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E3 2003: The Suffering: Hands-On
Midway's action/horror title could be the most gruesome videogame ever.
May 12, 2003 - We'd heard that Surreal Software had been working hard to make The Suffering as terrifying as possible, but we never dreamed of what it could ultimately accomplish. Set in an Alcatraz-like prison in the 1950s era, this creepy surrealistic mix of horror and old-fashioned gunplay is among the most twisted and brutal videogames we've ever laid eyes on; and if Midway and Surreal can keep the same standards in the whole of the game as it did in the stage we sampled, console owners may never want to sleep again.
The story begins cinematically as we're introduced to a gaggle of death row inmates talking about the new fish headed for an empty cell. Convicted of murdering his wife and children, the new guy (known as Torque) has a shady past and has earned a reputation all over the state as the baddest S.O.B. in the prison system. Definitely not for passive audiences, the entire introduction is pretty brutal in its own right -- not for abundance of gore or dastardly creations mind you, but because of the harsh language and foul attitudes of the inmates. The Suffering is the only game we can ever remember that begins its story by telling tales of murder, rape, and molestation while throwing out more expletives than all of Quentin Tarantino's movies combined...
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