SOMA DLC Was Scrapped Due to Lack of Time and Resources; Dev Discusses SOMA VR Possibility

Frictional Games had DLC plans for SOMA but was scrapped due to the studio's limited resources and ambition to work on a bigger project.

[dpatrick]

That's a shame. I liked SOMA.

[Mostafeto]

I think almost everybody who played it enjoyed the brilliant atmosphere set by Frictional Games.

[Vitalogy]

Honestly it's better they didn't do it instead of an half assed crappy dlc. I loved the game.

[Player124]

I would have loved to play more of this game really. I wish they find some way to port it to VR, would make a great experience.

[Mostafeto]

Some of the available horror games would make great VR experiences, SOMA, Until Dawn, Amnesia, Outlast.

[P_Bomb]

VR would be good with this game, especially considering how much of the environment can be picked up and manipulated by the player.

You could spend 20min easy just in the apartment, snooping through items in the fridge, drawers and medicine cabinet heh.

[Alexious]

Agreed, let's hope they do it

[Mostafeto]

Exactly, that's why I really want it to come to VR. SOMA's gameplay is really suited to VR.

[TheOttomatic91]

As some who loved Amnesia SOMA was a letdown for me but a VR mode would be pretty cool.

[Mostafeto]

Amnesia was something else, but imo a BIG part of why it became fans' favourite is because of PewDiePie's playthroughs and its YouTube presence at the time. SOMA was a unique experience and was definitely a better game quality-wise.

[TheOttomatic91]

I personally never gave a shit about Poopydie or how Amnesia helped start the YT Lets Play craze, my reasoning is Amnesia was a puzzle stealth game that had some depth to it whilst SOMA is walking simulator.

Not that walking simulators are a bad thing but going from Amnesia which was a legit challenge to SOMA which was no challenge at all was very underwhelming.

[Player124]

I kinda agree with @TheOttomatic91 to some extent, but even if it was a walking simulator, it had its own horror experience with a few moments of pure fear. Not anything compared to the level of horror the Amnesia series had to offer of course but still.