Phasmophobia (VR horror co-op)

kinger8938 · 23 Oct 2020 at 18:47

Any one tried this. The reviews on steam are pretty amazing. It can be played solo too apparently so I'm interested in that. Just wondering what it's actually like outside of trendy people playing it on Twitch, is it actually worth shot? It is early access currently

danlightbulb · 23 Oct 2020 at 19:33

Ive not plucked up the courage to try any horror yet!

Reppyboyo · 23 Oct 2020 at 19:55

Love the game tbh, most fun I've had in a long time.

Well worth your time and money, best played with a team though.

kinger8938 · 23 Oct 2020 at 20:04

danlightbulb said:
Ive not plucked up the courage to try any horror yet!

Its something I wish VR would really nail, it's perfect for the genre but we aren't getting major releases really

kinger8938 · 23 Oct 2020 at 20:05

Reppyboyo said:
Love the game tbh, most fun I've had in a long time.

Well worth your time and money, best played with a team though.

Sounds good! Does it use VR controllers or a normal gamepad?

Reppyboyo · 23 Oct 2020 at 20:25

VR controllers.

Its a little janky but it works well enough.
Plus you have a slight advantage over normal gamers as you can carry 4 items instead of just 3 if needed.

R3aL1Ty · 23 Oct 2020 at 22:44

This is a good bit of fun in VR, although the motion sickness killed me a bit.

Although it is a bit janky but a good amount of fun!

ThePainBarrier · 23 Oct 2020 at 23:05

Looks fun.

kinger8938 · 24 Oct 2020 at 12:59

Anyone tried it as a solo game? Or does it really require playing online?

lokiss · 24 Oct 2020 at 13:21

The intro, tutorial, first mission is totally solo. I was able to start missions without others and i think you can run them, but i'm not sure how easy it'd be completing them.

Solo on the first mission though will freak you out, every sound. creek and footstep goes right through you. It's a game where the comfort of others matters, at least in VR

Itchytrigg · 27 Oct 2020 at 17:56

Only played with "friends". The air quotes are because they'd played before me and set me up nicely such as locking me in rooms telling me to call out the ghosts names and basically anything they could think of to get me....

By default it's sliding movement and caused motion sickness for me, and I don't normally get motion sickness. I think only adrift has caused that once before. You apparently can change to teleport motion which I'll try next time I pluck up the courage to play.

Ravenger · 27 Oct 2020 at 21:17

I've just bought it. Anyone who wants to friend up and play feel free to chuck me an invite:
https://steamcommunity.com/id/ravenger

kinger8938 · 30 Oct 2020 at 16:55

Currently 10% off in the steam sale might jump in it now

MrClippy · 30 Oct 2020 at 23:27

it's great, instead of running from the monster, run towards it and give him a punch. or grab a knife.

NeilF · 7 Nov 2020 at 17:14

Before I give up and refund this can someone help? So playing on a Quest via Link (Steam VR).

Just trying the first tutorial how do you even open up the journal, let alone put an entry in it?

And christ the controls are painful, constantly dropping stuff and unable to put cameras down where you want them without also turn them on/off too.

GBRusty · 7 Nov 2020 at 17:20

The journal is on your right shoulder (no idea why) and your walkie talkie is on the left shoulder. Just 'select' them when your controller is at shoulder height

Ravenger · 7 Nov 2020 at 17:20

Yeah the controls are very janky. Not really got into this yet.

NeilF · 7 Nov 2020 at 18:17

GBRusty said:
The journal is on your right shoulder (no idea why) and your walkie talkie is on the left shoulder. Just 'select' them when your controller is at shoulder height

OMG! There is no indication of that on the controller screens at all!

So what is the book on the shelves with the pencil attached then?

So you can drop things onto your belt to store them. Any idea how many things?

GBRusty · 7 Nov 2020 at 23:17

NeilF said:
So what is the book on the shelves with the pencil attached then?

So you can drop things onto your belt to store them. Any idea how many things?

The book on the shelf with the pencil is for 'ghost writing'. Some ghosts will scribe messages if you leave the book in their area.

You can store 2 things on your belt and (in VR) carry a further 2 things.

NeilF · 8 Nov 2020 at 11:09

Just finding it tedious and painful to play this game... At 100mins now so unless something radical happens... Steam refund.