While it's a horror game, it's not quite the same as the others, because this is more of a walking simulator. Your job is simply to explore the environment in order to uncover more about the story.

That story revolves around a family of past-their-prime celebrities in Taiwan, where the wife is a retired singer and the husband is an old screenwriter. Tragedy befalls the family after their daughter gets sick -- and the husband turns to cultish medical practices for help. (Hasn't this screenwriter seen a horror film?)

There's a twist, though. You don't just explore physical spaces. You also explore time.

As with most walking sims, the gameplay is pretty limited. The most involved it gets is to find items, put them in certain places, and trigger a new event. But even that is quite rare, and I'd have preferred a few more mini games or puzzles.

But don't mistake that for thinking Devotion is dull. We were completely absorbed during our two hour stream. The game absolutely nails the construction of a scary, yet believable, environment.

It uses all sorts of tricks to keep the spooky atmosphere going. For instance, you travel in an extremely dim apartment, only holding a lighter. The darkness only makes the cramped apartment even more claustrophobic -- really giving you the creeps when you suddenly hear weird sounds.

The interior design is totally believable. Admittedly, I never visited Taiwan in the 1980s, but old apartments in Hong Kong and mainland China feel very similar to the apartment in Devotion -- from the folding screen behind the apartment's door, to the altar immediately across from it... even the narrow corridor feels like something I've seen so many times before.

And the first-person perspective makes it all the more effective, allowing you to experience the spooky lighting and rich textures up close. In some ways, graphically it reminded me of Resident Evil 7... and how much I wished this game was in VR.

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