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The Dark Pictures: Switchback VRis releasing a new update that makes sweeping improvements to the on-rails shooter horror game.The Dark Pictures: Switchback VRreleased earlier this year as a PlayStation 5 exclusive horror game for the PlayStation VR2 headset. A spinoff of Supermassive Games’Dark Picturesanthology horror series,Switchback VRalso serves as a spiritual successor tofellow horror rail shooterUntil Dawn: Rush of Blood.
InThe Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, players find themselves strapped into a rollercoaster from hell as they go through levels inspired by the various games that make upThe Dark Picturesfranchise. Along the way, players are subjected to jump scares featuring some of the recognizable monsters from the core games as they shoot everything in sight and attempt to rack up a high score.
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Despite having somegreat ideas for unique horror game scares,The Dark Pictures: Switchback VRreleased to mixed reviews. Supermassive Games has listened to the feedback forThe Dark Pictures: Switchback VRand is issuing update 1.06 in response. Game Rant was able to go hands-on with the 8.193 GB update prior to its mass rollout and can promise horror fans that it is indeed a significant upgrade.
Not only does the newDark Pictures: Switchback VRupdate fix numerous bugs, but it makes the game look noticeably better. The patch notes promise greatly improved visual quality, and the update itself delivers. Everything looks crisper and more detailed, something more in line with what one would expect from aPlayStation VR 2 game. There have been some level-specific improvements as well, with the Cursed Forest stage especially getting an upgrade.
Prior to the update, the Cursed Forest stage (based onThe Dark Pictures: Little Hopegame) looked underwhelming, to say the least. One big issue was that the fog was like an intrusive blob and didn’t look much like real fog at all. However, players will immediately notice a massive upgrade in the fog effects that make the stage more immersive and by extension, scarier.
Improvements like these are found across the board inThe Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, resulting in a game that’s genuinely better than what it was pre-patch. That being said, any issues one had with the general gameplay are obviously still present. It’s effectively the same game as before, but with a sleeker coat of paint. Even so, it’s one of the best options when it comes tohorror games on PlayStation VR2, so genre fans that have yet to try it out can do so now and will have a much better experience than they would have had if they played at launch.
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