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[PC?][2019ish?]a game in a ship being overgrown by flesh. (lemmings.world)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Sunsofold@lemmings.world to c/TipOfMyJoystick@retrolemmy.com
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A coworker showed me a trailer some years back. It was first person view, maybe horror, sci-fi setting like a ship/space station with flesh the colour and texture of an eye socket growing over everything. There were other elements modeled after body parts, like bones, teeth, intestines, etc.

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[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

not really a ship, but otherwise a "closed ecosystem" in Stray, https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stray/images/0/04/Sewer_Zurk_Substance.png/revision/latest?cb=20220728192618 , maybe?

edit: some more pics here https://stray.fandom.com/wiki/Fleshy_Walls#Gallery

edit2: not really first person, but topdown adventure/scifihorror: stasis, cayne and stasis: bone totem? IIRC all deal with space-stations being infected by something that merges peopleparts to walls and such

edit3: also, Warframe's infested missions have spaceships infested with "eyes"/dangly things - not really first-person but it fits the timeframe better

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

System Shock 2?

The ending part of the game featured a space ship overtaken by flesh.

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 5 days ago

Much newer than SS2. HD graphics.

[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Scorn perhaps?

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Scorn has a lot of elements resembling organic material, it's absolutely disgusting. I would guess this one too

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 5 days ago

I've played a bit of Scorn. Scorn is more grey organic shapes with a few fleshy bits. Whatever it was, it had lots of fleshy tones to the flesh. Oh, and a flashlight.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Coming from the other thread, what if it's the same game, Eclipsium?

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 4 days ago

Not it, but I'll have to check it out. Looks cool.

[–] Doctorzoidy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Dead space?

[–] mcer@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Still Wakes the Deep?

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, though that one looks cool.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

The voice acting and story, alone, makes that game amazing. Add on beautiful graphics and incredible scale, and it's a chef's kiss. My only complaint is that it feels short. First playthrough took time, cause I wanted to get into the story and see everything. Second run, for achievements, skipped a lot of the skipable dialogue.

[–] passenger@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mouthwashing? Callisto protocol?

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 4 days ago

Hmm, Callisto Protocol is the closest so far. It has the right level of detail, and some fleshy elements but I don't remember the level design being so industrial in its aesthetic.

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can you please use the syntax for the title, and template as noted in the sidebar?

[–] NelDel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Signalis? Especially some of the later areas

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 5 days ago

Signalis looks nifty but the one I'm looking for is first person and not anime styled.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Run Like Hell?

Scorn?

Dead Space?

How long ago is "a few years" here?

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe 5ish (3~8) years? Single digits for sure.

RLH is way too old looking. I've played some Scorn and all of Dead Space. More gradual looking than Scorn, which is only sort of fleshy and very HRGeiger-y from the start, and less industrial than Dead Space. It had what looked like high quality graphics. Pale walls and floors (kind of like Echo) that became more covered in flesh over the course of the trailer. Teeth and bones in places. I think there were tentacles like bony fingers ending in teeth but whether that was an enemy or something the player would pick up is unclear.