I’m maybe the only person in the world who would have made that connection.
The Haunted Space combat trailer has a quick shot of the ship’s cockpit on fire, which reminded me of the “ship falling apart” portion of Sewer Shark. So where does Sewer Shark fit into all of this? Well, I’ll be honest here: I mostly made the reference because there’s a scene toward the end of the game where you’re overdriving your ship and it’s falling apart as you’re driving it. COMPLETE SPACE SIM In HAUNTED SPACE, the innovative co-pilot system allows you to choose the level of control you prefer, from a complete space simulation, through to a more arcade style experience. Haunted Space had been in my periphery for the past few months, but the new combat trailer, unveiled at the IGN Expo livestream, has me really, really excited about it. Trade, craft, customise your ship and fight to survive as you uncover the mystery of a galaxy haunted by an ancient civilisation. I do have to say that the visuals are absolutely incredible. While it’s hard to say how on-rails the Haunted Space experience will be, the game description does mention exploration, so we’ll see how this actually plays out.
The visuals are intense, with Lovecraftian monstrosities, creepy derelict space stations, and giant steel dragons. Haunted Space actually looks a bit like the space portions of No Man’s Sky, confining you to the cockpit of a spacecraft (which looks to be fully customizable). Okay, so Haunted Space doesn’t look much like Sewer Shark at all, but it looks like it could potentially scratch a similar itch - an itch that’s been just sitting there, being all itchy for decades…
It was mostly on-rails, but it had a good sense of momentum and a lot of zany characters that made it interesting throughout its short playtime. This is perhaps a pretty deep cut, but there was a game for the Sega CD called Sewer Shark, which had you blasting through sewers at ludicrous speeds to kill mutated rats.
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