One of the PlayStation VR’s first proper horror games is more Silent Hill than Resident Evil, but how scary is it really?
It can’t be long now, until we get the first tabloid report (true or otherwise) of someone having a heart attack while playing PlayStation VR. As developers experiment with how to best make use of the new technology, the one obvious thing that is already known to work is horror games. But while it’s pretty easy to get a reaction from a quick jump scare, a well-crafted survival horror is a difficult thing to fashion. As Here They Lie proves, for better and worse…
Rather than the video game equivalent of Paranormal Activity and its cinematic ilk, Here They Lie has aspirations to more psychological horror. Silent Hill is a clear influence in terms of general atmosphere and the style of storytelling, although the gameplay is more akin to a walking simulator such as Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture.
The game opens without explanation, in a drab-looking train station, as you say goodbye to an attractive young woman named Dana. Your exact relationship with her is not revealed, but her appearances are one of the few times there is any colour to the otherwise black and white visuals. The rest is provided by the blood soaking the floors and the various bestial apparitions that appear before you.
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Source: Metro UK