By Gerald Lynch
Bowie never sang about shooting The Spiders From Mars in the mandibles, did he? Because he should have. If my time with Farpoint on Sony’s PlayStation VR headset has taught me anything, it’s that you should be prepared to be terrified by anything and everything once it’s made the jump into virtual reality.
It’s been a long time coming, but Farpoint VR is effectively the first ‘triple AAA’ title for Sony’s PlayStation 4 virtual reality platform. DriveClub and Batman: Arkham VR were both great, but the former was an existing game reworked for VR, while the latter was too short to be considered a true triple AAA. Robinson: The Journey had potential – until it made us too motion-sick to play through. Farpoint has all the production values, and none of the above barriers to entry.
What it does have, however, was action so intense that it left me trembling like Tom Hank’s hand in Saving Private Ryan. Virtual reality has the power to leave you shellshocked – that’s not necessarily a bad thing, and Farpoint VR is all the better for it.
From hero to zero
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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