KOBOLD: Chapter I
anotherworld GmbH · 2018 · Adventure, VR, Horror, Mystery, Survival
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About KOBOLD: Chapter I
KOBOLD is a new kind of horror experience that blurs the line between cinema and VR gaming. Step into the shoes of an urban explorer investigating the mysterious case of a missing boy. Pick up your flashlight and discover the secrets of an abandoned villa in the middle of a dark forest in Germany. Immerse yourself in true, cinematic realism, explore an interactive universe, pick up clues and dare to venture deeper into a mystical world where your actions can have grave consequences. With its intensely realistic visuals captured with photogrammetry, free movement and intuitive interactions, KOBOLD is a unique room scale VR experience that will entice and terrify...
A trans-media experience, KOBOLD is accompanied by a short film that can be viewed before entering the VR experience. The short film serves as an introduction into the world and characters and tells the backstory of the missing boy and his family. It is available to watch for free on the KOBOLD website. The player then puts on a VR headset and steps into the story, breaking into the abandoned villa, gathering clues, solving a mystery and entering a dark, mythical underworld inspired by European folklore and pagan mythology.
In order to make the transition from film to VR as immersive as possible, the entire villa (which is a real location in Brandenburg, Germany) and its surroundings were meticulously scanned with photogrammetry. Actors were also 3D scanned and brought to life in VR using motion capture and advanced facial capture technology.
AAA graphics from an indie studio, with character and level design, compelling gameplay and intuitive interactivity designed from the ground up for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
A trans-media experience, KOBOLD is accompanied by a short film that can be viewed before entering the VR experience. The short film serves as an introduction into the world and characters and tells the backstory of the missing boy and his family. It is available to watch for free on the KOBOLD website. The player then puts on a VR headset and steps into the story, breaking into the abandoned villa, gathering clues, solving a mystery and entering a dark, mythical underworld inspired by European folklore and pagan mythology.
In order to make the transition from film to VR as immersive as possible, the entire villa (which is a real location in Brandenburg, Germany) and its surroundings were meticulously scanned with photogrammetry. Actors were also 3D scanned and brought to life in VR using motion capture and advanced facial capture technology.
AAA graphics from an indie studio, with character and level design, compelling gameplay and intuitive interactivity designed from the ground up for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Buggy and poorly optimized. No updates since release. This is a hard pass for VR.
Good little [spoiler] atmospheric [/spoiler] German horror game I'll say it straight: I did enjoy the game. It's solid for what it is. [spoiler]There are no actual enemies, and that's totally fine. I actually prefer that over being chased for 40 minutes while looking for keys or whatever.[/spoiler] So for me, this was a very enjoyable experience. I got scared by the silliest things, just walking around, hearing sudden noises or breathing behind me, trying to figure out what happened, and getting surprised by small details. I can recommend the game, [b] BUT [/b] there are some minor performance issues on the highest graphics settings. I suggest switching to at least "Normal" quality. The best way to test it is to walk through the spawn area with the car and check for stuttering before getting into the game seriously. Well, that's it, a random little review. Hope it helps you somehow!
I was super scared and it was really creepy haha i give 8/10 [url=https://youtu.be/S2Loq1wHGJM?si=5IzQC63Ll3hDK8Lm] My youtube video [/url]
Really enjoyed the game and would rate it 10/10 but some smaller stuff put it down to a 8/10 like: No real menu, items sticking to hands rather than you actually having to hold them. Little nitpick, but the German poem book about the cellar was REALLY hard to read. It would be helpful to have captions, especially since it was in German. My flashlight was bugging out in the Other World, but it wasn't too dark, so I could still find my way and only later found out it should still be working. I was also a little disappointed that -SPOILER- The other way in the Other World (I vent Left First) gets you still the same ending but a different death animation, and you would miss out on the Creepy Forest chase. Other than that, it was highly enjoyable and so atmospheric, I was constantly on Edge. It had a lot of small details, like the spiders that crawl out of the toilet if you use it or that when you press Your Face against the Gap between 2 wooden boards, a girl appears out of nowhere (The Scary Art of the Game for me). I hope we get Chapter 2 sometime.
good game
6/10 - OK, no other chapters Only bad, is that it has been discontinued. no other chapters, Total 40 mins long, mystery horror. works well with VD streamer, Quest 3. Nice visual, and sound, scary enough. Voiced letter, tapes, videos Enough to get you fast immersed into the story. get it at sale price.
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