Next up, VR? (I wish!)
I’d saySOMAis plenty unnerving as is, but maybe you’d like to ratchet up the immersion and tension. Maybe you also happen to own one of those fancyeye-tracking devices. If so, heads up! Frictional Games has updated its existential underwater horror adventure to support Tobii eye tracking.
This video highlights some of the obvious and far more subtle examples of whatSOMAlooks like with the feature enabled. I’d imagine that once you get used to the way the camera reacts to your gaze, it’s a little easier to naturally “sink into” the game and get proper scared. Then there’s the monsters. They, uh, they don’t like being looked at. Trying not to stare might prove extra tricky here.
Whether you’re remotely into this stuff or not, there’s bonus news: Frictional is throwing aSteam saleonSOMA($10.19),Amnesia: The Dark Descent($3.99),Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs($3.99)Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition($1.99), andPenumbra Overture($1.99)
Tobii eye tracking in SOMA![Steam]
