Review: The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR
You really have to give it to Supermassive Games for helping to keep the horror genre alive. They’ve been cranking out spooky games since 2015 with a degree of regularity, and generally, they’re OK at worst, and are known to go above and beyond. I’m glad they’re still making games, and that includes spinoffs like Switchback VR.
The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR (PS5 [reviewed with PSVR 2])Developer: Supermassive GamesPublisher: Supermassive GamesReleased: March 16, 2023MSRP: $39.99
If you don’t mess with the Dark Pictures series at all and are wondering what the hell is going on, we got you.
In 2015, developer Supermassive Games released the hit horror adventure Until Dawn, which hosted a seated first-person VR shooting gallery spinoff a year later with Rush of Blood. Switchback VR is the equivalent for the Dark Pictures series: Supermassive’s loosely connected franchise that carries on the spirit of Until Dawn. The same principle applies to Switchback VR as it did years back with Rush of Blood: you don’t need to play the proper series to really enjoy it (since both are arcade-style shooters at heart), but there are references and locales that will add a little bit “extra” for folks who are fans.
It goes without saying, but the PSVR 2 Sense controllers are a massive upgrade from the prior Move technology implemented in Rush of Blood. Like, leagues better. I felt like I was fully in control in Switchback, with the ability to independently manipulate each hand (which controls a pistol by default, with room for finding temporary in-level upgrades like SMGs), and reload by pressing a button on the Sense controllers or shaking each device (which can be useful in a pinch, or directly following a jump scare, which Switchback has
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