The PlayStation VR launch is probably the largest and the most important launch for the gaming industry as this little gadget is going to define the future of gaming. And for doing that it needs a lot of titles to show off its capabilities. Since the announcement of the PS VR, many developers have also announced their best of the products to be made available for the VR Gaming platform. And really, all of them are nothing below the best. So, here are seven of the best PlayStation VR games that you should look forward to at launch.
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Xing: The Land Beyond
Xing: The Land Beyond could be one of the most immersive games that will be available for the PlayStation VR. The puzzle-adventure game that will show you what it likes to be in your afterlife. The game shows the player the journey that begins right after one’s death. A journey that will take you through various mysterious lands, while you are finding ways for your spirit’s freedom.
Xing’s gameplay in itself is quite interesting and the player has to progress into the game while exploring and solving several puzzles. In the course, the player will gain powers like rain and snow, which can be used to progress further through the levels. You will be freeing up the trapped spirits and they will, in turn, help you solve the puzzles.
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Playstation VR Games: Battlezone
You would be a really experienced gamer if you remember the original Battlezone title from 1980. Rebellion Developments, a UK-based developer has decided to take the game to newer heights by remaking it from scratch and releasing it the first on PlayStation VR. With virtual reality baked into the action packed game, Battlezone should be the game for you to consider to start your PlayStation VR experience with.
Making progress through the levels, the game keeps on getting difficult, while the player gets a lot of opportunities to play with your tank and upgraded weapons. For the best VR experience, the game has a native frame rate of 60 FPS, which can be bumped up to 120 FPS through reprojection. This one may just keep you hooked for a while!
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RIGS: Mechanized Combat League
This game truly shows what the future of sport would look like. RIGS: Mechanized Combat League takes a lot of inspiration and elements from various present day games and combines them all into one to show us how it would look in the near future. As a player, you will pilot a huge and heavily armed sports machine to compete against others.
There will be 6-8 players and they will be split into two teams and the player needs to collect points by shooting the opposite team’s machines. The best part about VR is that it gives many new and natural ways to control the on-screen player. In this game, you just need to use your head to turn and aim, giving you a true feel of a first person shooter game.
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EVE: Valkyrie
If you are really into sci-fi stuff, then this game is made just for you. With EVE: Valkyrie coming to PlayStation VR, you get to live and experience all the thrills and adventure of the fantasy world without leaving your couch. You will be a spaceship pilot who moves into the universe, fighting all the odds and claiming what belongs to you.
A lot of efforts have gone into making the EVE Universe look stunning and true to life. Your tactical skills are will go through a test while playing this game as the character’s progress is entirely based on it. But one thing is for sure, you’ll be amazed to see the immersive VR gameplay and there is multiplayer too to get you work as a team.
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Resident Evil 7
All the demo videos and trailers that you might have seen of Resident Evil 7 should make you take it just like another game out there. But believe us, as one of the few horror-themed Playstation vr games it becomes bloody terrifying with the PS VR headset on! Horror fans live to be terrified and this game will perfectly suit your terrifying desires and a truer to life experience with the VR.
As you would expect from a horror game, the Resident Evil 7 involves all the creepy sounds and scenes, and all this while you’re seeing this in first-person. With that view, everything looks very lifelike, thanks to the photorealistic graphic style and time given to every detail in the gameplay. You can get your hands on this game starting January next year.
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Robinson: The Journey
One of the most anticipated Playstation VR Games is Robinson: The Journey. While playing this game you will realise how everything starts to look so much better and realistic on PlayStation VR. At a time when most of the games want you to get into futuristic wars against aliens or anything of that sort, Robinson: The Journey game lets you tackle prehistoric dinosaurs.
But wait, this game too involves a spaceship. It begins with players getting crashed and stranded on a planet filled with dinosaurs.
The trailer of the game introduces us to the gameplay and it is for sure that you won’t be alone on the planet. HIGS, a hovering bot will be assisting you as it did in the demo video by guiding the player through a wave of massive dinosaurs. A lot of attention has been paid to the details and you will have to wait till November to experience it in VR. Another great addition to the Playstation VR Games list.
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Playstation VR Games: Farpoint
The PlayStation VR isn’t launching alone. To make your VR gaming experience really awesome, the headset will need to be accompanied with a few handheld controllers. If you wish to experience the best of Farpoint, then PS VR Aim Controller is here for you to use the virtual gun in the game just as if you’re using a real one.
Taking sci-fi games to new levels, Farpoint manages to be more intuitive and immersive than any other game of this sort. In the gameplay, the player has landed on a mysterious planet and he has to investigate the disappearance of his colleagues. The arena is made of a vast dessert with a large number of cliffs and caves for you to explore. And of course, you will come across a lot of aliens while in course.
8. BATMAN: ARKHAM VR
Batman: Arkham VR a roughly two-hour long Virtual reality experience that lets players take on the role of the caped crusader.
The game is set to offer an amazing cinematic experience that requires the use of your move controllers but will definitely blow anyone who gives it a try away.
9. Rez Infinite:
15 Years after the debut of Rez, a classic that is now regarded as one of the leading pioneers of its genre, Rez Infinite has been confirmed as one of the few upcoming Playstation VR Games. Rez Infinite will be playable on PS4 and in VR mode but it is in Virtual reality that the game truly comes into its own.
10.Job Simulator
Job Simulator is game from Owlchemy Labs now coming to PlayStation VR having already been announced for other Virtual Reality platforms such as the HTC Vive and Oculus. The Playstation VR Games list is richer for the title. Job Simulator takes players into a future where all human jobs have been taken over by robots and a job simulator is built to keep the now unemployed populace.
Job Simulator relies on two tracked PS Move Controllers held in each hand and he tracking space of the PlayStation VR camera to manipulate your surroundings and create interaction with the new environment that just works.The final game is set to be shipped sometime in 2016 with five fully-featured playable jobs such as that of office worker or convenience store clerk. Check out the gameplay teaser video below for more: