Talky versions of LucasArts point-and-click adventures!

Theme Park but with an extra bit of video so I could pretend I was on the rides!

that largely felt like an afterthought.

Promotional artwork for The 7th Guest VR showing an eerily illuminated Stauf Mansion looming out of the mist as lightning strikes against the stormy night sky.

And developer Vertigo Games has risen to the challenge spectacularly.

No matter how many times I see the effect, it still feels like technological black magic to me.

Gone are the perfunctory brainteasers of the original in favour of puzzles more carefully integrated into the whole.

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There’s a sense of showmanship here that would make an evil toymaker proud.

A screenshot of The 7th Guest VR showing Stauf Mansion’s lavish entrance hall, its grand staircase stretching up into the gloom.

A screenshot of The 7th Guest VR showing a painting coming alive, the man it portrays stretching out of the canvas.

A screenshot of The 7th Guest VR showing six guests - portrayed by digitised actors - gathered around a table in a gloomily resplendent dining room.

A screenshot of The 7th Guest VR showing eerie dolls sat around tables in a long-abandoned nursery.

A screenshot of The 7th Guest VR showing an old-fashioned kitchen. The player’s disembodied hands are holding a crank, and rotting food is piled high among the shadows.

A screenshot of The 7th Guest VR showing the player holding a magic lantern aloft. Where its beam hits the wall, secret scribbles are revealed.

A screenshot of The 7th Guest VR showing a puzzle resembling a doll house version of Stauf Mansion. A replica of a guest stands near the chalked outline of a body in its tiny attic.