History VideoGame / SongOfHorror

* BlobMonster: The Presence starts off as a largely formless black mass, which what allows it to evolve to better face your characters.

* FinalDeath: The game uses a mechanic similar to ''VideoGame/ZombiU'' and ''VideoGame/ObsCure'', where if one PlayerCharacter dies, the story continues from another character's perspective. However, you only have 13 characters across all five episodes, with each episode having four or five of them available. If all available characters in an episode die, the episode has to be replayed from the start. Dying while playing as Daniel also forces you to replay the episode, as he's the main character.

* FinalDeath: The game uses a mechanic similar to ''VideoGame/ZombiU'' and ''VideoGame/ObsCure'', where if one PlayerCharacter dies, the story continues from another character's perspective. However, you only have 13 characters across all five episodes, while the first episode is limited to four characters. If all available characters in an episode die, the episode has to be replayed from the start. Dying while playing as Daniel also forces you to replay the episode, as he's the main character.

''Song Of Horror'' is a SurvivalHorror game by the Spanish studio Protocol Games. They [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1139999460/song-of-horror-by-protocol-games sought funding]] on Website/{{Kickstarter}} in 2015 but failed; undeterred, they spent the four following years working on the game until the first two episodes were released on for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 31st, 2019. Episode 3 followed on Friday the 13th December, 2019, and the last two episodes are supposed to be out by March 2020, while the "Complete Edition" will be hitting UsefulNotes/PS4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on May 28, 2020.

* BrownNote: Anyone who listens to the music box is fated to die.

* BrokenBridge: Like most horror games, characters need to find keys or other tools to open up new areas for explorations. The only notable exception to this is the first episode, where the characters will refuse to go upstairs until the entire ground floor has been explored.

''Song Of Horror'' is a SurvivalHorror game by the Spanish studio Protocol Games. They [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1139999460/song-of-horror-by-protocol-games sought funding]] on Website/{{Kickstarter}} in 2015 but failed; undeterred, they spent the four following years working on the game until the first two episodes were released on for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 31st, 2019. Episode 3 followed on Friday the 13th December, 2019, and the last two episodes are supposed to be out by March 2020, while the "Complete Edition" will be hitting UsefulNotes/PS4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on October 29th, 2020.

** In a later episode, the Presence will come in through the floor and try to drag you into the abyss, and you're forced to mash the required button to get out. At times, one of its hands will grab hold of one ofyour arms and you'll have to either hit a certain button beforehand to dodge the grab, or mash that same button to break free.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Some of the characters not only know each other, but were closely related: Daniel and Sophie are an outright divorced couple. Even so, neither of them won't react much in-game if the other one dies to The Presence.

* EldritchAbomination: The Presence. [[spoiler:We never find out much about it even by the end, and its motives are completely unknown, though it seems to be implied to have been around at least as long ago as pre-history. What we do know is: it hunts the people who have heard the song it likes; it exists in another dimension; the people that are spirited away by it are used to find other people who have listened to the song; abd according to the ending, it ''transcends time'' and the victims outright become part of it.]]

The key hook is that The Presence is also the A.I. that the game runs on, which switches stuff up every now and then depending on how you play the game, ensuring every play through is different.

* SchmuckBait: Attempting to save Husher's wife and son, or later in the game any other known victims of the Presence, will immediately get you killed, as they've already become part of it. The only exception is Daniel, who you manage to rescue alive and still most well at the end of Episode 1. Some Presence victims, such as Julia, will also give you a gift instead of attacking you, though there's no clear indication whether or not a Presence victim will be hostile or not.

* FinalDeath: The game uses a mechanic similar to ''VideoGame/ZombiU'' and ''VideoGame/ObsCure'', where if one PlayerCharacter dies, the story continues from another character's perspective. However, you only have 13 characters across all five episodes, while the first episode is limited to four characters. If they all die, the story has to be replayed from the start.

* EldritchAbomination: The presence obviously. [[spoiler: We never find out much about it even to the end and its motive is completely unknown, though it seems to be implied to have been around at least as long ago as ancient Egypt and even caveman times. What we do know is it hunts the people who have heard the song. Exists in another dimension. The people that are taken are used to find other people who have listened to the song. And if the ending is anything to go by their is no real way to end the curse.]]

* SmashingSurvival: In Episode 1, the Presence will at times try to force itself into the room your character is in through a door. To avoid guaranteed death you have to reach the door and repeatedly mash the A button to build up strength, then hit RT to slam the door with your built up strength. The temptation to build up full strength is contrasted with the Presence's efforts, making it a necessity to strategically slam the door at less than full strength to buy time.

* EldritchAbomination: The presence obviously. [[spoiler: We never find out much about it even to the end and its motive is completely unknown, though it seems to be implied to have been around at least as long ago as ancient Egypt. What we do know is it hunts the people who have heard the song. Exists in another dimension. The people that are taken are used to find other people who have listened to the song. And if the ending is anything to go by their is no real way to end the curse.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The presence obviously. [[spoiler: We never find out much about it even to the end and its motive is completely unknown. What we do know is it hunts the people who have heard the song. Exists in another dimension. The people that are taken are used to find other people who have listened to the song. And if the ending is anything to go by their is no real way to end the curse.]]

* RightManInTheWrongPlace: Most of the player characters have ties to the events of the main plot (i.e. Daniel's ex-wife and boss, a servant at the mansion, the daughter of one of the original victims, academic colleagues of Husher, etc), but some are completely random bystanders who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In Episode 1, for example, Alina Ramos is just a security system technician who shows up to service the security alarm at the Husher mansion, and Rene in Episode 2 is just a beat cop doing his rounds who has no reason to suspect anything supernatural is going on in the neighborhood.

* RightManInTheWrongPlace: Most of the player characters have ties to the events of the main plot (i.e. Daniel's ex-wife and boss, a servant at the mansion, the daughter of one of the original victims, the granddaughter of another of the original victims, etc), but some are completely random bystanders who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In Episode 1, for example, Alina Ramos is just a security system technician who shows up to service the security alarm at the Husher mansion.