This is the Zodiac Speaking (2020) - FPP adventure thriller from Klabater

[Heroic Liberator]

Dear friends!

There’s a great deal of things happening around Klabater lately! Here’s another very cool announcement and this one is something completely new, even for ourselves! After exploring European historical settings in We. The Revolution and Help Will Come Tomorrow (to be released late April!) we now decided to tell you a truly american tale, the one that revolves around really dark episodes of American crime history...

This is the Zodiac Speaking is a dark, fact-based single player FPP adventure thriller, combining stealth & detective modes in a stylized world of California 1970s and based on the story of Zodiac, one of the most famous never-caught serial killers. Play as Robert Hartnell, a San Francisco journalist, who receives a phone call from the Zodiac, greeting him with the memorable ‘Hello, this is the Zodiac speaking’...

This is the Zodiac Speaking is a thriller with elements of classic horrors, stealth mechanics, detective mode and several endings to discover. The gloomy atmosphere of the game is achieved through the original, stylized graphics and epic cinematic music. The co-author of the script to This is the Zodiac Speaking is Lukasz Orbitowski, one of the best Polish writers, laureate of the prestigious Paszporty Polityki award and nominated for the Nike award. Together with Krzysztof Grudziński, Head of Punch Punk Games, they plunged into the dark and dangerous 70s to produce an immersive and mature story. Music for the game was created by A_GIM, restless innovator and experimenter of the polish electronic scene!

This is the Zodiac Speaking is being developed by Punch Punk Games, a studio already known for creating intriguing Apocalipsis game (published by Klabater, as well!)

We are so happy to work with Punch Punk Games again! Our last cooperation was Apocalipsis: Harry at the End of the World, a unique medieval-inspired adventure experience. However, With This is The Zodiac Speaking we enter a completely new field. We try our best to publish games that somehow relate to human condition in general but also focus on the fate of concrete individuals. 1970’s in USA was a period of radical social unrest and divisions, it is an ideal background for a compelling and mature story.

Play This is the Zodiac Speaking and:

• Discover the evidence-based story of the America's most famous never caught serial killer
  
• Experience the story from the perspective of a person who survived the attack of the psycho killer
  
• Unravel the details of the murders during psychological sessions and in detective mode
  
• Listen to the voices of victims and save their souls
  
• Discover the alternative endings
  
• Enjoy the atmospheric, film music
  
• Travel to the vintage 70's and feel the atmosphere of the past

This is the Zodiac Speaking is scheduled for 2020 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Wishlist This is the Zodiac Speaking now!

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/games/736850/announcements/detail/1696107224068281292

 

[Wunderbar]

a game about Ted Cruz?

 

[Catacombs]

a game about Ted Cruz?

His father, no less.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

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This is the Zodiac Speaking is available!

Hi All,

It's Piotr, community manager at Klabater publishing. I wanted to let you know that we have just released This is the Zodiac Speaking, a noir, fact-based single-player psychological thriller.

We are happy to let you know about it as this is a completely new game from the talented Punch Punk team, who we all love for their amazing work on Apocalipsis: Harry at the End of the World (also released by Klabater). Zodiac is set in a completely different setting than the previous title, but both games share a unique artistic vision blended with an immersive story. We encourage you to check it

Check the game here:


This is the Zodiac Speaking is a noir, fact-based single-player psychological thriller. Told from a first-person perspective, you play as Robert, a Bay Area journalist who survived a brutal attack by the notorious Zodiac serial killer. He will have to confront his traumatic demons if he hopes to stand a chance of discovering the Zodiac’s identity and bringing him to justice.

This is the Zodiac Speaking offers two distinct gameplay modes. One that blends storytelling with stealth and action gameplay elements while the second (Detective mode) emphasizes storytelling to fully immerse you in the Zodiac investigation. The game mixes factually recreated crime scene details, and clues down, including the Zodiac’s cipher and even the misspellings in the Zodiac’s letters to the press with a fictional storyline, a mind-bending experience.

Play This is the Zodiac Speaking and:

• Discover real-life facts and evidence from America’s most famous never caught serial killer
  
• Experience the story from the perspective of a person who survived the attack of the serial killer, face your trauma, and run an investigation that may lead you to the truth about Zodiac
  
• Unravel the details of the murders, visit the crime scenes, and experience real psychological sessions that will help you to manage your traumas
  
• Reveal the 3 alternative endings, all based upon your investigation decisions
  
• Enjoy the atmospheric, soundtrack, and original stylized visual style
  
• Stylized low poly retro-70s-inspired graphics based on a symbolic approach of J.W. Goethe’s theory and psychology of colors and how they impact mood and perception. It is supposed to look like you are watching TV in the 1970s

Klabater team