HoloVista
Developer/publisher Aconite
Format iOS
Release Out now
O ur phones can be windows into another world and mirrors that reflect our own. Or, as in Aconite’s slow-burning mixed-reality chiller, both at once. Subversive and strange, HoloVista brilliantly twists the hidden-object game into a kind of existential horror, in which twentysomething architect Carmen is recruited by a highly-regarded company, only for her dream job to steadily turn into a nightmare.
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Carmen’s world is realised to an impressively granular degree. Tap on any name in her social media feed and you’ll bring up their full profile, with details of everything from favourite books to hobbies and worst fears, while you can tap the heart icon next to your friends’ posts to ‘like’ them (albeit to no discernible effect). It pays to study those lavish surroundings, too, since they’re the key to unlocking private thoughts that Carmen isn’t prepared to share with her followers.