History VideoGame / Daymare1998

''Daymare 1998'' is a third-person SurvivalHorror game with an AlwaysOverTheShoulder, developed in Unreal Engine 4 for Windows PC via Steam, the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne by 2019 under Invaders Studios, published by Destructive Creations.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The game ends with [[spoiler: Raven, Sandman and a crazed Sam opening fire on each other due to Sam blaming Sandman for the game's events (particularly for the death of his wife), without showing who survived.]]

''Daymare 1998'' is a third-person SurvivalHorror game with over the shoulder camera, developed in Unreal Engine 4 for Windows PC via Steam, the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne by 2019 under Invaders Studios, published by Destructive Creations.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The subtitles in the English version have to tendency to use the wrong words, wrong names, or even just flat out skips certain phrases that the person speaking said.

*** [[Film/Predator 捕食者]]

** The hospital employed a [[Series/TheFugitive Dr. Kimble]] and a [[Film/TheTerminator Dr. Silberman]].

* ShoutOut: The first survivor Liev finds at the beginning of the game is a [[Film/DieHard black guy named Al Powell]].

The game was released on September 17, 2019. On May 25, 2021, it was announced that a prequel, ''Daymare 1994 Sandcastle'' is in development and is set to be released sometime in 2023.

The game was released on September 17, 2019. On May 25, 2021, it was announced that a prequel, ''Daymare 1994 Sandcastle'' is in development and is set to be released sometime in 2022.

** There's a faint static noise that appears to signify when a deer figure is present, making it easier to find them.
** The "Modern Take", allows the player to, among others, skip puzzles, and OneBulletClips in the game mode played straight.

* BoomHeadshot: Headshots aren't ''necessary'' to kill the zombies, but inflict greater damage. The shotgun and Hollow Point ammo are also capable of decapitating them.

* GenreThrowback: To TheNineties horror films and games (e.g. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' and ''VideoGame/DeepFear'').
* GovernmentConspiracy: Between the U.S Government and Hexacorp.

* MilitariesAreUseless: Idaho National Guard soldiers are massively overwhelmed even if they had initial superior numbers and firepower against the infected.

* PoliceAreUseless: The Keen Sight police force were overwhelmed by the outbreak, which turned most of them into monsters or faced casualties in the initial attack.

* SurvivalHorror: Like its Resident Evil counterpart, Liev and the others need to carefully manage their ammo and navigate through the town while avoiding the creatures trying to kill them. Also your inventory size is rather limited, you don't get the ability to store items until about 20% through the game (and storage locations tend to be in relatively inconvenient areas of the map), and at times your ability to backtrack is limited, so you often need to decide what you want to keep and what you want to leave behind.

The game was released on September 17, 2019. On May 25, 2021, it was announced that a prequel, ''Daymare 1994 Sandcastle'' is in development.

* CriticalHit: Pistols loaded with special ammo have a likelier chance of inflicting headshots on regular zombies.

* PoliceAreUseless: The Keen Sight police force is overwhelmed in the outbreak, which turned most of them into monsters or are casualties in the initial attack.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The "Modern Take", allows the player to, among others, skip puzzles, and OneBulletClips in the game mode played straight.

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler: The remains of an old Imperial Japanese Navy submarine seen in the abandoned Hexacore research facility at the start of the game is not further explored. Collectible notes in the lab reveal the Castor bioweapon was originally developed by Japan's infamous bioweapons department and was intended for use against the United States in retaliation for Hiroshima. The sub crashed en-route and was recovered by Hexacorp decades later.]]

The game was released on September 17, 2019. On May 25, 2021, it was announced that a sequel, ''Daymare 1994 Sandcastle'' is in development.

* InterfaceScrew: For the first few levels in which you play as him, Sam doesn't have a D.I.D. armpad, so you have absolutely no HUD when playing as him (and thus no inventory, map, visible health bar, etc). Fortunately, you soon pick up a shotgun, whose simple reloading mechanism means you don't need the HUD to operate it.

* OneBulletClips: Averted. You don't reload from your ammo pool, but rather from filled magazines. You need to manually fill magazines in your inventory. This does not pause the game. Realistically played straight with the pump-action shotgun, which reloads directly from your ammo pool.

The game was released on September 17, 2019. Be careful of spoilers, especially since the game was just released.

Involved in the op is a (supposedly) ex-Russian soldier named Liev and chopper pilot Raven, the two being deployed in a HADES op to secure Keen Sight in Idaho. The last survivor of KS is Samuel, who just so happens to be caught in the middle of the outbreak. He also happens to be medically diagnosed with a condition known as [[TitleDrop Daymare Syndrome]], which causes panic attacks and anxiety with random visions.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The game ends with [[spoiler: Raven and a crazed Sam opening fire on each other due to Sam blaming Sandman for the game's events, without showing who survived.]]

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted. You don't reload from your ammo pool, but rather from filled magazines. You need to manually fill magazines in your inventory. This does not pause the game. Realistically played straight with the pump-action shotgun, which reloads directly from your ammo pool.