
The Suffering: Ties That Bind (2005)
Platforms: Xbox · PlayStation 2 · WindowsGenres: Genres · Action · 1st-person · Behind view · Survival horror · Horror · Regional differences
The Suffering: Ties That Bind follows in the footsteps of its predecessor by combining a disturbing horror atmosphere with action/shooter gameplay. Players can switch between third person and first person depending on their preference, and will shoot a...
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Age Rating
M
Cast & Crew · 268 people
- Richard Rouse III· Creative Director & Writer
- Noah Raymond Heller· Producer
- Andre Maguire· Lead Designer
- Eric Snyder· Lead Programmer
- Beau Folsom· Lead Artist
- Andrew Poon· Lead Animator
- Joe Olson· Lead FX Artist
- Boyd Post· Lead Sound Designer, Music
- Tomas Vykruta· Technology Lead Programmer
- Simon Cooke· Tools Lead Programmer
- Christopher Klimecky· Production Manager
- Alan Patmore· Studio Head
- Stuart Denman· Studio Technical Director / RIOT Engine Architecture
- Mike Nichols· Studio Art Director
- Nick Radovich· Studio Operations Director / Studio Audio Director
- Becca Yucha· Associate Producer
- Bach Payson· Localization Specialist
- Todd Clineschmidt· Lead Systems Designer
- Peter Carlson· Systems Designers
- Brian Freyermuth· Systems Designers
- Ben Coleman· Lead Level Designer
- Nathan Cheever· Level Designer
- Greg Alt· Game Programming
- Matthew Edmonds· Game Programming
- Jeff Fisher· Game Programming
- Joseph Sola· Game Programming
- Eric Anderson· Game Programming
- Michael Barrette· Lead Level Artist - Team "Hotline"
- Josh Andersen· Level Artists - Team "Hotline"
- Cory Lee· Level Artists - Team "Hotline"
- Mark Bullock· Lead Level Artist - Team "Suicide"
- Craig Blum· Level Artists - Team "Suicide"
- Eric Holman· Level Artists - Team "Suicide"
- Wayne Laybourn· Level Artists - Team "Suicide"
- Ian Stout· Level Artists - Team "Suicide"
- Garrett Smith· Character Artist
- Ben Olson· Concept Artist
- Christopher W. Greenhaw· Texture Artists
- Todd Lovering· Texture Artists
- David Heutmaker· Graphics / UI
- Scott Dickey· Animators
- Chris Johnson· Animators
- Travis Phelps· Cinematics Lead Animator
- Perry Cucinotta· Cinematic Animator
- John Scrapper· FX Artists
- Jonathan Peters· FX Artists
- Seth Faske· FX Artists
- Michael Cimprich· Tools & Technology Programming
- John Cuyle· Tools & Technology Programming
- David Huseby· Tools & Technology Programming
- Steven Stadnicki· Tools & Technology Programming
- Eric Wilson· Tools & Technology Programming
- Darci Morales· Quality Assurance Lead
- Mark Shoemaker· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Brandon Anthony· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Darryl Shack· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Zach Oglesby· Test Automation / Debugging
- Brad Weikel· Test Automation / Debugging
- Adam Henderson· Additional Production
- Christopher A. Smith· Additional Production
- Michel Stultz· Additional Designer
- Tim Ebling· Additional Programming
- John Krajewski· Additional Programming
- Patrick Betremieux· Additional Programming
- Joshua Grass· Additional Programming
- John Howe· Additional Artists
- Jason L. Merck· Additional Artists
- Shane White· Additional Video Production
- Brigitte Samson· Additional Animators
- Scott Cummings· Additional Animators
- Heron Prior· Additional Animators
- Martin Stoltz· Additional Cinematics
- Erik Aho· Music
- Erik Chan· Interns
- Justin Woods· Interns
- Michael Clarke Duncan· Voice Actors
- Rachel Griffiths· Voice Actors
- Rafeedah Keys· Voice Actors
- Arif S. Kinchen· Voice Actors
- John Armstrong· Voice Actors
- S. Scott Bullock· Voice Actors
- Bob Papenbrook· Voice Actors
- Keith Anthony· Voice Actors
- Kamali Minter· Voice Actors
- Keith Ferguson· Voice Actors
- Scott Menville· Voice Actors
- Meg Savlov· Voice Actors
- James Patrick Stuart· Voice Actors
- Ciaran Reilly· Voice Actors
- David Markus· Voice Actors
- James C. Mathis III· Voice Actors
- John Patrick Lowrie· Voice Actors
- Dave Wittenberg· Additional Voices
- Andre Ware· Additional Voices
- Bhama Roget· Additional Voices
- Earl Alexander· Additional Voices
- Bruno Moury· Voice Actors (French)
- Mary-Anne Cayrouze· Voice Actors (French)
- Brigitte Urhausen· Voice Actors (French)
- Xavier Boulanger· Voice Actors (French)
- Alain Moussay· Voice Actors (French)
- Olivier Piechaczyk· Voice Actors (French)
- Jack Reinhardt· Voice Actors (French)
- Zazie-Charlotte Pfeiffer· Voice Actors (French), Voice Actors (German)
- Richard Andrieux· Voice Actors (French)
- Mlanie Fouch· Voice Actors (French)
- Tobias Kempf· Voice Actors (French)
- Theirry Lutz· Additional Voices (French)
- Eric Genetet· Additional Voices (French)
- Catherine Javaloyes· Additional Voices (French)
- Carlo Properzi Curti· Voice Actors (Italian)
- Daniela Cappellato· Voice Actors (Italian)
- Alessandro De Lorenzo· Voice Actors (Italian)
- Ulisse Lendaro· Voice Actors (Italian)
- Aristide Genavese· Voice Actors (Italian)
- Maurizio Busato· Voice Actors (Italian)
- Marinella Vivona· Voice Actors (Italian)
- Pierluigi Cerin· Additional Voices (Italian)
- Angiolina Gobbi· Additional Voices (Italian)
- Federico Pelle· Additional Voices (Italian)
- Giancarolo Biacozzo· Additional Voices (Italian)
- Nadir Basso· Additional Voices (Italian)
- Angelo Leopizzi· Additional Voices (Italian)
- Vito Trapani· Additional Voices (Italian)
- Pedro Tena· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Elsa Pinillos· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Juan Carlos Lozano Muñoz· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Luis Grandio· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Miguel A. Prez· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Adolfo Pastor Catral· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- María Inmaculada Gallego Paz· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Jaime Roca· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Enrique Santarén· Voice Actors (Spanish)
- Iaqui Alonso· Additional Voices (Spanish)
- Jorge A. Calleja· Additional Voices (Spanish)
- Aparicio Rivero· Additional Voices (Spanish)
- Antonio Muoz· Additional Voices (Spanish)
- Julia Martinez· Additional Voices (Spanish)
- Rolf Berg· Voice Actors (German)
- Birgit Karla Krause· Voice Actors (German)
- Brit Gülland· Voice Actors (German)
- Norman Matt· Voice Actors (German)
- Axel Ludwig· Voice Actors (German)
- Hans Bayer· Voice Actors (German)
- Reinhard Schulat-Rademacher· Voice Actors (German)
- Gregor Höppner· Voice Actors (German)
- Vittorio Alfieri· Voice Actors (German)
- Michaela Kametz· Voice Actors (German)
- Thomas Krause· Voice Actors (German)
- Patrick Feiter· Voice Actors (German)
- Petra Glunz-Grosch· Additional Voices (German)
- Max Schmitz· Additional Voices (German)
- Tracey Guinn· Administration
- Laura Dahowski· Administration
- Lisa Fugate· Administration
- Stephen K. Heed· IT
- Dion Baldwin· IT
- Geoff Carter· Manual Writer
- Graham Jupp· Special Thanks
- Keith Arem· Voice Production
- Jesse Kavarovics· Dialog Editorial
- Jamie Vance· Dialog Editorial
- James Philip Gentile· Motion Capture / Animation / Motion Talent
- Fredy Palma· Motion Capture Specialist / Animation
- Randy Stratton· Motion Capture / Animation
- Elias Figueroa· Motion Talent
- Steve Bowler· Motion Talent
- Carlos Pesina· Motion Talent
- Steven M. Allison· Marketing & PR
- Mona Hamilton· Marketing & PR
- Tim Granich· Marketing & PR
- Sean McCann· Marketing & PR
- Natalie Salzman DaRosa· Marketing & PR
- Johner Riehl· Marketing & PR
- Katie Ahrenhoersterbaeumer Del Pietro· Marketing & PR
- Deborah K. Fulton· Legal
- Robert Gustafson· Legal
- Michael Burke· Legal
- Cory Halpern· Legal
- Christa Woss· Creative Media
- Beth Ann Smukowski· Creative Media
- Nicole Garcia· Licensing
- Rare Macapayag· Special Thanks
- Paul Sterngold· Dir. of Quality Assurance
- Malcolm Scott· QA Manager
- Curtis Robert Barnes· QA Supervisor
- John Bozeman· Lead QA Analysts
- Ben Nicholas· Lead QA Analysts
- John Ryan· Assistant Lead QA Analysts
- Ben Esguerra· Assistant Lead QA Analysts
- Greg Bass· Assistant Lead QA Analysts
- Courtland Jones· Technical Standards Analysts
- Colin Payette· Technical Standards Analysts
- Raymond Mitchell· Technical Standards Analysts
- Matthew Staples· Technical Standards Analysts
- Jimmy Storey· Technical Standards Analysts
- John Bell· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Cailab Bourell· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Richard Zager· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Carl Meyers· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Mark Thorsen· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Nico Nelson· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Jeffrey Navasca· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Adam Hanson· Quality Assurance Analysts
- James Art Holland· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Jared Hamiter· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Thomas Gordon· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Ryan Byrne· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Adam Granzer· Quality Assurance Analysts
- John Hull· Quality Assurance Analysts
- Clermont Matton· Localization Supervisors
- Ivan Glaze· Localization Supervisors
- Leo Capezzuto· Localization Product Analysts
- Philipp Schilman· Localization Product Analysts
- Franklin Najarro· Localization Product Analysts
- Grace Sikorska· Localization Product Analysts
- Randall Mage· Supervisor
- Nina Lampinen· Coordinators
- Monica Costoya· Coordinators
- Andrea Brumma· Project Management
- Annabelle Labbe· Project Management
- Rosane Thuaudet· Project Management
- Marco Morbin· Project Management
- Shelli Sloan· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Paulette Denman· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Jens Peitersen· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Shana Gitnick· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Michael George Cooke· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Erika Klimecky· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Alex Klimecky· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Susan Jessup· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Melissa Coleman· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Connor Grant· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Susanne Parker· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Shawn Faske· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Denise Carter· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Kari Schiffrin· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Pamela Smith· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Sarah Cawrey· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Heather Clineschmidt· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Michael Stradley· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Rosalie Arevalo· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Brian Huseby· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Loren Inderbitzin· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- James Ham· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Erica Sanchez· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Hande Ataman· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Lisa Shoemaker· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Teresa Cruz· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Ellena Nessa Weikel· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Chuck Sola· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Sue Sola· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Kristin King· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Oliver Alt· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Julie Lee· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Dakota Lee· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Richard Rouse· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Regina Rouse· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Tera Williams· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Steve Freeman· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Aydin Ghajar· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Christine Liepens· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Andy Grieser· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Yoshiko Oglesby· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Jeff Krajewski· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Wayne Olson· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Aaron McFadden· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
- Margaret Rogers· Surreal Software would like to thank our "Fellow Sufferers"
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