Details leak on Sega’s Kinect horror game Rise of Nightmares

Sega‘s Rise of Nightmares is a Kinect title, but it’s definitely not a game for the children, if the ESRB is to be believed. Due to “Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, [and] Suggestive Themes,” they’ve given the title an Mature rating.

When the horror game was announced at the Tokyo Game Show last September, several publications described its debut trailer as scary. Sega emphasized that its focus would be on “dark horror”.

Until today, we’ve known little to nothing about the game, however. Thanks to the ESRB’s lengthy description of the product, we now have a much better idea.

“This is a horror-adventure game in which players assume the role of an American tourist who must rescue his wife from a deranged scientist. From a first-person perspective, players use brass knuckles, knives, hatchets, and chainsaws to kill zombie-like creatures and disfigured monsters inside a mansion environment. Combat is highlighted by exaggerated sprays of blood, and damage often results in dismemberment or decapitation—stray body parts sometimes litter the ground. Some sequences and cutscenes depict more intense acts of violence: a man screams loudly as spikes impale his body; a restrained character’s hand is chopped off before he is killed; a character (cut in half) crawls away in a pool of blood; a soldier is ripped apart by a monster, causing blood to stain the screen.

“During the course of the game, some female creatures are depicted in revealing outfits (e.g., ‘pasties’ that partially cover their breasts); in one sequence, a woman sits on the central character’s chest and engages in suggestive dialogue (e.g., ‘Oh, how I’ve thought of this—night after night. How I’ve missed these lips.’). Dialogue also includes phrases such as ‘Best sex of my life.’/’Worst sex of my life,’ ‘f**k,’ and ‘sh*t.'”

A first-person horror game with zombie-like creatures, exaggerated blood spray and intense acts of violence? This may just be a Kinect game I’m interested.

Rise of Nightmares has yet to be dated. When it launches, it will arrive exclusively for Xbox 360 with Kinect.

Rise of Nightmares [ESRB]