A confession: I’m a kind of individuals who simply would not get The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Don’t get me improper—I can take pleasure in Tim Curry being sexually complicated in his prime as a lot as some other red-blooded human, however as a musical it seems like an terrible lot of working round for the sake of 1 first rate tune.
But maybe I’ll lastly be capable to wrap my head round it now that it is being translated to videogame type, the one medium I do know something about. That’s proper, we’re getting a Rocky Horror recreation—and really quickly too, with the trailer promising an October 2024 launch. Just in time for Halloween!
It’s delivered to us by the oldsters at FreakZone Games—you would possibly know them from the AVGN video games, or for making a recreation based mostly on Manos: The Hand of Fate (which makes licensing Rocky Horror appear very mainstream by comparability). Their vibe is retro 2D platformers, with loads of pixelart and chiptunes, and this actually seems to be to suit that mould. Footage exhibits a number of steps to the correct, although it’s oddly missing in jumps to the left.
I do not know if 2D platforming is essentially one of the best ways to adapt this explicit story, however then I additionally do not know if you happen to might solely name what Rocky Horror has a “story”. It’s in all probability in-keeping for this recreation to be rather more about vibes than cinematic accuracy, and it does appear to have a really charming interpretation of the forged as sprites to go along with its chirpy 8-bit tackle the soundtrack.
It would not have a Steam web page but, however the trailer guarantees a launch on there (together with PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch variations), so watch this house. And, er, insert your personal intelligent Rocky Horror reference to shut this out—I already exhausted my data with that garbage “leap to the left” gag.
