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Hey guys. I came to Phasmophobia after playing Demonologist first. I liked demonologist quite a bit. The atmosphere is dense (despite some jump scares being repetitive). Once you figure stuff out, the mechanics of the game are pretty consistent. You also get to drive the ghost out, which is cool.
Me and my buddy played coop in demonologist to Level 20 and wanted to see the original, so we hopped onto Phasmophobia. We were surprised how similar these games are in pretty much everything, but we're having a hard time getting into the gameplay loop.
Our first game, the ghost did literally fuck all. No moving objects, no signs of their presence until very late, long after the 5 minutes grace period. We kinda figured out their room, but we never got more than one piece of evidence. Then the ghost started hunting and killed my buddy. Huh.
In the stats we learned that the ghost supposedly interacted with us 50 or so times. It's weird. You'd think that two people who had been hunting ghosts in a copy of that game would be somewhat sensitized to whatever a ghost might do. It took us three more tries to get the evidence to settle on the actual ghost.
Which game do you guys prefer? What makes Phasmophobia the better game in your book?
> Once you figure stuff out, the mechanics of the game are pretty consistent.
Phas is the same way, but it seems to be more subtle and deep than Demonologist.
> We were surprised how similar these games are in pretty much everything
Except, as said, it's not similar at all. :wink:
> Our first game, the ghost did literally fuck all. No moving objects, no signs of their presence until very late, long after the 5 minutes grace period. We kinda figured out their room, but we never got more than one piece of evidence.
The ghost did things, you just don't know what to look for yet. Look up the location of the breaker on the map in the van, and go turn it on to "let the house warm up". listen carefully for things being moved around and the ghost touching doors/windows. use emf to figure out which door/window was touched or item was moved/thrown. after the "house has warmed up" for a few mins, you could also use the temp scanner to aid in your search. you're looking for 10C and under, temp wise.
different ghosts have different combinations of evidence, and sometimes you'll see evidence in the beginning that helps you determine the ghost room. "ghost orbs" can only be seen through a video camera on nightview settings in the actual ghost room itself. use a uv light to check for "fingerprints", on doors/windows. freezing temps/seeing your breath is also one of the evidences. the ghost often can and will roam temporarily to other rooms at almost any time (and switch preferred rooms entirely in some difficulties!), so take all the signs/activity you see, and the room that has the most activity is usually the ghost room.
> You'd think that two people who had been hunting ghosts in a copy of that game would be somewhat sensitized to whatever a ghost might do
not really, cause Phas ain't no stinkin clone of Demonologist.
Things can feel really slow at first, but if you figure out what you're doing, you can keep things moving at a decent speed. I've got 600 hours in Phas-hit me up if you want to play a few maps and I'll show you around.
I think you got super unlucky that round.
Was OP unlucky, or are they a new player who just doesn't know what to look for yet?
Yeah, the gameplay loop with Phasmo is essentially:
- Wait for the ghost to make it clear which room they're in
- Throw all the gear into the room and see what goes off
- Leave
Hunts are really just 'Get to the nearest hiding spot and wait'.
It can feel that way if you're still on the lower end of the learning curve, yeah. i'm lvl 2.6k-hit me up if you want to play a map or two and I can show you how to keep things moving at a decent pace.
I'm not sure why you've decided to necro a 9 month old thread, but here's a protip: not everyone on the internet is a man. I'm nobodys guy.
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An experienced player can skirt around this.
> I might feel different if I had started with Phasmophobia, but I gotta say I agree with Demonologist more.
To say that after playing only 2 games of phas seems quite premature.