Am I going mad? I really think I’m going mad. I’m sure we’ve covered Prison Island before. I mean, why wouldn’t we have? It looks lovely. I’m sure I even remember deciding which screenshot to use as the header. But apparently not, as a search yields no results. By brain officially sucks.
Anyway! Prison Island. Its developers have released new screenshots. Why should you care? Clicky-clicky to find out.
It’s a post-apocalyptic mod. Zzzz. Except! It’s a post-apocalyptic mod that doesn’t assume the end of the world involves charred earth and mutants. Instead, it’s set in an absolutely lush tropical paradise, more Far Cry than Fallout. Which means the stark silvers of the prison itself are offset rather wonderfully. In the mod, set 10 years into the future, the much-touted 2012 disaster has been the result of the economic collapse and resulting public disarray, leading to absolute chaos, leading to a terrible global regime taking over. It’s so-far-so-ordinary, but the thing really does look pretty, taking the Source engine to great places.
I mean, just look at the new screenshots and concept art.
(And, man, the image I was sure I used last time I posted about this, even though I didn’t post about this, is actually on my hard drive. So I’m not going mad. I must just have forgotten to bloomin’ post the thing.)