Transference

Great game! I played in VR. Ran great. The graphics are great! The story and atmosphere is a bit mind bending. With the effects and voices it was trippy and freaky. Kept me wanting to play and figure it all out. The walking was a bit tedious. Didn't want to move forward correctly for some reason every now and then. Had a few real good scares too!
Specs: Ryzen 9, 32gb, 5060ti, ssd, pico 4 virtual desktop

It doesn't support VR at all. When I launched it in VR mode it didn't work with my Valve Index. None of the controls were working which was a bummer as I'm always looking for VR horror games. I did enjoy the game though. It was creepy. It was an interesting story. It was a nice and quick game that didn't get boring.

A solid psychological horror, utilising good use of audio files and live action video for exposition. It taps into the subconscious really well, and reminded me of an old-school cult horror movie. Gameplay-wise i found myself really missing a "run" option to begin with, but after an hour it wasn't an issue. Ability to rebind keys is always a plus for me in games, so greatful for this having that option. Short game, but worth playing if you ever see it on sale. Probably not worth the full price unless you are a big fan of the horror genre like myself ❤️

Transference serves a pretty much unambiguous story amid conventional light horror tropes.
It's okay at what it does, really, but didn't incite much enthusiasm for me.
Relatively easy puzzles make the game more participative than a plain walking simulator, but is still relatively straightforward for the most part. Pick up items of no value, aside from the occasional required object to solve simple riddles and move the story forward.
A broken family confronts its inner demons as disturbing events are reconstructed through fragmented memories. Mom left her personal aspirations and career on indefinite hiatus to support her husband and son. Distraught dad consumed by his scientific research neglected his relationships and responsibilities to pursue a foolish experiment. Their child is confronted with conflicting sentiments between admiration and fear of his father.
Characters become increasingly deranged the more they are exposed. The narrative unfolds relatively convincingly but you can also tell pretty early on where this is going. They never show what's in the freezer, but you'll know what's in there...
There’s a reason for everything, it’s all thoughtfully put together, from the way the UI is presented down to every little narrative fragment. The game is especially adept at creating an unnerving, unsettling mood, though it also feels somewhat by the book in its approach.
Constant intentional glitches. Scribbles on the walls, doors are there one moment and lead to a dead end the next, whispers, flashing images, demonic apparitions. A few mild jump scares. Ghostly characters disappear around the corner. Small spaces, an inverted room. Turning in circles, looping sections. Light switches alternate realities.
Everything occurs within a very small world, mostly limited to the family apartment. Filmed scenes are adequate but also look like low budget productions. It all contributes to a sense of unquestionably small scale, which ultimately works perfectly with the narrative's conclusion.
Positive
Pretty much unambiguous story
Attentively constructed narrative and environment
Unnerving, unsettling mood
Effective colorful yet dark visuals
Light switches alternate realities
Negative
Conventional light horror tropes
Game often didn't run smoothly despite steady framerate
Overlapping whispers and noise sometimes overwhelming
Pick up items of no value
Found video logs must be played manually from menu (and are poorly identified)
While not a strong recommendation, I recognize it may appeal more to others. Played on regular flat screen (non-VR).

i bought the game even reading the reviews. definitely playable on controller, i would recommend this game when its on sale cause its a pretty good decent thriller horror :)

I can't really give much praise on the story seeing as how this is a story based game but I can say I did like it a lot, you learn the main pushing point for the characters and what exactly caused them to do what they did and it all feels natural and like something real people could do, as for the puzzles I think some of them could be better there was a couple of points where I felt like the clues I was being given didn't exactly show me what to do with what I had but I ended up figuring it out, ironically the hardest puzzle for me was the first one, it's a music based puzzle using as you can guess music notes and the minor and major setup that most music sheets have and that was about the only one that took some time to just look at figure out, the other parts that did annoy me a little was the insistence on using a light switch so often to navigate but nothing was really something that would say this game isn't worth the money it costs.

Total playtime to beat it is about an hour and a half and honestly I'd say just get it while it's on sale, Ubisoft isn't the most down to earth publisher for some people but I have been with them and their games for over a decade and I can firmly say as bad as some people paint them they don't deserve players tossing their games and refunding them because they were short enough to beat under 2 hours. We are all only able to do what we can and this game was a refreshing reminding ubisoft doesn't need to be backing some AAA game to still make something good.

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