System: PSVR 1
Price at Time Of Review: £7.99
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Horror
Input: DualShock Controller
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: 15+
Description: Weeping Doll is immersed in a deep, intriguing narrative that rewards the players’ curiosity. The more you explore, listen and discover, the more you will decipher through the layers of story. The more you think about the narrative the more you will unearth. You will need to be aware of every object and every sound to discover what has happened to the family. Your curiosity will drive you onwards, re-evaluating everything you thought to be true as you unravel more and more of the mystery.
Review: Weeping Doll is a VR horror experience with some comedy undertones (although they might be unintentional). You play as a maid called “A’Tong” who finds herself wrapped up in a dark family secret that you need to get to the bottom of. The story revolves around a scorned child and her parents. Dad is a doll-maker and lets just say that some of them look a little…creepy.
Moving around the rooms via a body teleport system it does at least eliminate most of the VR sickness you might suffer from, so that is a real bonus. You must then solve various puzzles by finding the right things or finding the information you need. The good news is there is nothing too difficult to solve here.
I think a lot of people wanted Weeping Doll to be the premium VR horror experience for the PSVR, but the potential it had does fall a little short in practice. This is more a short VR jump-scare experience than anything else, so the price doesn’t really justify the amount of content you get. Maybe if the storyline and bad voice acting got upgraded it might not be so bad. It might well make a few people jump and all VR horror games are good, because of the media they are displayed in, but that still doesn’t justify the price. Get this for half-price and you might feel a little better about what you get.
