Virtual Reality is big news, the PC gamers have the likes of Occulus Rift and HTC Vive to enjoy - but the price tag is heavy. Sony have tried to take it mainstream with their own VR kit which comes in just under half the price of the PC versions - you need a PS4 of course and for the most immersive experience two of the Playstation Move controllers - but is it any good?
Certainly if you like Batman films already, you will love being basically immersed into one, the graphics are stunning in this game and the VR literally stands you in the middle of the action, with a 360 degree view around and plenty of objects to interact with.
In the Batcave, here I am playing target practice where you have to grab Batarangs from your tool belt and throw them at the green targets. You also realise at this point that VR is far more fun when you watch someone else playing it, you really have no idea what is around you once you have put the head set on - and you do need a really clear space around you or you start hitting things in real life that are not present in the vr.
The gameplay is more like an interactive story, you can not move your character around in the game world very much - mostly just jumping from point to point to interact with content in each area. In the Bat Cave there is plenty to touch, pick up and switch - which helps you fully immerse into the game world.
Movement is handled by pressing the move button on the control held in the hand you wish to move in the direction of, or by using Batman's grapping hook - which is a fun way to get around the environment. Batman has on his tool belt a scanning device on the left, beatarang in the middle and the grapping hook on the right. You can reach down at any point mid game and select these to use.
Here I use the Batarang to blow up a fire extinguisher next to the penguin, most the game will wait for you to perform a key action or task before it will progress - so you could sit watching the Penguin or a long time before you would realise what you are supposed to be doing.
This is a good example of how fully immersive the game is, Penguins goons sneak up behind me - as you can see turning around in the game environment even works well - although you need the controller hand lights visible to the camera for the game to track them.
Overall this is a good game for the price, it does not take too long to complete it - but then you can go back and find riddler cubes around the locations to unlock additional content. I bought the VR for my boys, however there is a wide range of game content to choose from for it like Job Simulator that it would suit any age and I have been really enjoying playing on it myself.
You can watch the full gameplay video below, I do apologise in it for the poor quality of the gaming graphics, normally I remote play the PS4 on the computer to record the on screen footage. With the VR it will not allow remote play, so this with filmed with my iPhone propped on the chair! Not ideal but you can find plenty of gameplay footage on YouTube if you wish to enjoy the graphics - I just wanted you all to have a good laugh at me waving glowing orbs around in the air!
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