The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR

 PlayStation 5
User Score
6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 29
  3. Negative: 8 out of 29

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  1. SuhailSama
    Mar 17, 2023
    4
    Gameplay : Good
    Visuals : PS3 visuals no joke ( waiting for an update to change my mind )
    Sound : Fine

    its clearly not designed for the PS5 with that much loading screens & poor visuals

    I was really hyped for this one what a let down
  2. OnlyOneHere
    Mar 22, 2023
    0
    This game is a huge pile of garbage. The greedy developers are charging $40 for a campaign that lasts about 3 hours. Are you freaking kidding me? The graphics look like a PS3 game. Keep in mind that this is a PSVR2 game. The physics are beyond horrible. The sound effects are a joke. The gameplay is boring and repetitive. The animations are laughable. Speaking of which, the laughs areThis game is a huge pile of garbage. The greedy developers are charging $40 for a campaign that lasts about 3 hours. Are you freaking kidding me? The graphics look like a PS3 game. Keep in mind that this is a PSVR2 game. The physics are beyond horrible. The sound effects are a joke. The gameplay is boring and repetitive. The animations are laughable. Speaking of which, the laughs are cringeworthy. The soundtrack is generic horror B-movie trash.

    There is no multiplayer. So once you beat the game, there is literally not a reason to play this game again. Charging $40 for an extremely short game with no replay value is a cash grab. And the greedy developers had the audacity to double the price of this game. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood was $20 at launch, now they want $40. For what, for being greedy and lazy? I expect big improvements at that price. I don't recommend this joke of a $40 tech demo at all, unless you want to support laziness.    … Expand
  3. Yescun
    Mar 18, 2023
    1
    Could be a good game but these graphics are just too much huggly.
    I give 1 also for the price, 40€ for a game of psvr1 ?? So disappointed
  4. whilera
    Mar 21, 2023
    4
    This game is such a massive disappointment. It is shocking. Clearly a PSVR 1 title in production that was changed to PSVR 2 at the last minute. The visuals and gameplay are last gen, bar a thrilling but short set piece that uses eye tracking for blinking. The resolution is terrible, graphical quality of all assets is low, there’s occasional frame rate stuttering, there is regular pop-inThis game is such a massive disappointment. It is shocking. Clearly a PSVR 1 title in production that was changed to PSVR 2 at the last minute. The visuals and gameplay are last gen, bar a thrilling but short set piece that uses eye tracking for blinking. The resolution is terrible, graphical quality of all assets is low, there’s occasional frame rate stuttering, there is regular pop-in which ruins the immersion. There’s terrible loading times watching a spinning coin between levels which is very last gen. The graphics seem to also lack HDR color range, another telling sign of last gen. Navigating the menus while starting the game is buggy and frustrating. This game had so much potential but it is sadly worse than it’s predecessor - rush of blood. The developers should come clean about what happened here and commit to improving and updating the game to a respectable standard for psvr2. Until then, avoid.… Expand

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#46 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2023

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Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 32
  3. Negative: 4 out of 32
  1. Gamereactor Finland
    Nov 7, 2023
    70
    It's a fun roller coaster ride.
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  2. PLAY
    Sep 16, 2023
    70
    Supermassive provides a (slightly) deeper experience than you might expect from a VR lightgun game, although overall replay value remains questionable. [Issue#27, p.74]
  3. Meristation
    May 29, 2023
    40
    A disappointing installment of The Dark Pictures franchise, a disappointing Rush of Blood sequel and a disappointing PS VR2 game. Third strike for Supermassive in virtual reality after Bravo Team and The Inpatient. Come on guys.
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