HELLNIGHT: Atlus’ Forgotten Survival Horror Classic

Use POGROXAUG16 for 16 FREE MEALS across 7 boxes 3 FREE GIFTS at #ad MONSTERS OF THE WEEK: Hellnight/Dark Messiah #Hellnight #HellnightReview #SurvivalHorror #MonstersOfTheWeek When Survival Horror was on the rise after Resident Evil’s meteoric rise, a ton of (especially Japanese) game companies came up with their own take on the emerging horror sub-genre, with many trying to impart their own twist and flavor on the formula. Atlus (yes, the SMT/Persona guys) also tried their hand at it with the wonderfully experimental subterranean horror-adventure Hellnight (known as Dark Messiah in Japan). It came out in 1998 in Japan for the PS1 and was only released in a few European countries in a translated version in December 1999, with few copies and fewer game journalists grasping what this game attempted to do - resulting in abysmal review scores and Atlus ultimately dropping Survival Horror for good. Which is a damn shame, because Hellnight was