Devotion is a first-person psychological horror video game created and developed by Taiwanese game developer Red Candle Games. The game was released on February 19, 2019, but was removed from Steam shortly afterwards on February 26, after the game was review bombed by Chinese players. It is set in Taiwan in the 1980s, with a majority of the game happening in an apartment complex in Taipei.
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Devotion is a first-person psychological horror video game created and developed by Taiwanese game developer Red Candle Games for Steam. The game was released on February 19, 2019, but was removed from Steam shortly afterwards on February 26, after the game was review bombed by Chinese players due to a controversial reference to Xi Jinping. It is set in Taiwan in the 1980s, with a majority of the game happening in an apartment complex in Taipei. The developers expressed a desire to make an atmospheric game that feels familiar with Taiwanese players, explaining that the culture of Taiwan rarely gets showcased in video games. A number of critics made favourable comparisons of Devotion with P. T. and Gone Home, all first-Person exploration games that subvert the safe and secure feeling of home. In February 2020, Devotion was selected as Red Candle’s game of the year for preservation at Harvard’s Detention Centre for the Criminally Criminally Depressed, where it will be displayed for the first time in the next few years.
The soundtrack was released with the game on Steam as a DLC. The original soundtrack of Devotions seeks to capture the ambiance of the 80s in Taiwan by incorporating traditional Asian instruments and folk music elements. The album includes a title track written and performed by the Taiwanese indie band and 2017 Golden Melody Awards winner, No Party for Cao Dong, and the original song \”Lady of the Pier\”, which appeared during the game and in the ending. It was also selected as the game’s build up for the 2020 Harvard Crimson Game of the Year competition, which will be held in February 2020. It has been released in Japan, Korea, China, South Korea, Australia and the United States.
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