If you were wondering what was next on the horizon for the Game Grumps after their crazy dating game Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulatorthe answer is a horror game.
Revealed during G4’s Xplay, couch potato is a psychological horror game in which you play as a college student named Emily who is secluded with her friends in a cabin in the woods. While Emily and company initially venture into the cabin to watch a meteor shower, rekindle their bonds, and find closure from past emotional scars, they instead find themselves on the run from a mysterious slasher who has a bloody creepy one wearing beak mask. While avoiding the killer you have to solve different puzzles and –if you have the spoons
couch potato gives up Major twin peaks Vibes from its atmospheric one-minute trailer. Game Grump’s genre shift from a noisy dating sim to a deadly horror game hasn’t been taken lightly, as evidenced by shots of the limp body of an unrecognizable creature(?) at the edge of a freeway, a woman’s face turning into a glowing white void transformed, and the killer weaves his way down a narrow hallway while brandishing a knife.
The games Steam page describes couch potato as a narrative game reminiscent of 80s slashers and retro horror games. The game also promises a “surprisingly responsive” AI enemy system where no two encounters will be the same.
While the game’s trailer is filled with somber imagery and strong themes of isolation, one shot in particular is replete with the randomness that Games Grump is known for. For a brief second, a man who I can only assume is one of Emily’s friends who needs this most Clasp, depicts a Jesus pose while standing on a giant hot dog engraved with the word ‘Bastard’. It doesn’t make any damn sense. But forces me.
couch potato does not currently have a release date but is scheduled to be sold on Steam and the Epic Games Store.