Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is an on-rails shooter in the vein of arcade shooters like House of the Dead that guides players through various creepy environments, tasking them with shooting creepy things and scoring points. There are many secrets to uncover, such as hidden objects that reward additional points or alternate routes, which adds a bit more replayability. According to VG247, the game will feature some locations recognizable by those who played the original game, and the story involves a character from the original game as well.

Here’s what critics around the web are saying about Until Dawn: Rush of Blood:

Gamespot (Peter Brown)

Score: 5/10

Destructoid (Chris Carter)

Score: 7.5/10

GamesRadar+ (Louise Blain)

Score: 4/5

IGN (Chloi Rad)

Score: 6/10

Game Informer (Kyle Hilliard)

Score: 7/10

Digital Spy (Sam Loveridge)

If Supermassive could have laid off the stupid boss mechanics, this would have been a perfect VR horror game. It skilfully walks the line of tense, psychological horror and creepy, boo-scares for an experience that you won’t forget for a while - in fact, we’ve dreamt about it. Damn those spiders.

Like Batman Arkham VR, we wish it was longer, but there’s plenty to come back for here and it’s one of the most affordable PS VR games out there at launch.

Score: 4/5

Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is one of a small collection of PlayStation VR games releasing next week alongside the device itself, which includes Batman: Arkham VR, Job Simulator, and Rollercoaster Dreams, to name a few. While it is not the first device to bring VR to homes, the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift launched earlier this year for PC, PlayStation VR will allow PlayStation 4 to be the first console to play virtual reality games.

Because VR is so immersive and intimate, it is ripe for horror, and several titles in this genre are being developed that capitalize on this isolating experience. The one with the most to prove by far is Resident Evil 7, which is coincidentally releasing a demo on the day of the headset’s launch on October 13. Nevertheless, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood will be the first horror title released for PlayStation VR, so it’s feeling its own fair share of pressure as well. Despite this, however, its reception was nowhere near a bloodbath; instead, it survived, garnering some decent reviews.

Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is a PlayStation VR exclusive that launches on the same day at the device on October 13.

Source: VG24/7