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Feb 23, 2017 · “Here They Lie is a dark dreamscape, so I wanted that quality of dreams to be present throughout,” Smith says of the game’s look and tone. “Making places and characters that resonate with ...
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- Here They Lie tries too hard to be surreal, psychological horror, but VR does aid with some scares.
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By Kallie Plagge
Updated: Oct 14, 2016 4:58 am
Posted: Oct 12, 2016 8:29 pm
The prospect of psychological horror in VR was enough to make me nervous, and Here They Lie did succeed in scaring me at the very beginning. As I trudged through its twisted, nightmarish world, though, that fear soon gave way to unintimidating stealth gameplay and sudden bouts of nausea. It has some solidly spooky concepts to work with, but Here They Lie tries too hard and overstays its welcome as a result.
There’s something truly terrifying about not having any idea where you are or what you’re doing there and not even being able to trust your own eyes. In Here They Lie, part of the horror comes from not knowing if the world is messed up, or if it’s just you. The starting area was the scariest for me because everything was so mysterious — as I moved through a train, shadowy figures appeared before me and then vanished. Showing the threat but not actually sending anything my way as I wandered (with smooth movement using the gamepad) through an unfamiliar, labyrinthine subway station was enough to make me tense up quite a bit.
It was a pretty good start that kept me on my toes — I never knew if I was imagining it or if there really was death just over my shoulder. Playing with the PlayStation VR added to that tension, at least for a while. I felt like I needed to check over my shoulder constantly for someone or something behind me, and the fact that I was looking around with my actual head made that unsettling feeling more intense. Once I exited the station and started walking through a dilapidated city, that feeling slowly started to dissipate and returned only sporadically.
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For a moment, Here They Lie starts to break away from its predictable horror formula and becomes really surreal. Hallways bend — which is not at all fun in VR — and it loses its grip on reality even more. But it tries really hard to be edgy and creepy, so much so that it’s off-putting. Grunting people with animal masks over their heads gyrate to techno in a red building in one scene, and the hidden notes I found in the area discussed an unnamed woman’s kinks. It feels like Here They Lie is working far too hard to be provocative and trippy horror but doesn’t know what it’s trying to say or even what it’s talking about, like a kid swearing for the first time.
It tries too hard to be provocative, like a kid swearing for the first time.
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Though it has a few unsettling, adrenaline-pumping moments, Here They Lie fails to deliver believable psychological horror. It definitely tries — it’s filled with the requisite creepy, gargling monster sounds and reality-bending that can contribute tension to scares — but it doesn’t blend its horror elements well enough to be consistently terrifyin...
- Kallie Plagge
Here They Lie is now one of my favourite PSVR games, and one of my favourite games of all time. I feel like it, just like Silent Hill 2 and 3 remain classics of gaming despite their age, Here They Lie will hopefully resurface in the years to come as a classic of VR, that will stand up despite it's lower resolution and blinders, thanks to being an incredibly crafted game.
Sep 28, 2016 · Here They Lie transports you to a terrifying world from which you cannot escape. Explore a nightmarish city inhabited by strange, malevolent creatures in th...
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Here They Lie and Ambiguity: Here's the Story Behind the Game's Narrative. Hey, everyone! My name's Josiah Renaudin, and I'm the editor/community manager for Tangentlemen (the devs behind Here They Lie). So, Reddit has been one of my favorite sources for Here They Lie reactions, responses, theories, and everything in-between.
Oct 13, 2016 · Here They Lie is a psychological horror experience that injects you into a frightening, surreal world riddled with strange and malevolent creatures. Horrors lurk around every corner, just out of sight, haunting and infecting your mind. Dare yourself to go deeper down the rabbit hole and confront the meaning of your existence. The game focuses on narrative, and the experience of dread. [Tangentlemen]
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Oct 13, 2016 · Summary. Here They Lie transports you to a terrifying world from which you cannot escape. Explore a nightmarish city inhabited by strange, malevolent creatures in this ground-breaking first-person ...
