Betta Lines
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I think this is a very very bad idea.
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Paranormal Activity VR coming to Morpheus/Vive/Rift
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Omnistalgic
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Someone is gonna have a heart attack
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
This seems like it could really be a system seller and move VR units on name brand alone.
Edit: Until the first report of it actually killing someone.
Edit: Until the first report of it actually killing someone.
Betta Lines
Member
The game could be designed around it. You could be looking through a "ghost vision sensor" for example.
Neuromancer
Member
People who played The Kitchen seemed to have enjoyed it.
Fried Food
Banned
Can't wait.
Troubled Bat
Member
Cooooooooool. VR is going to be the savior of Horror. I cannot wait. 
Betta Lines
Member
Doubt it. I think it's more likely that horror will be detrimental to VR's acceptance. I also don't think devs will want to make the content, particularly after the first incident.
Horror is the FUCKING WORST THING EVER in VR. Well, let me rephrase that. If you like being scared it's the best but...man fuck that, lol. I've "noped" out of damn near every horror demo I've tried and they didn't even have insane production values or anything. VR just makes things more believable and horror mixed with heightened believability is terrifying.
But that sells VR! Donning a headset can fuck people up is a great selling point haha!
Honestly PT in VR would probably cause PTSD. Not even from the jump scares, but from transporting you into that atmospheric world. The world building and sound somehow elevated that to an immersive experience on a tv screen. Playing in VR, actually knowing what ti feels like to be in that space, would seriously give you nightmares and start fucking up your waking thoughts. I'd be scared of the dark again.
The Silver
Member
Playing PT in VR is my dream.
FuckKonami
FuckKonami
Head.spawn
Junior Member
I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Marked Ones'. As convoluted as it was, it actually attempted to tie together a story/plot/backstory behind the entire series.
I agree that it's a great way to show off the potential of VR. It's just creepy as fuck though. Headphones on in a house alone? Breh.
This. Not sure what to make of it since I haven't experienced horror in VR but is there a chance that we are overestimating its impact?
GoldandBlue
Member
Will the entire game be a whole lot of nothing happening until the last few minutes?
serversurfer
Member
Dammit now that is scary
I believe there is a phone app that turns your phone into a fatal frame esque device that looked cool
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
Did I land in some bizarro alternate dimension where everyone thinks that Paranormal Activity movies were even remotely scary?
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Jump scares are scares too.
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
There's a huge difference between legitimate scare and being surprised because a loud sound popped up randomly.
Well, then either it wasn't very good horror (good as in legitimately upsetting), or it wasn't very good VR, or the trade show setting reduces its impact, or the people were all exceedingly hard-boiled. Or any combination of those
LookAtMeGo
Member
This gets funnier the longer you watch it.So this in VR:
I wanted P.T in VR. Allison road looks mighty close.
Mushroomer25
Member
Finally, something to sell me on VR.
No joke, the PA movies are some of the most fun (and in the case of 1 & 2, legitimately spectacular) movies I've seen in the past few years. Can't get enough of their wacky chronology, backwards plot structure, and ability to turn footage of nothing into pants-shitting tension.
No joke, the PA movies are some of the most fun (and in the case of 1 & 2, legitimately spectacular) movies I've seen in the past few years. Can't get enough of their wacky chronology, backwards plot structure, and ability to turn footage of nothing into pants-shitting tension.
Betta Lines
Member
Well it was demoed on Morpheus, which is by all accounts less convincing than the latest headsets from HTC and Oculus. And even if it was on the Vive or Rift consumer versions, at highest fidelity, in a more suitable environment, this is just the beginning of where VR wants to go. Those launch headsets will still have many hardware and software hurdles to overcome, and some of these hard-boiled 'I love horror' people will still latch on to those issues and missing elements to remain chilled about the whole thing. But everyone has a limit, and it will be crossed - then it's game over.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I think this news report would actually increase sales! LOL!!
DustyVonEric
Member
Man, fffffffffff that
wild wild rice
Member
Why is that? Legitimately curious.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Ahh, the Four Loko effect.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
How many pairs of underpants so you own?
krypt0nian
Banned
This is the way I die. =(
Still getting it!
Still getting it!
krypt0nian
Banned
I love the whole PA Mythos.
People like different things than you. It's a thing.
brandonh83
Banned
I'd be more excited if it were a Paranormal Activity+Die Hard crossover. Séance Fast or Die Hard.
Betta Lines
Member
Once a high level of presence is achieved (my guess is within the next 10 years), VR has the potential to affect someone in exactly the same way that real-world occurrences affect people. Consider how you'd be terrified if someone was actually about to murder you - that feeling is going to be achievable in VR. It's possible that someone could be physically hurt, i.e. from a heart attack, but it's the mental side of things that is the bigger danger, imo. PTSD seems to be a very real possibility, but I suspect it will be self-regulating to some degree - the developers will not want to make the content once a certain threshold is reached.
nowheretorun
Member
Going to love seeing my wife shit her pants!!!
Hahahahaha.
Me too :-(
Hahahahaha.
Me too :-(
I'm happy to buy more. Bring on the horror games I say
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