The Chant

This is a horror/action-adventure game in which players assume the role of a woman (Jess) trying to survive and uncover the secrets behind a strange island. From a third-person perspective, players explore the island, search for survivors, and battle various enemies (e.g., mutated creatures, plant monsters, infected cultists). Players use holistic weapons (e.g., salt, sage sticks, fire oil) and spiritual powers (e.g., repel, crystallize, swarm) to defeat enemy creatures in melee-style combat. Combat is accompanied by cries of pain, impact sounds, and frequent blood-splatter effects. Defeat/death animations include players' character impaled on objects (e.g., a spike, a creature's horns), and getting her eye gouged out by a monster. Some areas depict large blood stains amid flayed bodies, and animals with exposed entrails. During the course of the game, players' character can consume tea laced with psychedelic mushrooms, resulting in hallucination effects on screen. The words “f**k” and “sh*t” are heard in the game.