After nearly three years since its initial launch, CBE Software has teamed up with Bohemia Interactive to bring an expanded, multi-platform release of their psychological horror game Someday You’ll Return. Regarded by GameTyrant as among the Top 5 Indie Games of 2020, this surprise release of Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is definitely something worth looking into.
If this is the first you’ve heard of this title, it’s a story-driven game about the search for Stela, a young daughter lost in the surreal forests of South Moravia. Players take on the role of Stela’s father Daniel who is forced to return to the forest which he’s vowed to stay away from. The game deals with the concepts of fear, lies, and fatherhood, as well as coming to terms with one's past. There are numerous elements of fantasy and horror involved, where it’s not always clear what’s real and what isn’t, or who the actual monster truly is.
In the Director’s Cut, players must use their wits, a map, and local tourist signs to explore a landscape that is both beautiful and treacherous. The world is full of old memories, abandoned camps, steep hills, gloomy swamps, and collapsed bunkers. It is within these magical forests, inspired by the South Moravian landscape, where stories, riddles, and hidden dangers await. They have also expanded the crafting in the game allowing you to edit, disassemble, and craft new artifacts out of items they collect along their travels.
To summarize, here’s what the new edition of the game includes: Significant optimization for smoother gameplay, DLSS support, better scene lighting in many locations, full support for Xbox and PlayStation controllers, more dynamic gameplay (i.e. fewer "walking" scenes), more intense and terrifying scenes, new puzzles, a new hidden game ending (for New Game+ mode), new interactive tutorial for alchemy and herbalism, photo mode, improved sound system and over 30 minutes of new music, localized into 7 new languages, and extensive bug fixing.
Someday You’ll Return: Director’s Cut is available now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. All owners of the original game on Steam will get this enhanced version for free!
