Titanic: A Space Between, a new VR time-travel horror thriller, is now available through the Meta Quest store, developer Globiss Interactive and publisher Boombox has announced. The game will be released for additional platforms in the months ahead, while an exploration mode that allows players to see the water rising during the final hours of the Titanic will also be coming soon.
Pricing/platforms:
- Meta Quest
- 19.99 EUR|USD
Coming to:
- PC VR
- PlayStation VR2
Features:
- Horrors of Time-travel: Become Hendrik van Eden, a specialist who gets sent back to the Titanic in order to uncover the mysterious disappearance of a previous traveler, Diana. Slowly uncover the truth about time-travel and the horrors that come along with it.
- An Urgent Escape: Get thrown into the bowels of the Titanic, and use your wits to escape the ship, deck by deck. Solve countless puzzles, and manipulate your environments in order to avoid the ever-rising water. Utilizing a weighted physics system, interactions feel natural and diverse.
- Top-Of-The-Line Graphics: Experience the Titanic in all of her glory, utilizing top-level lighting and water systems. Through countless optimization and tricks, we’ve achieved a high-fidelity experience on the Quest that draws parallels to PC VR experiences.
The Exploration Mode will:
…allow fans of the legendary ship and history aficionados to freely explore the Titanic in a faithful recreation of the final hours before sinking at their own pace. This mode will include an option that will allow players see the water raising as they explore. This is the first time that such a large portion of the ship will be ready to explore in a VR experience and this high level of detail.
Game description:
‘Titanic: A Space Between’ is an immersive story-driven horror title that sends players back to the infamous RMS Titanic, where they are forced to experience the sinking in a bizzare time-travel mishap. Set in a dystopian future where time-travel has been made possible, players take on the role of Hendrik van Eden, an investigator tasked with locating and rescuing a missing time-traveler named Diana, who went missing on the Titanic. As this multi-layered narrative unfolds, players slowly become witness to the horrors that are involved with time-travel and the Titanic’s sinking. Titanic: A Space Between mostly offers a mild horror experience, focused on the mysteries surrounding the Titanic and the cosmic horrors that are involved with time-travel. As players progress through the game, they will learn more about the past, involved characters, and the otherworldly motives behind the disasters that they experience. The game continuously switches between characters, allowing players to draw their own conclusions and experience the mishaps first-hand.
With top-tier graphics, Titanic: A Space Between aims to recreate the Titanic with a high level of accuracy and detail, while allocating creative room for engaging and complex puzzles. As players escape the ship, the game matches the timing, location and intensity of the sinking, based on the latest historical data available. Players are also able to witness most well-known areas of the Titanic, including the Grand Staircase, the boiler rooms, third class accommodations and much more. In order to facilitate a realistic experience, the game utilizes a complex water system that slowly fills up the hallways and cabins on the ship.