Maid of Sker is a particularly British horror recreation that sounds quite a bit like a Frictional outing: It is set in 1898, and tells the story of “a household empire pushed by torture, slavery, piracy and a supernatural thriller.” It is primarily based on Welsh folklore, and is ready in a real-life historic constructing in Wales generally known as Sker Home. And it is apparently fairly good: It has a 69/100 mixture rating on Metacritic and a “very optimistic” consumer assessment ranking on Steam.
To construct on that success, developer Wales Interactive introduced a followup in the present day referred to as Sker Ritual. But it surely’s not a horror recreation—for some motive, it is a “co-op survival FPS.” Flashes of the brand new recreation within the all-too-brief teaser seem much like Maid of Sker—a darkish forest exterior a burning cabin, a turn-of-the-Twentieth-century parlor—however the weapons and plentiful enemies look extra like one thing lifted from Painkiller. It would help solo play and co-op motion for as much as 4, and in case there was any doubt it’s not a direct sequel however a “religious successor.”
The Steam page does not have rather more to say about it—”survive the supernatural onslaught of the Quiet Ones” is the extent of it to date—nevertheless it strikes me as an odd route for a followup. Off-genre spinoffs for established video games collection, like Resident Evil Re:Verse, are one factor, however Maid of Sker is actually a one-off at this level. If it did effectively sufficient to justify one other recreation, why make it one thing so completely different?
I’ve reached out to Wales Interactive to ask (hey, I am interested in this stuff) and can replace if I obtain a reply. Sker Ritual is predicted to be out someday within the second quarter—that is April 1 to June 30—of 2022. Take a look at a couple of screens down under.
