Stuff UK — June 2017

DUE

26 MAY

If you woke up in an abandoned

asylum with a VR headset

strapped to your face and no

memory, you’d probably wonder

why you let yourself get talked

into those tequilas. But that’s

exactly what happens to Cole

Black – a man with a murky

military past who sounds exactly

like Sean Bean but isn’t.

With your vision hijacked by

the headset, instructions from

a mystery source are delivered

through various devices, such as

TV screens and a pocket scanner

that looks like a smartphone. It’s

a nifty bit of kit that works as an

evidence scanner, a UV torch and

a map. Taking notes, Samsung?

The thing is, though, you’re

never quite sure what’s real.

The locations are all based

on real places that have been

3D-scanned into the game, but

as parts of the world begin to

warp and disappear, or you go

through door after door after

door at accelerating pace before

waking up somewhere entirely

different, you’ll wonder whether

you’re out of the illusion or just

entering another one.

If it all sounds bit ‘Derren Brown

meets Saw’, that’s because Get

Even’s writers have penned a

host of shows for the illusionist

in the past.

Almost every action feels like

it has a weight. Do you creep past

guards or kill them? Shoot them

or stab them to save bullets?

Release prisoners or let them

stay locked up? Different

decisions will uncover different

evidence in your quest to repair

Black’s memories, but you’ll often

wonder whether you’ve made

the right one.

This game delivers unrelenting

back-of-the-neck prickles that

won’t go away in a hurry.

FIRST PLAY GET EVEN PS4, Xbox One, PC

SEMAG

[ Words

Chris Rowlands ]