When the PS VR2 first turned up on our doorstep we’d firmly regressed to the status of virtual reality sceptics, but having used it for the best part of a week now we’re full-on believers again. That’s true whether you’re scaling the side of a sheer cliff face in blockbuster fare such as Horizon Call Of The Mountain, grooving to Thumper’s syncopated rhythms or just chilling in a canoe a la Kayak VR: Mirage. It works, there is loads to do from the off and it’s an absolute tonne of fun. This is not the vague, intangible and underwhelming VR of Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse. To its credit, the PS VR2 does just this. If this technology is going to have a future – instead of going the way of 3D TV, NFTs and the Xbox Kinect – it needs to deliver straight out of the box with as few compromises as possible. £539.99 at Amazon PlayStation VR2 verdictĪs both Apple and Meta will discover later this year, the days when you could launch a new virtual or augmented reality headset and coast by on the strength of sheer novelty are over. None of this has any bearing on plot, character development or the like, it’s just there to give you a bunch of stuff to do that isn’t possible with a standard DualSense controller in hand. In the first hour or so, you’ll come across a multicoloured paint set that just so happens to be sitting in front of a giant rock wall, a pair of maracas and a set of rocks to stack on top of each other without them falling over. It’s also disarmingly silly in a way that we’re very much here for. In essence, it leans into the best bits of the Horizon games – shooting stuff with a bow and arrow and pure visual spectacle – while going easy on the deeply convoluted lore. The premise of HCOTM is simple: you have to climb up a mountain (and sometimes down it again) while occasionally pausing to fight the mechanical wildlife that populates it. It is however still a lot of fun, even if you don’t happen to be a huge fan of the franchise that inspired it. As a spin-off to the post-apocalyptic adventure series starring redhead action hero Aloy and a cornucopia of robot dinosaurs, HCOTM is not quite on par with Valve’s 2020 VR tour de force Half-Life: Alyx. To this end, Sony is offering up virtual reality versions of the already excellent horror spectacular Resident Evil Village and peerless driving simulator Gran Turismo 7, as well as a brand new title in the form of Horizon Call Of The Mountain. From the block-building splendour of Tetris Effect: Connected to Moss’ fairytale charms and No Man’s Sky’s endless intergalactic exploration, there’s little excuse for splashing out on this headset only to let it slowly gather dust under your telly.Īs with any console launch, exclusives are a big part of the appeal here. Crucially, if you’ve never used one of these headsets before, the PS VR2 supports most of the format’s greatest hits straight out of the box – even if it’s not backwards compatible with pre-existing titles for the first PS VR. Sony claims that over 100 games are in development for the system right now. Call Of The Mountain and beyondĪll of which brings us to what you can actually do with the PlayStation VR2, and as it turns out that is quite a lot. Using any VR headset is a bit like a trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach or visiting your brother’s newborn child – you’re there for a good time, not a long one. Well, as comfortable to wear as sticking a giant screen directly in front of your eyeballs can be. It’s also lightweight and largely comfortable to wear.
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