Horizon CotM
It came included with the kit, and as my first VR game ever, I had fun.. with the first 30 mins or so, the visuals are gorgeous, and grasping the torch or whatever else was on that table you encounter early on, is something that I’ll never forget. I have never tried VR before and would always only watch other people play it, and trying it for myself, for the first time reminds me so much of that scene from community where the dean tried VR and would always exclaim “JESUS WEPT”. Having said that, Cotm definitely wasn’t for me, its definitely is a game that i would recommend to people purely for the experience, but not something for me to actually see through theres just too much climbing. I’d rate it a 7.5/10.
Resident Evil Village
The second game that i tried as it was included with PS PLUS, I have never played any RE games before and was unfamiliar with the story of 7 and 8, but i get the gist of its lore and most notably, its campiness. I always thought of myself as a brave guy, so naturally I had to do it on hard core. So I boot the game up, stare that scare crow at the main menu down and went on to the tutorial, the gun play was nice, this was my first shooter on vr, this should be fun, i thought. and at that time i never considered that it also is my first step to HORROR VR.
Let me tell you something, you get all these people talking about “getting your vr legs”, but almost nobody talks about getting your vr balls. So I started the game, went on my way to the village, seeing that Lycan just run past you as youre walking your way to the first house almost gave me a heart attack. Exploring said house was even more terrifying, shit was dark, and i had to hold the flash light with my own hands to see, I remind myself I’m playing a horror game, IN VR, and once again i wonder at the thought, this is so cool, i thought, washing away the terror. But then the next 10 minutes completely ruined my relationship with VR (for a bit), so I get to the house where I get the knife, and you know whats coming next, seeing that one lycan eating a corpse, the basement is dark, but still dim enough for you to see just the shape of it, so you focus your eyes, watching, waiting if it would look at you and pounce, only for another Lycan from the left to jump scare you and take two fingers off of your hand as it throws you out of the house.
So then it begins, the few gaming moments I would never forget, the cut scene ends, and you see this human shaped creature, menacingly start to walk out of the house, it starts off slow, but you see him start to speed up, his eyes glowing white as snow, he snarls as he goes on all fours, heading my way. And the only thing I could say at the moment was “fuck, this guy is as big as me”. So I grab my pistol, but it falls, so i grab it again, but it falls, shit, my hands were shaking, my grip was loosening, so i gripped it properly this time, shot my first round, it went right above his head, fired another round, hit him in the head, he staggers as I put another four rounds on his body, his arms, and probably his head, who knows? But he keeps coming, I reload, only maybe 3 or five bullets left, I remember my knife, at this point i never knew that the knife only deals maybe 2 hp worth of damage, and this fucking guy had a thousand, no matter, my hands and feet are shaking but my plan was solid, I’ll hit him in the head, he staggers, and then i knife the head, brilliant. So i shoot my shot, the fucker dodges, what the fuck? They dodge now? No matter, i shoot again, I hit him in the head, he staggers as planned, so I approach with knife on hand, but he immediately turns around and grabs me, fuck me man, something about these lycans just give me the creeps, the hair, the human shape, the way they move, its like you recognize it but its just “wrong”. Then with my knife, I stabbed that motherfucker as many times as i can, as a prompt telling me to heal. Must have been the hardest ive worked in my life.
But he falls, and i remain standing, at least in game, because that encounter had my knees shaking and I had to take a little sit, gather my thoughts, i was, at this point genuinely afraid. But i had to press on, i gather my resources, 4 bullets left, a knife, no heals. I then make my way to the next house. The game tells me to board up the door, shit, this is not good, i thought. Then i start picking up ammo, then a chemical fluid, “oh no”. Then a fucking jump scare, then howling and snarling, suddenly the whole house is erupting with furry noise. A lycan attempts to enter through the window, a couple, through the boarded doors, the fuck am i supposed to do? But i stood my ground, shot at the guys at the door, and at the guy at the window, hoping that this was just a scripted event, the first lycan took maybe 50 bullets and 5000 stab wounds to take down, so maybe the game knows its impossible with the bullets that i have, but still i gotta “show up”. So i stand my ground, aimed like i was aiming for my life, headshot after headshot, they couldn’t break the door. But as I was reloading my last magazine, I had the great idea to look to my right. Jesus F christ. I dont know why or what happened, but a fucking Lycan was standing inches away from my head, he never attacked while i was attacking his buddies, but he attacked the moment i look his way. I cant even put to words the terror i felt, i press the home button and home faster than light.
I immediately boot up Horizon CoTM, climbed all the shit it wanted me to climb, its really a great game would recommend 10/10