Sometimes a game could do better as an animated film.
Not to say Virginia never puts emphasis on interaction or does something with the environment, but it's so little, a couple branching paths and different cinematics that never feel like enough.
It reminds me of this other game Rainswept, which is also inspired on Twin Peaks, but actually manages to inmerse you in the case and consider both the characters and town as a whole, something that Virginia is way too closed and linear to really convey.
On the technical side I don't know if this is exclusive to the PS4 version but not being able to turn off that motion blur makes playing this daunting; specially since what you're going to be doing the most is look around and search for something to interact with.
That said, the music is wonderful, it really gets you through the game, if anything it's not present enough, it has the potential to lift the samey environments and stiff animations. It probably does for a lot of people.
Not to say Virginia never puts emphasis on interaction or does something with the environment, but it's so little, a couple branching paths and different cinematics that never feel like enough.
It reminds me of this other game Rainswept, which is also inspired on Twin Peaks, but actually manages to inmerse you in the case and consider both the characters and town as a whole, something that Virginia is way too closed and linear to really convey.
On the technical side I don't know if this is exclusive to the PS4 version but not being able to turn off that motion blur makes playing this daunting; specially since what you're going to be doing the most is look around and search for something to interact with.
That said, the music is wonderful, it really gets you through the game, if anything it's not present enough, it has the potential to lift the samey environments and stiff animations. It probably does for a lot of people.