The developers have flirted with a variety of VR controls and interactions, but haven’t really polished any of them to the same level as their contemporaries. Not to mince words: Doom VFR is a bit of a mess at the moment. What follows is a fairly insipid, though impressively-rendered trek through a greatest hits collection of locales from Doom 2016. You’re just some random staffer who comes off second best with a charging monster in the opening moments of the game and finds his consciousness transferred into a cybernetic body. Does the first VR entry for the franchise capture that same spirit? Well, sort of. Can you remember desperate retreats, with just a sliver of health left, heart pounding in your chest? Can you remember the chilling effect of a looming Cacodemon passing ahead, and the panic of a Pinkie rushing toward you? Did you try the 2016 reboot that recaptured the frenzied spirit of the original and reinvigorated it to its now resplendently modern glory? Because I do. Independent from this dramatic backdrop, can Doom VFR live up to its heritage?Īvailable On: PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus RiftĬan you remember the terror of the original Doom? Inching toward a corner, you hear the collection of beasts in the next room that all want to claw, blast, or pummel you into mush. Then of course there’s the matter of the rather public multi-million-dollar spat between Zenimax and Oculus-but we won’t get into that. In recent years, it’s the story of the studio that Doom built that ‘s taken the spotlight, especially in VR circles where ex-id alumni John Carmack and Michael Abrash have become prominent figures. What it never had much of a story to tell, with a back-of-a-napkin premise that was ample support for the on-screen carnage.
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One part technical showcase, one part genre-defining milestone – with a giant dash of adrenaline for good measure – the series is rightly feted as one of the cherished elders of gaming. The name Doom carries a great weight of expectation in video game circles.
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