Being a complete new frontier in video games, I’ve been keen to select up a VR headset, however nonetheless can’t fairly justify the worth. Of the video games I placed on my day-1 wishlist for after I obtained myself some space-goggles, Gunheart ranks fairly excessive. It’s a really slick-looking on-line co-op FPS with a sci-fi mercenary RPG-lite construction. It’s been in early entry for a 12 months, however launched in full this week, and whereas the sport continues to be constructed for VR, it’s not necessary, so mouse & keyboard-using people are free to affix in.
While Gunheart might be performed solo, it’s designed for co-op. In shared on-line lobbies, gamers can meet up, select missions, or simply store for bizarre space-clothes to placed on their cyborg physique. It additionally boasts the holy triumvirate of loot, levelling and randomly generated ranges, which ought to no less than put slightly extra meat on Gunheart’s bones, in comparison with most different VR shooters in the meanwhile, though from the gameplay streams I’ve watched it does appear to be there’s not a fantastic number of setting varieties or enemies.
While the preliminary crop of launch user-reviews appear optimistic on the entire, there are some complaints that the mouse and keyboard controls are extra awkward than they need to be. It is sensible on condition that the sport was constructed for VR from the bottom up, and wild that we’re even attending to the purpose the place some video games simply play higher in VR however it’s not precisely best. It is among the extra technically fancy-looking VR video games out in the meanwhile, no less than, and doesn’t look too shabby even by conventional FPS requirements.
Gunheart is obtainable for £23.79/$30 on Steam, minus a 10% launch low cost. You also can discover it slightly bit cheaper on the official Oculus store, if that’s your headset of alternative.
