It’s important to get your eight hours of beauty sleep every night, so maybe skip Afterlife VR if you’re susceptible to night terrors. Officially scheduled to release on 19th April – following a PC-based launch last year – the survival horror will be haunting PSVR2 headsets all around the world. Judging by the trailer, this won’t be for the faint of heart.
“What is really lurking behind the door of a well-known mental facility, where protagonist Adam’s younger sister, Allison, was recently sent?” the press release ponders. “Is there any connection between missing patients and hospital workers and the ground-breaking study about the Indigo Children phenomena?”
To be fair, the trailer looks fairly boilerplate, but as PSVR2 owners will no doubt appreciate, traditional experiences are transformed by the inherent interactivity of virtual reality games. Reviews of the PC release have been largely positive, and considering The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR was such a damp squib, we’re somewhat hopeful this can pick up some of the slack.
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Hope it turns out good. My niece has been begging me for a truly scary game on PSVR2. At this point, I'm willing to try any game, even if it isn't outstanding.
@naruball I scarred my youngest brother for life when I let him watch when I was playing Resident Evil that wont happen again. That will not happen with my younger nephew we are sticking to kids games.
@naruball If your niece isn’t scared of Resident Evil Village, she must be pretty hardcore! Some people can’t make it past the tutorial. I have a friend who is a horror fan in his forties and he only made it a little further than that.
Personally, I’m begging for more PSVR2 games that aren’t horror themed. Seems like almost every campaign-oriented game is so dreary and terrifying. Not my preferred variety of escapism.
Agree less horror games please VR has so much potential
@Hoodie718 Resident Evil has a vibe or tone that I just can't take seriously so I don't find it the least bit scary. Horror is kinda like that though. If it can't hit just the right notes it can come off unintentionally comical.
I'm still holding out for Alien Isolation in VR. That's true fear for me. Or maybe a Silent Hill.
Hmm depends on reviews and cost
@zupertramp I envy you! In VR, just making my way through the dark (with those deep OLED blacks) is plenty scary for me.
Personally Switchback looks so much better. Like others have commented VR has more potential than just horror. Give me more Astrobot, Moss style games or for me personally Sci-fi rail shooters like Starwars arcade, Starblade, Silpheed. These games in VR would be AMAZING!! Not all of us want endless horror or fps shooters.
Guess who's not buying this game. I'll add this to the list of two or three PSVR2 games I haven't bought yet....
@Hoodie718 LOL, that's the game @thefourfoldroot1 and @neonpizza keep telling me, the scaredy cat, isn't actually scary/horror it's just a spooky action game.
@TrickyDicky99 I feel like there is far more quality launch games than most consoles have. This is my first VR headset so both Moss games are new to me and GT7 and RE Village are amazing. Also got the saints and sinners games which I haven't played yet but heard good things.. And The Last Clockwinder and Horizon were good
@TrickyDicky99 I don't know what's going on in your life but it's really sad to see someone being so negative all the time. Obviously, something is going on to act this way but I hope one day your life improves. You may not realize it, but for anyone reading your comments, it's clear as day. You're hurting and you're trying to take it out on others even by making all sorts of negative assumptions about them. Think about it for a second. I went through something similar about 10 years ago and when someone pointed it out to me, it got me thinking and I started improving my life instead of focusing on all the negative (much of which was in my head, as in this case with you).
Just to give you an idea of how wrong you are about me, I was specifically talking about my niece who's into horror/scary games. I'm not into them, but she's visiting for the holidays, so I was hoping I'd find a scary game to show her.
As for me, I've bought the following PSVR games:
1. Puzzling places: so far it's my favourite. I've spent countless hours playing it and relaxing. For me, no video game experience beats this. It's simply wonderful.
2. Rez infinite: I heard great things about it, gave it a try, but I wasn't blown away. Maybe it just isn't for me.
3. Pavlol: Haven't even had the time to properly play it yet. Gave it a go and was amazed by how realistic it felt. I just need to beat some other games first.
4. Pistol Whip: This was one of my favourite PSVR games. It was a free upgrade and I'm having a blast all over again.
5. Les Mills Body Combat: I used to do Body Combat in real life and I was really excited to play it. Unfortunately, I need a bigger space, so I'm considering rearranging my entire living room just to play it.
6. Job Simulator: Was a free upgrade. Looking forward to trying it for the first time.
7. Creed: Love boxing games. Played the PSVR version for a bit but the tracking was off (one of my MOVEs wasn't working properly), so really looking forward to this one.
8. No Man's Sky: Recently bought this one. Don't know if I'll enjoy it.
9. Swordsman: Haven't tried it, but it's definitely my cup of tea. Looking forward to playing it soon.
10. Thumber: Haven't tried it either. Got the upgrade. We'll see.
11. Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners: Played it 2 days ago with members of my family and we all loved it. Can't wait to get back to it! Push square gave it a 10/10 and I can see why!
Games I'm looking forward to buying (in no particular order):
1. Horizon: The demo was great. Just waiting for a price cut.
2. Tetris: It's too expensive at the moment
3. Moss I and II: They look great, but they're a tad expensive even as a bundle
4. Demeo: as a huge D&D fan, I can't wait to play it. It's just way too expensive at the moment.
5. Zombieland: I read it's an awesome game and all its drawbacks don't matter to me (e.g. that it has very little to do with the movie, which I haven't seen anyway)
6. Walking Dead Retribution: An absolute must have.
7. Kayak Vr Mirage: It looks really fun and I may even get it today, since the price is right. But I barely have enough time to play the ones I own, so I think I might wait a bit.
As an academic with very limited time, even if I could easily afford all the games I'm currently very interested in, I wouldn't be able to play them. So, I'm sorry to inform you, but your assertion couldn't be any more wrong.
@Hoodie718 for some reason I completely forgot about Resident Evil Village. I wish I had bought it when it was on sale :/
Her favourite video game is P.T. I even gave her my ps4 just so that she can play it. She's 12, by the way. A total scaredy-cat, who, nonetheless, loves horror more than anything.
@Flaming_Kaiser I was just like your younger brother when I was young. Still scarred after seeing in a very young age a movie where a guy was cut in half by a door that was closing. 30 years later, I still dream about it...
@TrickyDicky99 chill man. Are you the guy who wouldn't play GoW Ragnarok because it was cross Gen and was bragging about all the VR games you had? Cool bro
@TrickyDicky99 wow, we are all jealous of you. It won't be a flop with a price drop at the holidays. Nobody wants the crap that was ps vr1, what with it's ridiculous controllers, camera, wires, and inferior visual fidelity
@TrickyDicky99 lol, Pong... Ps1, you're references are so outlandish it makes me wonder if you're that dumb or if you are just a troll. I'm going with both. You were bragging and gloating a few months ago that we were all stuck in the stone age playing GoW while you were playing these awesome VR games. Now they are like Pong?
@TrickyDicky99 lol, dude, I've played VR games before. Many in fact.not that it matters. And Jim took over way before psvr came out. Building a second headset, let alone a high quality one, and buying a huge studio known for VR games sure shows they don't care about VR. The fact is that most people don't care about VR. The market was shrinking well before the headset was released. And it's not like it's even close to the most expensive one on the market. It probably will always be a niche thing. So I don't care that you got vr 7 years ago or that you have 130 games. Doesn't change the fact that this new headset is amazing.
@naruball As a younger kid you don't think a out but parents should really watch what their children are playing that's for sure.
@Flaming_Kaiser absolutely. As an uncle, I sometimes forget what's appropriate and what's not for them, so I go for the safe(r) options, unless I get their parent's permission (for scary stuff).
@naruball My mom told me don't let your little brother watch but he always sat with me watching games i felt so stupid... ☹️
@Flaming_Kaiser oh, man...
@naruball Its a pity you find out how stupid you was when you are older.
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