Much to the dismay of those with sharpened pitchforks eager to put Sony’s feet to the fire over its “abandonment” of PlayStation VR, the Japanese giant’s Paris Games Week 2017 presser proved to be yet another good one for its virtual reality headset. In fact, so many games were shown that we simply don’t have enough time (or manpower) to cover them all individually, so here’s a wee round up for y’all.
Megalith
In Disruptive Games’ Megalith, you play as a titan with ambitions to become a god. This one’s a hero shooter type affair, where you’ll need to use strategy and skill to survive.
Bow to Blood
From the brilliantly named Tribetoy, Bow to Blood describes itself as an “airborne gladiatorial sci-fi” affair, where you’ll be piloting giant steampunk airships in an effort to become champion of the Arena.
Ultrawings
Pilotwings in all but name, Ultrawings is an open island arcade flight simulator for PlayStation VR, filled with challenges for you to complete.
Sprint Vector
Survios’ virtual reality roller-skating racing game Sprint Vector looks like it should buy you a one-way trip to the barf-room, but the developer’s fluid locomotion system promises intense speeds – without any of the sickness.
Eden-Tomorrow
Eden-Tomorrow is billed as a classic cinematic sci-fi adventure with “many haunting moments, bizarre creatures and events, and levels each with their own unique challenge”.
Star Child
Technically originally announced at E3 2017, Playful Corporation released a new trailer of its upcoming virtual reality side-scroller Star Child.
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With how Sony has abandoned some of their products recently, one would be forgiven to think they've abandoned VR too. I'm just waiting for this silly fad to pass.
It ain't silly it's awesome!! Play r.e. 7 in vr and then we can talk about silly, definitely the best way to play that game.
@KingdomHeartsFan how exactly is sony supporting it? none of these announced games is published by sony. they're all smaller 3rd party titles. reminds me A LOT of the vita tbh. what are sony's next big vr games? do we know any?
vita's problem wasn't that it didn't have any games. it had and has plenty of 3rd party games (mostly smaller ones). it was that after a while it didn't have any big first party games. and i'm already seeing the same happening with ps vr.
@EVIL-C this silly fad as you call it will not pass and only get more breath taking. Deal with it.
@whoisbdub agreed the most amazing gaming experience for me in 35 years of gaming. RE7. Wow
@manu0 Blood and Truth?
It's not on here for some reason, but it was revealed yesterday and is made by Sony's London Studio.
@manu0 Blood & Truth was announced by London Studio: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2017/10/pgw_2017_blood_and_truth_is_the_london_heist_expanded_for_playstation_vr
Also, this is such a nonsense mindset. The games don't magic out of thin air you know? They have to actively covet developers, champion the technology, and make sure the games are coming to the platform. Just because these are developed by external studios, doesn't mean Sony hasn't helped to make them a reality.
And as people with the headset will testify, the technology is arguably at its best in short burst experiences.
@YETi That's what people said about 3D. Look how that turned out... VR for gaming is too limited. Only a select few genres can actually benefit from it. Mainly shooters and racing games. Do you need VR for a sidescroller? No. What about Uncharted? It wouldn't be Uncharted anymore.
I'm just highly critical of VR because, as we've seen in the past time and time again, companies will dump everything into "technology X", hype the masses up like crazy about it, and then abandon it a couple years later. And knowing Sony, this is very likely. At least the other VR sets aren't tied to one isolated piece (PS4) of hardware. On top of that, I don't see enough genres that actually benefit from it. And there are many barriers to it, both social and financial. The gear isn't cheap, and it's very isolating strapping a bucket to one's head. (some of us actually still play local mumtiplayer)
If VR succeeds, fine. BUT to blindy ignore its flaws, and the notion and possibility that it might flop? Maybe you need to "deal with it."
@EVIL-C only time will tell I'm sure and I was aware it was a risk purchasing on day one. After using it for a year I am also aware of the flaws but these are just put into the background because of the positives PSVR brings. It's great you still play local multiplayer as do I but I am happily dealing with the total immersion and experience VR brings that a TV cant.
Blood and Truth is the only one that really made me eager to play it. Furthermore, I think I'm gonna buy PSVR Worlds, now, just to play London Heist ! Hyped !
How about supporting VR with a price drop? Isn't a Switch cheaper than this, even if you already own a PS4?
What!!!!! No blood truth , lookes like the beat vr game on there , and what about rezi 7 no heros ?
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