Alone, confused, and sick in the world of Stasis.

April 13, 2012 6:00AM PDT

Turn off the lights, puts some headphones on, and get ready to wake up in the world of Stasis. The trailers had us biting our nails off.

You wake up, covered in a green slimy liquid. There's nothing to indicate what time of day or year it is. You don't know where you are or what you're doing lying face-up in a dirty abandoned research facility. Yet, three defining thoughts enter your brain: Where's your wife? Where's your daughter? What are you going to do to get your family back? Stasis is an adventure horror game told in an isometric perspective, which is a viewpoint that is rotated slightly to reveal other facets of the game environment than are visible from a top-down perspective or side view, thereby producing a three-dimensional effect.

The creepy voice-over had us turning on the lights.

You play as John Maracheck, a man in search of his family within the confinements of an abandoned research facility. There is no beta or demo to try out, but there are two trailers that seem to capture the eerie horror of being clueless and alone in a facility reminiscent of one found in Dead Space or BioShock. The sound design in the gameplay trailer offers a bit of what to expect in the final product; eruptive sounds had us jumping out of our seats and creepy computer voices had us biting our nails. The game has no release date, but we'll be eagerly awaiting this one. Check out the trailers below and see for yourself.

What do you do when you wake up from Stasis?

By Marco Martinez, File Producer

Marco is an avid gamer and writer who's been in love with video games since the Sega Genesis. He likes to discover new indie game talent and shed light on a side of the industry that gets bigger ever year.

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mihael88

sanitarium :)

SuprSaiyanRockr

The trailer was cool, but that child praying is a cliche. Lame. That said, the game itself looks intriguing.

ke-

Indeed looks a lot like Sanitarium! Anyone else gave the raindrops on the camera a thought...? ;)

genjuroT

Looks a ton like baldur's gate

DexCasas

Reminds me of sanitarium.

Tiesto05

@fang_proxy I couldn't agree more. I just recently installed Sanitarium, still entertaining.

fang_proxy

all the legendary rpg's were made in isometric....yes i love 2d and anything in overview/isometric

MadParadox

Shut up and take my money!!

Elann2008

Fallout 1 meets Dead Space Universe. Oh yeahhhh baby!

Korkahl

I remember a few years ago when Bethesda said after acquiring the Fallout license that the reason why they didn't make Fallout 3 an isometric rpg was that, 'Isometric games are dead'. Ha. Someone should show them this game and remind them that they clearly aren't. I'm really looking forward to this game and shall be watching it closely...

reza4real7

good

Crisis_Ten

Looks great! Now that I think about. All of my top favorite games are in isometric view...

Jato_81

This engine looks great for a Crusade: No Remorse remake..

Gliave

Woo...Makes Gummy bears look soft...and that's not a good thing...

vadagar1

wow reminds me of great games they used to make XD and yes I'm officially creeped out :D, this game looks amazing and LOL @unknownsymbol

dr_jashugan

Creepy and cool. :cool:

drknessfeeds

Very interested.

lindallison

I like how Marco has to explain what isometric is.

Unholy123

Looks good

residude

dead nation pulled it off great, so this will be a blast

Unfallen_Satan

Neat. I haven't played an isometrically viewed game in a long time. It's not easy to make this kind of view scary, so I hope they have great writers and level designers.