Post Trauma

Post Trauma is a loving tribute to those early generation survival horror games. It contains the best and worst attributes of said games. Thanks to today’s technology in terms of computing power and game engines like Unreal 5, Post Trauma has high production values. The creators’ respect for the genre is clear in all aspects of the final product. For veteran gamers and horror aficionados, this gam...

Post Trauma is an interesting experiment in the horror genre that tries to bring back classic gameplay styles to a modern age. Despite this, there are still strange puzzles to deal with, and the first-person segments feel counter-productive to the excellent atmosphere created by fixed camera angles.

For me there’s nothing quite like the smell of a new survival horror game. Especially one that goes straight for the retro feels. Case and point, today’s review subject. Post Trauma takes a lot of influence from classics in the horror genre, most noticeably the recently re-hyped Silent Hill 2, but unfortunately, despite some great ideas and great intentions, this project ended up failing to captiv...

When you first look at Post Trauma — developed by indie studio Red Soul Games — you are immediately reminded of numerous genre-defining PlayStation 2 survival horror games. Why, you ask? Because Post Trauma is a modern interpretation of that era of horror. Paying homage to titles like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Haunting Ground, Siren, and Fatal Frame, it proudly wears its inspiration on its sleev...