

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