{"id":5673,"date":"2017-11-17T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/309955"},"modified":"2017-11-17T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T18:56:00","slug":"soma-dev-introducing-a-monster-optional-safe-mode-to-the-horror-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/17\/soma-dev-introducing-a-monster-optional-safe-mode-to-the-horror-game\/","title":{"rendered":"SOMA dev introducing a monster-optional ‘Safe Mode’ to the horror game"},"content":{"rendered":"

When SOMA<\/em> makes its console debut on Xbox One next month, the game is doing so with one noticeable (and optional) addition. Developer Frictional Games has opted to introduce a ‘Safe Mode’ to its aquatic\u00a0horror game that looks pacify to the cast of hostile monsters found in the game.<\/p>\n

The mode itself represents a unique way to tweak a game’s difficulty outside of the traditional methods and, at the same time, open SOMA<\/em> up to players that may have had difficulties experiencing what the horror title has to offer in its original form.<\/p>\n

There’s been debate over the inclusion of\u00a0a skip-combat option for video<\/a> games in the past. Horror is one such genre where devs can see how such a feature can potentially open a game up to more players by doing so.<\/p>\n

As Rock Paper Shotgun<\/a> points out, members of SOMA<\/em>‘s modding community have made their own attempts at pacifying the game’s enemies in the past. With Frictional Games’ official Safe Mode however, the ability to play SOMA<\/em> as a monster-free atmospheric horror game will extend to players on to the Xbox One and, eventually, the PlayStation 4 as well.<\/p>\n

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“There is nothing to fear. You are always safe.”<\/p>\n

SOMA is out on Xbox One from Dec 1st! Includes new Safe Mode, which is an update for PC on the same date, with PS4 to follow.https:\/\/t.co\/GT0jI6EyPK<\/a>#horror<\/a> #indiedev<\/a> #letsplay<\/a> #scifi<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WPIY20nYjF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Frictional Games (@frictionalgames) November 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When SOMA makes its console debut on Xbox One next month, the game is doing so with one noticeable (and optional) addition. Developer Frictional Games has opted to introduce a ‘Safe Mode’ to its aquatic\u00a0horror game that looks pacify to the cast of hostile monsters found in the game. The mode itself represents a unique […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}