The PSVR’s virtual reality is almost too immersive for fright-flick-inspired games like RE7.
I’m a long-time fan of the Resident Evil video game series, and I’m a big believer in virtual reality. Combining the two sounds like a winning formula, right?
But, even I had some trepidation about the new Resident Evil 7 , which allows you to play the entire game in virtual reality on a Sony PlayStation 4 console, via the PSVR headset. Virtual reality, whether the Oculus Rift , HTC Vive , PSVR or others, is great for puzzle games, simple sports and occasional shoot-em-ups, but scary games can be a little too immersive, especially if they’re filled with cheap jump scares or in-your-face monsters.
This is not a position I take lightly — I’ve always loved games like Resident Evil and Dead Space , and a reasonable amount of my Blu-ray collection is dedicated to directors like Dario Argento and George Romero. But after playing dozens of VR games this past year (while I’ve been testing VR-ready PCs in the CNET labs), I can safely say horror VR games are not for me. I don’t even like when fish swim too close to my face in VR demos (and that giant whale should back off a bit, too).
