Steam's latest horror hit is a co-op game like Phasmophobia with an emotional bend: you actually care about the ghosts
Jan. 23, 2024Remnant Records sounds like a banger of a ghost hunting game
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Of the games I’ve mentioned, Remnant Records' bones are probably the closest to Phasmophobia. You and up to three friends are recruited by some sort of paranormal agency to go investigate haunted residences. It’s good ol' fashion ghostbusting fun with friends, but as I mentioned earlier, Remnant Records has a few tantalizing tricks up its sleeve.
First of all, the narrative basis for the gameplay is that you “first have to understand” spirits before you can exorcise them. That requires you and your pals to explore environments in search of clues left behind by the ghosts, whether that be diaries, newspaper clippings, or other “unusual objects.”
The other cool thing about Remnant Records is that everyone in your squad has a different role that changes things up mechanically. For example, as team bodyguard it’ll be your job to break down any doors in your team’s way, where as the medium will be the one who can most closely connect with the world of the departed.
Remnant Records just launched out of Early Access to mostly glowingSteam reviews, and it already has four unique roles, six maps, six ghosts, a bunch of perks and cosmetics to customize your character, “and an infinity of procedurally generated stories.” Presumably, more will be added down the road, but that’s already plenty to chew through in the meantime.
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After scoring a degree in English from ASU, I worked as a copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. Now, as GamesRadar’s west coast Staff Writer, I’m responsible for managing the site’s western regional executive branch, AKA my apartment, and writing about whatever horror game I’m too afraid to finish.
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