System: Oculus Rift, Rift S
Price at Time Of Review: £5.99 ($7)
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Horror
Input: Oculus Touch
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: 15+
Description: Young Thomas has just moved into his new house; his parents snapping up the deal for the property without realising its dark past. Thomas finds a cassette player with a tape left inside along with a much needed flashlight. As darkness falls, he soon realises he is not alone within the room. Use your flashlight to ward off the Boogeyman, it seems to be the only thing it fears.
Review: Are you a fan of horror games like Sisters or Five Nights at Freddy’s? If you are I have good news for you, because Boogeyman is just like those classic simple / jump scare games, only played at a much faster pace. The story goes that you are a child and the Boogeyman is after you. Luckily he doesn’t like direct light and you have a torch that you can use to fend him off.
At any one time, you need to keep an eye on the five ways that he can get into the bedroom. He can come trough the door, closet, window, air vent and even the sides of the bed. You need to listen out and watch all the access points that are in the room but it is not easy as they are scattered around the room meaning you have to keep flicking your head around and catch him before he can sneak up on you.
Horror games in VR are just the best, even a poorly made horror game in VR can be scary (anyone for Dreadhalls?) but the good news is this game isn’t bad at all, in fact, it is pretty darn scary and it looks good as well. You will scream, you will jump and yes you will panic. But after a few goes, you will also get rather bored of it. Having said that this is a game best played with friends, at a party or even better a Halloween party. Don’t expect a lot of unique gameplay, but to expect some jumps and some laughs.
