CONSCRIPT

This is a survival horror game in which players assume the role of a soldier fighting in the French trenches of WW I. From 3/4 top-down perspective, players traverse pixelated battlefield environments while collecting resources and engaging enemy soldiers in combat. Players use firearms (e.g., rifles, shotguns, pistols) and melee weapons (e.g., shovels, knives) to kill enemy soldiers, sometimes at close range. Battles are often fast-paced, highlighted by realistic gunfire, blood-splatter effects, and screen-shaking. During the course of the game, players can encounter dying and/or traumatized soldiers; players have the choice of attacking them again to finish them off or leaving them be. Some corpses are depicted with blood pools under their bodies; a handful of sequences depict soldiers crawling with severed legs. The word “f**k” appears in the game.