Also, there’s no way to tell just how scared a person is, and while the atmosphere meter allows you to scare them in new ways, the new methods don’t appear to send them to the exit any faster. Unfortunately, scaring people isn’t as much of an art as you might expect, and it didn’t take us long to realise that spamming the first available interaction of an object is the fastest way to earn a full atmosphere meter.

A high atmosphere meter allows you to perform a specific action when possessing a nearby object, which kills the soul masquerading as a person and sends them to the clock tower, where they’re stationed next to a bell. In each area there are two ‘trapped souls’, which are relatively simple to spot. The sheer amount of different possess-able items is impressive, especially given that when your atmosphere increases, there are new options for you to explore. Each location has specific objects to possess and 20 people that you need to scare towards the exit. There are four areas to haunt: the theatre, cruise ship, hospital, and museum. Fill the meter up, however, and you’ll be able to release a blast of musical terror. For example, possessing a trombone with a low atmosphere meter will only permit you to wobble it about on its stand. The higher the meter, the more actions you can perform with specific objects. This fills up the ‘atmosphere’ meter at the bottom of the screen. Haunt the House’s main feature is interacting with objects and possessing them, using them to your advantage to scare the people nearby. Unusually, there are no touch screen controls when played on the PlayStation Vita. You manoeuvre Ghost with the left analogue stick or d-pad and let out a short moan with the X button. With the mysterious music, cutesy Frobisher Says-esque graphics, and spooky narration, it starts off very promising, but once the tutorial is over, you’re on your own. Ghost’s story begins in a clock tower that serves as the game's central hub. The latest in Sony’s PlayStation Mobile initiative, Haunt the House: Terrortown sees you adopt the role of an ethereal being named Ghost and challenges you with the task of scaring people for, well, no apparent reason really.

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