System: Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £3.99
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Horror
Input: Gamepad, Keyboard & Mouse
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: Yes
Age Rating: 18+
Description: Spectre is a breakthrough that brings new experiences in virtual reality to horror fans creating film-like suspense and surprises. Designed for immersive virtual reality and 3D, truly original gameplay has players pursued by the chilling Spectre in stunning and terrifying environments.
In Spectre’s single player mode, you play as a lone Seeker, a wanderer lost inside an abandoned mansion. You’ll soon discover that you are being stalked by the Spectre, a malevolent and elusive spirit residing in the mansion. Equipped with nothing but your headlight, all you can do is keep moving. Your ultimate goal is to explore the mansion and obtain a means of dispelling the looming Spectre permanently.
Review: Spectre is what I can only call the ultimate ghost surviving game. With online multiplayer teams as well as a fun single-player option. The idea is pretty simple. Don’t look at the ghost! This is normally a case of how good the AI is and in single-player mode that is still true. But when it comes to multiplayer and humans controlling the ghost things suddenly get a lot harder.
I’ve played a lot of horror games over the years and horror games in VR are definitely the scariest. With a spooky atmosphere and haunted house setting (with super eerie messages on the walls), you are easily tricked into believing this is a fight for your own life. The main goal is to find a camera that can defeat the ghost, but as for where that is, that is the real mystery. Once you get the camera it is a simple matter of getting a picture of the ghost just before she attacks you.
While some might think the game looks a little empty, I think this adds to the scary setting of the game and if I am honest I found the graphics alright. While I did find the online multiplayer a little laggy at times, it is mostly a pretty smooth experience. This game is sure to get some improvements in time, but even now the potential for this game to be massive is clearly visible. Horror games have never been this sociable.
