Hidden Agenda: 7 Things You Need To Know About Supermassive Games' New IP

7. It's Partially Influenced By Until Dawn

Supermassive Games' biggest modern success story comes from Until Dawn, so it makes sense that there is a lot of inspiration pulled from the horror game.

The atmosphere, choice-based mechanics, and presence of fully fleshed out characters all look to make their crossover between the two IPs. Given that the narrative and characters of Until Dawn were among the best parts of that game, we can expect that Supermassive will put the same amount of care and work into Hidden Agenda.

One of the biggest appeals of Until Dawn was how everybody can die, everybody can live, and all scenarios in between are a possibility. Hidden Agenda will replicate this, with "everybody" expanding beyond playable characters and into other characters featured throughout the story.

Speaking of atmosphere, all gameplay footage was shown to be in dark, filthy areas. Hopefully there will be more variety in the final product, erring more towards Until Dawn's spectacular mountain vistas than Outlast's endless disgusting hospital rooms.

Gritty realism appears to be the approach Hidden Agenda is taking. Given the plot of the game (more on that later), it certainly does seem like this is the right decision. We can only hope that Hidden Agenda doesn't go off the rails into the supernatural halfway through like Until Dawn did.