Best PSVR Games of 2018
Transference
From Spectrevision, Elijah Wood’s production company, Transference is an experiment in virtual reality storytelling. The story it tells is far from perfect, but it’s a great example of where the medium could go when it comes to unique ways of immersing you in a tale.
Your task is to explore a house to work out what happened to the family that lived there. The twist, though, is that you’re doing so from memories that have been stored on a computer.
This allows for all manner of trippy visuals, unusual sounds, and multiple viewpoints. It makes the world you’re tasked with exploring fascinating, but the story it tells is too often confusing. When it’s in its stride, Transference can be terrifying, making you intensely nervous with the sound design and visual flair, but the writing can’t keep up.
If you’re looking for a horror title that’s short, often very unsettling, and a great example of what’s possible in VR, Transference would be a great choice, just don’t expect a story to get invested in.
