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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 6,573.5 hrs on record (4.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 25 Nov, 2020 @ 11:05am

Early Access Review
Phasmophobia is a paranormal co-op for up to four players, in which you walk through abandoned houses and sanatoriums and look for some clues to supernatural beings. It's a bit of a detective game because you're trying to figure out what type of ghost it is. And once you find out who's haunting the house, your work is actually over.

At first I was a little disappointed that you can only look for ghosts and you can't stand up to them. Because I wouldn't say no to a game in which I could really catch a ghost or shoot a shot of salt with a shotgun. But Phasmophobia holds the player differently. Phasmophobia is a game that slowly gets into your head, because even when you are no longer playing, you are still thinking about it.

As a ghost search professional, you have the best equipment at your disposal. The basis is a proper flashlight, which is basically a permanent part of the inventory. The PKE meter lights up in the presence of a ghost and is thus indispensable in the search, and the UV flashlight reveals what a normal flashlight is not enough for. Sometimes a thermometer is also useful, which shows the drop in temperature in the room and proves the presence of the spirit.

The game cleverly guides the player, and discovering a supernatural being is just the beginning in most levels. When you arrive at a haunted place, it's basically only a matter of time before you come across something. A player can only have three items with him at a time, and if you don't want to stumble in the dark and have a flashlight with you, you only operate with two slots. So you have to go to the car and back for different devices and you're thinking about what you've probably discovered.

And when you least expect it, the horror element comes on. The creatures around you will start playing with you. You see a silhouette, hear someone's breath uncomfortably close, or lose contact with other people on the team, and sometimes someone from the team doesn't come back.

Phasmophobia is ingeniously simple. You can play the game in a single and it won't take much away from the horror, but only in the group will you find out what fear is. You have to use voice chat in the game because the game disrupts communication between players and what is better the ghosts can hear you or even answer you.


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