![]() ![]() Later, there’s a couple of nice, tense sections and some pretty good scares thrown into the mix, but these sections don’t overstay their welcome and manage to remain effective. The debut of the mannequin manages to instill a strange dread by it merely existing. It’s not a horror game at all, but Draugen manages to turn the air of mystery to one of dread very quickly. While Gravvik is an abandoned hamlet in a beautiful landscape, it has the ability to be downright unnerving. One of the key aspects of this is the score by composer Simon Poole, and while I’m no expert, it seems as though Red Thread has incorporated traditional Norwegian music into the score. ![]() But after a while it is apparent that it has a style all of its own. Starting out, it reminded me of the melancholic tunes of Dear Esther. The music in Draugen is very well produced indeed. The lip-synching wasn’t great in my pre-release version, though this wasn’t very distracting and did not detract from the overall experience. The character models aren’t aiming for photo-realism, but slightly exaggerated features which manage to command a human performance by some pretty great facial animations. Even with settings banged up to ‘ultra’, I didn’t see any judder or slowdown using a GTX 1070, Intel i7 with close to 16GB of RAM. It’s so gorgeous, in fact, that it is one of only a handful of games that look as good in its screenshots as it does in action. Let me tell you one thing for certain about Draugen, though: this game sure is gorgeous. Any first person game without guns is seemingly labelled a ‘walking sim’. I’ve confessed my feelings toward the term several times in the past, and while it has been used to successfully describe a whole genre of gaming, it often gets slapped on games incorrectly. If anyone uses the term ‘walking simulator’ to describe Draugen, feel free to correct them. Edward is here to find his sister Betty, who appears to have gone missing, and during his stay in Gravvik he’ll attempt to find out what exactly happened. He arrives at the beautiful Fjord hamlet with his ward, Lissie, to find it totally abandoned. You play as Edward, who has ventured to the remote town of Graavk, Norway. His newest work, Draugen can best be described as a first-person mystery game. He also worked on the hugely underrated RPG The Secret World. He then moved onto MMO Anarchy Online in 2001 (which is amazingly still going) before working on Longest Journey sequels Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chapters in 20 respectively. He has only a handful of titles under his belt in over 20 years in the industry, but Tørnquist is all about quality, not quantity.Īfter getting his start on PlayStation movie tie ins Casper and Dragonheart, he developed the smash hit point n click title, The Longest Journey, in 1999. “Each Ivor Novello Award is unique as it is presented to music creators by music creators on behalf of the Academy and is an expression of our admiration”.Ragnar Tørnquist is possibly one of the most underrated creative names in video game production today. “Their talent is the reason that the music we all love exists”, he went on. The UK produces some of the most dynamic, creative and successful music creators in the world working across games, TV, film and recorded music”. I would like to congratulate every winner and nominee on their incredible achievements. I’m THRILLED to know that she will soon be part of this incredible association”.Ĭommenting on all the winners, Ivors Academy Chair Crispin Hunt added: “The Ivors 2020 is a stunning roll call of songwriting and screen composing talent. She is a legendary British artist who thoroughly deserves to be recognised and honoured with an Ivors Academy Fellowship. With her definitive voice and unique guitar playing style, her songs are masterful classics. Meanwhile, Jamie Cullum took the big Best Song Musically And Lyrically prize for his song ‘Age Of Anxiety’, and this year’s Ivors Academy Fellowship was handed to Joan Armatrading.Īnnie Lennox, who received the fellowship in 2015, said of that latter award: “Joan Armatrading was born to create beautiful music, as she has done so consistently over the decades of her life, as an outstanding singer, songwriter, recording artist and performer. Instead, the awards show was broadcast on Apple Music 1, thanks to headline sponsorship from the streaming service.Īmong those who had trophies couriered round to them were Dave, Labrinth, Little Simz and Calvin Harris. ![]() Although, due to all the stuff and everything, there was no big ceremony. The winners of this year’s Ivor Novello Awards were revealed yesterday. Artist News Awards Ivor Novello Awards biked over to winners By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 3 September 2020 ![]()
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