| No One Lives Under the Lighthouse | |
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| Developer(s) | Marevo Collective |
| Release | PC: April 21, 2020 PS4, PS5, NS, XONE, XSX, XSS: May 18, 2023 |
| Genre(s) | Horror, adventure |
No One Lives Under the Lighthouse is a 2020 horror-adventure game developed by Marevo Collective.
The game was developed by independent game developer Marevo Collective and released on April 21, 2020, as a PC game. [1] Marevo Collective and Torture Star Video released the game on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S on May 18, 2023. Cerulean Games was hired to handle the console porting work. [2]
The game is based on videogames from the PlayStation 1 era, [3] and features simple, low-polygon graphics. [4] [5] The game has a minimalistic user interface without a heads-up display. [6] [5] The game's sound design is also basic, focusing on environmental sound effects rather than music, [7] and with no voiced dialogue. [8] The gameplay focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving as players take on the role of a lighthouse keeper who takes on the job after the previous lighthouse keeper's disappearance. [3] The beginning sequences of the game focus on the repetitive tasks of lighthouse maintenance as supernatural events begin to occur. [9] The setting was compared to Robert Eggers' 2019 film The Lighthouse, [10] [4] which was mentioned by the developer as one of the sources of inspiration. [11]
The game was praised for its visuals, setting, concept and storytelling, but was criticized for tedious aspects of its gameplay and glitches that were present at launch. [12] [6] [9] Lee Mehr, writing for VGChartz, gave the game seven out of 10 stars. [9] Reyna Cervantes of Bloody Disgusting gave the game 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising its art design and atmosphere but criticizing the gameplay's lack of depth. [3] Timothy Nunes of Playstation Universe gave the game a 7.5 out of 10, praising its exploration of Lovecraftian horror. [5]
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