The Persistence review: Finally, PSVR gets the horror it deserves – if you can stick it out

Virtual reality seems built for horror: you literally cannot look away. And PSVR feels built for the horror game, allowing for depth and intensity of scares that would never be possible on a traditional screen. The Persistence not only recognises that fact but has built an entire game around it. You are not only stuck inside of your headset, but also stuck inside of a ship filled with horrifying monsters, too – there's no escape in the real world or the virtual one. The game's basic premise is that you are stuck on a spaceship, through which you have to travel. But there is an army of monstrous, zombie clones ready to stop you, forcing players to fight them off with a wide variety of weapons and new 3D printed bodies that await you when you die.