Focus on You

Focus on You
Developer(s)Smilegate Entertainment
Publisher(s)Smilegate Entertainment
Director(s)Won-seok Choi
Producer(s)Won-seok Choi
Platform(s)PlayStation 4, Windows
Release
  • AS: July 5, 2019
  • NA: July 15, 2019
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Focus on You, stylized FOCUS on YOU, is a 2019 adventure dating sim video game produced by Smilegate Entertainment for PlayStation 4 and Windows. It was first released on July 5, 2019, and requires a PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift or HTC Vive virtual reality headset.[1]

Synopsis

Focus on You is a virtual reality game in which player, who is a high school student that likes photography, can go on a date with a female character called Han Yua at virtual places.[2][3] The player is able to capture photos taken together with Han Yua in order to make a photo album and create "memories".[4]

Development and release

According to the developer, over 100 hours of motion capture were used to develop the character animations and make her as realistic as possible. The tentative name for the character was Song Ah-yeon with a given age of sixteen years.[5] The actress who played the character is herself named Han Yua and was signed by the K-pop label YG Entertainment in 2022.[2]

Smilegate has released numerous DLC with additional content. The first of these was the Studio DLC, followed by the 100th Day DLC in 2020 which included new outfits and hairstyles.[6]

Reception

Matt S. of Digitally Downloaded scored the game 4.5 out of 5, writing that "it is beautifully produced and performed", but that "it’s not exactly a deep and meaningful experience".[7]

Smilegate received the "Next-generation Game Award" for Focus on You at the 2019 Korea Game Awards.[8]

References

  1. ^ "PlayStation VR romance adventure game Focus on You launches July 5 in Japan and Asia". Gematsu. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  2. ^ a b Global, K. E. D. "VR star signs with K-pop label YG Entertainment". KED Global. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  3. ^ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190707005008/en/Smilegate-Entertainment-Officially-Launched-VR-Game-%E2%80%98Focus-on-You%E2%80%99-and-%E2%80%98Rogan-The-Thief-in-the-Castle%E2%80%99-Globally
  4. ^ Inc, Aetas. "FOCUS on YOU". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-10-31. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "海外発PS VR用新作ゲーム2本が初公開！ 第二次世界大戦がテーマのRTSと女子高生との恋愛アドベンチャー【TGS2018】". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  6. ^ 프라임경제. "스마게, VR 게임 '포커스온유' 신규 에피소드 DLC 출시". 프라임경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  7. ^ ddnetadmin (2019-07-08). "Review: Focus On You (Sony PlayStation VR) – Digitally Downloaded". Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  8. ^ Holdings, Smilegate. "Smilegate RPG "Lost Ark" Wins Six Awards including the Grand Prize at the 2019 Korea Game Awards". www.prnewswire.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-31.