Vertigo Games on remaking The 7th Guest for the VR audience

Vertigo Games this week released one of 2023’s most unusual remakes: A VR-based remake of 90s-era adventure game The 7th Guest. Originally announced at the Meta Showcase event in June, the game brings a new version of the puzzle adventure to PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest and Steam VR headsets. GamesBeat got a chance to speak with Paul van der Meer, the game’s director, about bringing the classic to VR.

Van der Meer spoke about how influential the original CD-based title was with its full-motion video and soundtrack. “You saw the real actors and hear them — it was their real voices, not beeps and boops. It was leaps beyond what other games could do because everyone was still stuck with floppy disks. As soon as everyone saw what the CD-ROM could do for gaming, everyone had to be on it. It was the new standard. It was a very effective showcase for all the razzle and dazzle that was suddenly possible.”