Ever since it suddenly surged to popularity in 2020,Among Ushas flourished in a variety of ways. Innersloth may be a small studio, but nevertheless, it has found ambitious ways to build on interest in its social deduction game. Not long ago,Among Usfans learned thatAmong Us VRwas in the works, offering fans a chance to contest Crewmates and Impostors in virtual reality. Innersloth has revealed very little aboutAmong Us VRso far, but the reveal trailer suggests that Innersloth’s VR collaboration with Schell Games will remain as faithful to the originalAmong Usexperience as possible.
Highly detailed recreations ofthe originalAmong Usmapsfor VR sounds highly immersive, but the change in formats comes with drawbacks too.Among Usis far from a first-person game; the massive change in perspective could have serious consequences for Crewmates who are trying to keep an eye out for potential Impostors around them. In order to make sure that Impostors don’t have a permanent leg up due toAmong Us VR’s change in perspective, Innersloth and Schell may have to tweakAmong Usinformation systems for fairness' sake. The VR project is a great idea, but it has to be thought through carefully.
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Impostor Play in Among Us VR
In normalAmong Usgames, players play from a top-down perspective. Thanks to this, players can see much of the world around them; even when they’re completing a task,Crewmates can keep an eye outfor potential approaching Impostors or any murders happening nearby. InAmong Us VR,however, players will naturally only see what’s directly in front of them. That’s a major change. It’ll probably be nearly impossible for Crewmates to check their surroundings while completing tasks, meaning Impostors have far more liberty to sneak up on unsuspecting Crewmates or to escape through a vent when nobody’s looking.
Impostors will certainly have risks to face too, since they’ll have to check surroundings more carefully before killing a Crewmate, but overall, Crewmates seem to have the disadvantage.Stealth benefits Impostors far morethan Crewmates, and the reduced visibility inAmong Us VRcreates major opportunities for stealth. With this in mind,Among Us VRis at serious risk of being heavily Impostor-favored, which would be awfully frustrating for Crewmates. In order to make up for the new sight disadvantages handed to Crewmates, Schell and Innersloth may need to make major changes to otherAmong Usinformation systems.
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Possible Among Us VR Changes
There are plenty of potential advantages thatAmong Us VRcould give to Crewmates to make up for the first-person perspective. For instance,Among Us VRmight put an increased emphasis on sound queues, adding new sound effects for nearby kills, vents, or even footsteps in general.CertainAmong Ustasksmight also change inAmong Us VR.Some tasks could feature more waiting periods than they do in normalAmong Us,since waiting during a task would let Crewmates look around once in a while to make sure they’re safe.
A lot remains to be seen aboutAmong Us VR.There’s no telling how Impostor vents or sabotages look in VR yet, for instance, nor do fans know how sure how manynewAmong Usfeatureswill carry over into VR. In the end,Among Us VRcould turn out to be a very different style of game from theAmong Usthat fans currently know and love. That wouldn’t be such a bad thing, though. New features and mechanics that make good use of the change in format will makeAmong Us VRfeel more unique, which could generate more interest in the VR version long-term. Fans will just have to wait and see what major changesAmong Us VRcontains when Innersloth and its peers reveal it properly.
Among Usis available now for Android and iOS mobile devices, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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