Saturnalia, a Survival Horror Adventure, Comes to Xbox

in the world Saturnalia, everything is not as it seems. At first glance, the Italian village of Gravoi may appear quaint and understated, but it hides many secrets.Likewise, there are more four co-protagonists Saturnalia brighter than before. Although each of them are outsiders for different reasons, they all share a common goal: to eradicate the darkness that plagues Gravoi, even if it means bringing their own demons into the light.

The first of these was the extraordinary geologist Anita Giannini, the figure of a businesswoman in the late ’80s. Unlike her other protagonists, she doesn’t have any attachment to Gravoi until she arrives a year before the events of the game. In fact, her original purpose in the village was to survey the area on behalf of corporate mining interests eager to exploit the surrounding natural resources. A confident and self-assured woman is not easily intimidated both professionally and personally – so perhaps she inevitably finds herself involved in an illicit affair with the married town priest Damiano amour.at the beginning Saturnaliashe found out she was pregnant with a child, and although it would certainly be controversial if her affair were to be made public, she was determined to keep the child.

Gravoi’s conservative values ​​are at odds with Anita’s poised personality, but there are other, darker forces at work that even she can’t ignore.

By contrast, Paul Izem is Gravoi’s child, even though he didn’t know it for most of his life. Paul was soon adopted by a family in the southern Sardinian city of Iglesias after his biological parents died under mysterious circumstances when he was a baby. Only after discovering a letter urging his adoptive parents to never let him return to Gravoi did he ignore the request and embark on a personal mission to find out the truth about what happened to his parents. To avoid raising suspicion in a town already distrusted by the outside world, Paul uses his career as a photojournalist to mask his true motives, claiming that he is producing a feature for a travel magazine, even as he quietly seeks out information about his past. clue. Little did he know that his camera was vital to documenting the horrors lurking in Gravoi…

Paul is quick to put on a brave face, and he hides his insecurities as much as he hides his real motives for coming to the village.But the other protagonists Saturnalia Not fully sharing his sense of self.

Sergio Aulas was born and raised in Gravoy but left Manchester when he was 16. At the time, his departure seemed like something to be celebrated: an opportunity to study abroad, paid for by the generosity of Bruno Bissani, the owner and owner of Gravoy Castle. But in fact, it was not an opportunity, but an exile: at the urging of his father, Sergio was found in bed with Pisani by the lord’s wife, and was sent to England as a cover-up for the scandal. Thirty years later, he became a successful computer programmer, returning to Gravoi only to care for his iron-lung father. Cold and analytical, Sergio is naturally opposed to the traditionalist norms of his homeland, especially as a gay man who is no longer forced to hide his sexuality. But out of obligation to his ailing father, and lingering curiosity about the fate of his ex-lover – who has disappeared – Sergio has no choice but to reintegrate into Gravoy’s community and in mystery.

But Sergio is also secretly battling morphine addiction, which he treats by stealing his father’s medicine. If he’s going to find the answers he’s looking for, he’s going to need the one thing he’s most uncomfortable with: the help of others.

Claudia Mirai would rather suffer in silence than ask for help.more than anyone else Saturnalia, she despises Gravoi: As a 16-year-old punk, she knows she’s more than just tending her father’s bar, and that the antiquated culture of her remote hometown suffocates her to the point of anger. But it’s not just the young rebel who shaped her worldview. As a child, she stumbled upon a terrifying scene: her aunt wearing her wedding dress, hanging from a century-old olive tree in the ancient nuragic area outside the village.This scene left Claudia with a painful wound that she could never get rid of, like ometa (Code of Silence in Southern Italy) Her father and other townspeople then refused to admit that the death was suicide. Since then, she has stood firmly against every institution in her community, be it patriarchal values ​​or religious education. She’s defiant and only aligned with those she sees as opposed to the system – but in fact her cynicism is a coping mechanism for her painful memories and painful relationship with her father. Her wish was to leave Gravoi and start a new life away from everything she knew.

However, in order to achieve this wish, she must survive the night of the winter solstice.

Alone, each of these characters can only do so much. Together they have the chance to unravel the mysteries of Gravoi and escape Saturnalia.

The team at Santa Ragione is putting the finishing touches on the game and we can’t wait for you to play it. Saturnalia launches on October 27, 2022 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.