Currently, the video game industry provides an endless and wide variety of changing products that satisfy the player, but also demand more from the regular and not-so-regular consumer of these electronic games.
People who dedicate themselves to making a living directly or indirectly from this industry realize that they are increasingly “hooking” a broader audience, aged between seven or eight years old and rising, in some cases, to more than 40.
Video games do not understand ages, only fun, and that is why the big companies, Unreal Engine, Zoink Games, Vertigo Games or KUNOS-Simulazioni Srl, have made a strong commitment to offering a new and unique experience to their loyal customers and also to all those who wish to get started in this new adventure of Virtual Reality video games. (VR).
Really, is the video game industry betting on Virtual Reality?
Virtual reality is the sensation of immersion that the viewer experiences by feeling inside the screen, being part of the action carried out in that scene, experiencing it in first person.
It can be considered that cinema was the pioneer in using this term in its projections, starting with three-dimensional (3D) technology several years ago. The video game industry also opted for this technology, and, in addition, today invests in virtual reality in its products.
An example is the sales figures in this entertainment sector. According to a report by CSS Insight, the number of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (AR) devices sold is expected to double this year 2019, going from eight million in the previous year to 14 million in the current year.
These are more than considerable figures, but more than numbers, we must talk about premieres, names, hopes placed on the developers’ abilities to please their users.
This is why this year there are some titles on the market that we should not let go unnoticed. These are:
Ace Combat 7 : Skies Unknown
Developed by Bandai Nanco Games, this title promises to delight all those who love “high flights”. Who has never dreamed of taking to the skies and becoming the king of the air? This aerial combat simulator will have a very attractive multiplayer option.
Climate change and the forces of nature will have a lot to say in the experience for more than 12 hours of real time enjoyment that it offers. A large fleet of aircraft will be available as well as a control system that makes this game a 100% realistic experience, at all levels.
So that later our mothers say: “Child, keep your feet on the ground!”.
Asseto Corsa
Asseto Corsa aims to convey all kinds of sensations when we get behind the wheel of one of the more than 80 cars it offers us. You can tell that it is a simulator, since it is a game made to emulate a real driving environment and not just another “driving” game.
The developers of the Kunos Simulanozi studio have “devoted themselves” to achieving a symbiosis between the driver (player) and the machine (car). The only fault would be the prioritization of realism over graphic design, because let’s not lie to ourselves, if this simulator is characterized by something, it is the sensations, the sensation of driving in its purest form.
Batman: Arkham VR
Without a doubt, a video game that does not leave indifferent all fans of the most famous superhero who only acts and is seen at night: Batman.
On this occasion the character lets us take advantage of one of his best abilities: the capacity for investigation and deduction. Technically speaking, this is probably the most advanced and outstanding game that Rocksteady Games has ever released for Play Station VR. The negative point is its very short game durability.
Resident Evil 7
We enter serious and dark territory. Fear will run through the player’s skin when faced with a gloomy, chilling, bloody and unbearable experience.
Resident Evil 7 is undoubtedly everything a ‘horror lover’ dreams of every night. I understand that this dream, unlike most others, rather than causing fear, it produces pleasure. It is somewhat difficult to understand, but those who already know this saga know what it is about.
This latest installment of the saga returns to its ‘survival horror’ roots where zombies and well-known characters from the franchise predominate. The experience that the player will live is possible thanks to the immersion in a first-person perspective and photorealistic graphics that delight our five senses.
If the normal version is scary enough, we can’t imagine how terrifying it must be in ‘virtual reality’ mode.
So what, are you making a game?
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