Realistic Simulator rather than a horror story...

[Folie à Deux]

I'd love to see this game center on performing numerous autopsies with a heavy focus on disease process/anatomy and physiology when it comes to findings. An actual simulator, rather than a horror game is something I have been looking for when it comes to a game based on mortuary science.

Now I get that may not be as interesting to some as cases of homicide/suicide/foul play, where you can add more story and depth to the game in that sense, however, I am hoping that the devs might focus on the game as a realistic simulator, rather than just a horror story.

Regardless, I am still looking forward to this game.

[WoodlandCommunity]

Hey! Thank you for your opinion :)
Yes, we want make Autopsy really realistic - we work with the coroners to make the presented situations as close to the real ones as possible.
Sure, there will be some horror elements - it is part of the coroner job. There are different kinds of death, and each one has a history - not always happy. Autopsy work is therefore a factor that can help the police to solve sometimes really difficult cases. We hope to keep this atmosphere in the game.

[Jason Sharpe]

Bump, same lines as my opinion.

[WoodlandCommunity]

Originally posted by jsharpe3:

Bump, same lines as my opinion.

So we took good way :)

[Jason Sharpe]

Absolutely, I think you will have a great game on your hands when it releases. I know it will be in my collection.

[WoodlandCommunity]

Originally posted by jsharpe3:

Absolutely, I think you will have a great game on your hands when it releases. I know it will be in my collection.

Thank you :) SO we can say - see you soon :D

[Jason Sharpe]

XD! Indeed!

[Ajax]

Originally posted by 👻 Folie à Deux 👻:

I'd love to see this game center on performing numerous autopsies with a heavy focus on disease process/anatomy and physiology when it comes to findings. An actual simulator, rather than a horror game is something I have been looking for when it comes to a game based on mortuary science.

Now I get that may not be as interesting to some as cases of homicide/suicide/foul play, where you can add more story and depth to the game in that sense, however, I am hoping that the devs might focus on the game as a realistic simulator, rather than just a horror story.

Regardless, I am still looking forward to this game.

I agree 100% with what you said

[Unfit]

Yes. The name is youtube bait, but underneath theirs a decent game with some interesting elements. I'm morbidly interested in the autopsy process if they follow real procedures.

[Nicole Demara Simp]

I'm always drawn in by interesting 'Simulator' games, so I had high hopes going into the demo for this. Now that I'm on the other side of it all, I'm definitely still very interested in seeing the final product, but much like everyone else, I feel at least slightly bait-and-switched. Not enough for it to kill any interest or good will, but just enough that I was like "Ah, it's a horror game first, then a simulator second."

As a huge fan of horror games, I'm definitely on board for that aspect, but I wouldn't mind seeing some sort of clarification on how much of the game is "cause of death is ghosts" versus "cause of death is not suicide, but actually homicide".

[Trev]

Originally posted by WoodlandCommunity:

Hey! Thank you for your opinion :)
Yes, we want make Autopsy really realistic - we work with the coroners to make the presented situations as close to the real ones as possible.
Sure, there will be some horror elements - it is part of the coroner job. There are different kinds of death, and each one has a history - not always happy. Autopsy work is therefore a factor that can help the police to solve sometimes really difficult cases. We hope to keep this atmosphere in the game.

Are you guys going to touch on the differences between a coroner and a medical examiner, and how fraught the difference was in history?

[Faulty Entry]

The OP are my words as well.
I understand that morbid and supernatural trends helps with other people finding and enjoying the game but I prefer a proper academic take in a "simulator".
Adding a mode without those quirks doesn't seem viable just for a couple of players but that's just my two cents on the topic.
Good luck with the game. <3

[Zarok]

Originally posted by WoodlandCommunity:

Hey! Thank you for your opinion :)
Yes, we want make Autopsy really realistic - we work with the coroners to make the presented situations as close to the real ones as possible.
Sure, there will be some horror elements - it is part of the coroner job. There are different kinds of death, and each one has a history - not always happy. Autopsy work is therefore a factor that can help the police to solve sometimes really difficult cases. We hope to keep this atmosphere in the game.

Err supernatural horror isn't part of a coroners job which was clearly present in the demo while I like some supernatural horror the title of the game is misleading.

[Dreadjaws]

I don't understand how you people can say to be "bait and switched". The game's description says very clearly that it's a "story driven mystery with simulation elements", and that some supernatural horror will be at play. Did you just jump into the game right after reading the title? Well, that's on you. The game establishes its intentions very clearly.

[Murasa [29th ID]]

Same opinion as OP here.

I really like the aspect of doing an autopsy more than the story aspect. Will there be a mode that will just focus on the cases? (ie: skip most of the dialogue, cutscenes)

I wouldn't mind story mode, and I'm reminded of Trauma Center. (Definitely different games, but I love that the protagonist is a snarky surgeon and there is story to drive why a particular case is happening, etc.) There's just times where I don't want to look at potential jump scares before I get to the autopsy itself! I prefer getting creeped out instead of shock horror.

[Mobile Suit God Damn]

I don't really mind that this has a bunch of paranormal stuff in it, I just find it weird that they call it a simulator. It's as if I was playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 and suddenly aliens beam my truck up to their UFO and they start probing me.
Never mind, SCS should actually add that as DLC for their game.