The ball equips Kei and the others with power suits and mysterious guns before sending them off to collect this bizarre bounty.Īlthough Kei discovers the mission to be far more deadly than originally suspected, he manages to survive. After finding out that everyone in the room has recently died, words appear on the black ball tasking them with killing a strange creature.
Kei wakes up beside Katou in an apartment full of strangers and furnished by a giant black orb with a glass-like outer surface. While successful in saving him, the two boys are killed by the train. Driven by an uncharacteristic desire to rescue someone else, Kei follows Katou down into danger. One day, while waiting to take the subway to school, Kei's classmate Masaru Katou leaps onto the tracks in an effort to save a drunk man. Lonely high school student Kei Kurono isolates himself out of a growing cynicism toward his fellow man and the cruelty they are capable of enacting. However, there's more to this young man than meets the eye, as unknown memories claw at his mind, slowly reminding him of the person he used to be. The leader of this group, Haise Sasaki, is a half-ghoul, half-human who has been trained by famed special class investigator, Kishou Arima. As humans who have undergone surgery in order to make use of the special abilities of ghouls, they participate in operations to eradicate the dangerous creatures.
The creation of a special team, known as the Quinx Squad, may provide the CCG with the push they need to exterminate Tokyo's unwanted residents. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem as they have begun taking caution, especially the terrorist organization Aogiri Tree, who acknowledge the CCG's growing threat to their existence. Two years have passed since the CCG's raid on Anteiku.
As he begins what he thinks will be a peaceful new life, little does he know that he is about to find himself at the center of a war between his new comrades and the forces of the CCG, and that his new existence has caught the attention of ghouls all over Tokyo. Unable to satisfy his intense craving for human meat through conventional means, Kaneki is taken in by friendly ghouls who run a coffee shop in order to help him with his transition. Ken Kaneki, an unsuspecting university freshman, finds himself caught in a world between humans and ghouls when his date turns out to be a ghoul after his flesh.īarely surviving this encounter after being taken to a hospital, he discovers that he has turned into a half-ghoul as a result of the surgery he received. However, the problem lies in identifying ghouls as they disguise themselves as humans, living amongst the masses so that hunting prey will be easier. An organization known as the Commission of Counter Ghoul (CCG) has been established in response to the constant attacks on citizens and as a means of purging these creatures. Bonbon looks to be another promising experience for the horror fan who’s looking for something different.Lurking within the shadows of Tokyo are frightening beings known as "ghouls," who satisfy their hunger by feeding on humans once night falls. Games like Anatomy, which won Rely on Horror’s Community Game of the Year award last year, and the highly praised Sarah Is Missing are two examples. Itch.io has consistently been a great way for indie developers to get horror games with a more creative twist out for public consumption. You’ll complete a few tasks to advance, but the game is mostly about exploring and experiencing the objects and nightmarish events you come across. It captures the sense of dread and confusion that can come from navigating the unknown as a child without guidance from a parent or authority figure. It will be available through itch.io at a minimum price of $1.95 USD.īuilt using Unreal Engine 4, Bonbon puts you in the mindset of a child in the ’80s trying to make sense of things you don’t understand, including your era-appropriate toys.
Just you and your friendly toys.īut this new friend… this is something you are not yet able to understand.īonbon, a first-person narrative horror game by developer Aetheric Games, will be out for PC this Friday, August 4. Even if you weren’t a small child in the UK in the mid-1980s, you’ve been here before.