Why do we identify ghosts?

[Taste Of Pancakes]

I mean sure, we get paid to go in there and say "yep thats a ghost" but whats the point? Ghost is gonna stay there after we leave, do we call someone to exorcise the ghost when we leave? sorta like a tag team, we go in and figure out the ghost, then the exorcist team goes in there prepared for that ghost? Yes im aware this is stupid, but idk just something that crossed my mind. What do you think is the point of finding the ghost?

[GODDAMN]

I think they should include the exorcism by the team to add more mehcanics in the gameplay i hope in the future updates they'll consider that.

[Emurinus]

Originally posted by NYR ?:

I think they should include the exorcism by the team to add more mehcanics in the gameplay i hope in the future updates they'll consider that.

Not happening.

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by Taste Of Pancakes:

sorta like a tag team, we go in and figure out the ghost, then the exorcist team goes in there prepared for that ghost? Yes im aware this is stupid

Pretty much that and it actually makes more sense than doing the investigation and exorcism in one go. Like we make the ghost really angry by trying to get their evidences, so it's definitely a good idea to wait a littlebit until they've calmed down again, before someone else go in again to exorcise it.

And you can see that with the other ghost investigation games, where the exorcism part is usually the most dangerous part of the game due to already having lost sanity and tons of defensive items.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by Taste Of Pancakes:

I mean sure, we get paid to go in there and say "yep thats a ghost" but whats the point? Ghost is gonna stay there after we leave, do we call someone to exorcise the ghost when we leave? sorta like a tag team, we go in and figure out the ghost, then the exorcist team goes in there prepared for that ghost?

That's exactly what the store page tells you this game is.

[WolfLink0370]

Originally posted by Phasmophobia Store Page, About this game:

Phasmophobia is a 4-player, online co-op, psychological horror game. You and your team of paranormal investigators will enter haunted locations filled with paranormal activity and try to gather as much evidence as you can. Use your ghost-hunting equipment to find and record evidence to sell on to a ghost removal team.

[HecdoMondo]

That's a good point. Never thought of it that way. Lol

[Kasa]

That's the way I always saw it.

We are the field intel team, we receive some minor info the research team has dug up (who the ghost was, who they will respond to, if there was any cursed objects) then we head in there find and bodies and try to I.D the ghost for the exorcist team.

They head in there prepared to face w/e ghost we tell them setting up proper rituals and the like and probably dying when it turns out it was the wrong ghost lol

[Sgt.Shadow]

A few months ago I bought Phasmofobia but refunded because of this, what's the point of identifying the ghost and leaving it there? It's an incomplete game without the exorcism part.

But I think I found Phasmofobia game but the complete version. Anyone checked it out yet? Looks like the real deal:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1929610/Demonologist/

[Mandemon]

Originally posted by Sgt.Shadow:

A few months ago I bought Phasmofobia but refunded because of this, what's the point of identifying the ghost and leaving it there? It's an incomplete game without the exorcism part.

Because you are investigator, not a hunter. Excorcist team is entirely separate group. Devs don't want you to be able to "fight" the ghost, because that takes away the horror element, because you are no longer investigating the ghost. You are hunting it.

Phasmo devs want ghost to always have the advantage over the players, so players can not just "fight back". Players are always the prey in Phasmophobia.

Originally posted by Sgt.Shadow:

But I think I found Phasmofobia game but the complete version. Anyone checked it out yet? Looks like the real deal:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1929610/Demonologist/

Ah, the game that relies on cheap jump scares to be "scary" and less maps.

[Sgt.Shadow]

Originally posted by Mandemon:

Originally posted by Sgt.Shadow:

A few months ago I bought Phasmofobia but refunded because of this, what's the point of identifying the ghost and leaving it there? It's an incomplete game without the exorcism part.

Because you are investigator, not a hunter. Excorcist team is entirely separate group. Devs don't want you to be able to "fight" the ghost, because that takes away the horror element, because you are no longer investigating the ghost. You are hunting it.

Phasmo devs want ghost to always have the advantage over the players, so players can not just "fight back". Players are always the prey in Phasmophobia.

Originally posted by Sgt.Shadow:

But I think I found Phasmofobia game but the complete version. Anyone checked it out yet? Looks like the real deal:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1929610/Demonologist/

Ah, the game that relies on cheap jump scares to be "scary" and less maps.

I don't agree, the game is shallow like that, you don't have an objective, you are just like the fake paranormal investigators in cheap series where someone pretend they are looking for something being spooked at everything like air. You can have scares and horror even with fighting back capabilities, know a lot of games that can pull it off successfully so that's a very poor excuse. But I honestly don't care about what the devs think or want the game to be, I just came here to see if they had implemented the rest of the game yet and having seen that they didn't to also see if anyone in the same boat as me knows about the completed version of phasmofobia that seems to be demonologist and what are their opinions on it.

[Mandemon]

You have an objective: Correctly identify ghost (alongside some small side objectives).

If you can't comprehend that and need to be able to shoot ghost in the face, go play Demonologist. It's there.

Pretending that it is "complete" game just because it lets you exorcise the ghost is however pretty clear bad faith.

[Vladimiś]

@Sgt.Shadow
Thats some flawed logic there.
Devs wanted game focused on investigation and they did, just because you want to have hunting part doesnt mean that the game is incomplete, it just means you want a different game.
With that logic most games out there would be considered incomplete because they are missing this or that.
F1 racing missing offroad? Incomplete
No guns in Sims? Incomplete
Cant start a space empire in my medieval fantasy rpg? Incomplete

[Didaibr]

Originally posted by Sgt.Shadow:

I don't agree, the game is shallow like that, you don't have an objective, you are just like the fake paranormal investigators in cheap series where someone pretend they are looking for something being spooked at everything like air. You can have scares and horror even with fighting back capabilities, know a lot of games that can pull it off successfully so that's a very poor excuse. But I honestly don't care about what the devs think or want the game to be, I just came here to see if they had implemented the rest of the game yet and having seen that they didn't to also see if anyone in the same boat as me knows about the completed version of phasmofobia that seems to be demonologist and what are their opinions on it.

So the game you choose by your logic is incomplete because in this one here...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1595710/Chased_by_Darkness/
...you can shoot ghost with firearms

oh and this one too is incomplete
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1807080/Ghost_Exile/
you cant shoot ghost, you can banish it but not shoot in their face!

ohh nvm, all of the aboves are incomplete because this one YOU CAN BE THE GHOST so by your logic this is the true phasmophobia!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2383990/Ghostbusters_Spirits_Unleashed_Ecto_Edition/

[Would You Kindly?]

I think it's fine without this mechanic as it's a 'paranormal investigator' game not an exorcist game, however if they added this as an optional mechanic but without traditional combat that'd be cool too. I've always wanted a game similar to the earlier seasons of the show Supernatural so it'd be great if we had the chance to conclude the haunting by completing a set of tasks to exercise the entity or send it back to the other side/hell- as long as there wasn't any 'combat'.

Could employ maybe using sage or holy water to cleanse rooms, laying down salt lines to protect yourself or trap the entity, speaking some lines of a 'exorcism chant' found in ancient books you have to unlock after trapping it to finish it off etc. Maybe you don't even unlock the ability to take action against entities until you unlock the tools you need. I believe it could be done well while not disrupting the current atmosphere and would give a great ending mechanic to the game.

[Mysterious Sir Knight]

Originally posted by Emurinus:

Originally posted by NYR ?:

I think they should include the exorcism by the team to add more mehcanics in the gameplay i hope in the future updates they'll consider that.

Not happening.

Might not happen for this game... But what about a Sequel?