WARNING: This game is not for the light-hearted who are easily disturbed by blood/gore and the strong language used in this game.

The Casting of Frank Stone is a game made by “Supermassive Games,” the same people who made The Dark Pictures of Anthology and the more famous game Until Dawn.

This game is a survival horror game where your choices in the game can result in your demise or success. These type of ‘choice matters’ games became and still are very popular when Until Dawn was released and are generally loved by the Internet. So knowing that those same developers made this game created a lot hope but also a bit of bad foreshadowing. The Dark Anthology series gets mixed feeling from the fans.

Full disclosure, I have not yet played the game, but I’m going to be writing about early reports and reviews that have already begun to swirl.

Generally, Dark Anthology games, while great and fun, are also very buggy and unstable, especially with online co-op. So some veteran fans might have a nervous time, and no one can really blame them.

But what is this game about? Frank Stone takes place during 1980’s in the town of Cedar Hills, Oregon and involves four young filmmakers who want to make a horror movie in a rundown steel mill; however, some places are meant to be left behind, some dimensions never to be reached, and some things never to be encountered. One such thing, called “The Entity” is a malevolent intelligence that manipulates and destroys.

For fans who love Dead by Daylight, there’s something you might enjoy. This game is also within the same universe as the Dead by Daylight game and published by Behaviour Interactive! The game contains many easter eggs and directly connected plots! But you don’t need to play or understand everything about Dead by Daylight to enjoy The Casting of Frank Stone.

The game makers also spiced up the gameplay with their famous and usually QTE’s (Quick time events), collectibles, and many new features like the “Cutting Room Floor” which gives players the ability to change previous actions instead of playing the whole game again. “In-game Twitch integration” allows the people watching on twitch to make a choice. “Plunder’s inspect” provides an easier way to find collectibles. “Couch Co-op” lets people play cooperatively, sharing in person game decisions and play.  The 8MM camera helps gamers fight and dispel creatures in the game.

But how does the game hold up in the eyes of reviewers? Ehhh, it’s a mixed bag. As of this writing, Steam has ‘mixed’ reviews on the game. But the reason it has mixed reviews seems to be from bugs or performance issues, but in the modern age of games, I would say give it a couple weeks, and I’m sure they’ll fix most of the issues. But It’s not all just dead flowers and bad times. The game does have positive reviews from It’s and Gameplay.

If your interested and don’t mind some graphic content, why not give it a shot?