Hollywood’s got it all wrong when it comes to horror movies. It’s not gruesome aliens and axe-hacking violence that terrify us. No, what really gives us the creeps is the great unknown. The Persistence, a new sci-fi horror PSVR game, takes advantage of this fear and thrusts us out of our comfort zone.
Instead of letting you memorise the layout of the spaceship you’re trying to escape from, all the rooms are shuffled around and filled with random enemies each time you die. This means that, even if you’ve finished this game dozens of times, you still can’t foresee the shrieking mutant that’s hiding around the corner. This makes The Persistence not only effectively terrifying, but also ruthlessly difficult.