At Oculus Connect, we heard a lot about virtual reality headsets and the future of Facebook, but what we really want are games. Virtual reality urgently needs quality software, and that's how we find ourselves with the people at Epic Games, who announced their first complete game for the Rift, Robo Recall. Two points in its favor: first, we must annihilate a horde of completely out-of-control robots. Second, it's free.
From Bullet Train to a Full Game
Some readers may remember the Bullet Train demo based on Unreal Engine 4, which was originally presented at the 2015 Oculus Connect. This time, Epic Games decided to double down. Their technology is one of the most anticipated in the world of virtual reality, but the parade of prototypes and technical tests is starting to tire users. The desire is very clear: complete games, with outstanding visual quality, dynamic and addictive.
That leads us to the trailer for Robo Recall, a new title that will debut next year, and that appeals to a classic concept in virtual reality games: a pair of weapons, and wipe out everything that moves.
Gameplay and Details
There aren't many details about its plot, but Robo Recall reminds us of the film adaptation of I, Robot, with robots causing havoc in the streets, and the goal of reducing them to their basic parts. An interesting detail from the trailer is that the player will have a wide variety of weapons, but also physical attacks. Rip off a robot's leg and beat it with it until it loses its metallic head? Where do I sign? Another option is throwing weapons as projectiles, and in the video we observe a certain bullet time in which we catch bullets and throw them back at the attacker. Among the enemies we must highlight robotic crab-spiders, and a giant version armed to the teeth.
The game will have support for a score table (I assume online) thanks to the Oculus SDK, and a sandbox mode that will serve as a training section. There's no doubt that Epic Games imagines players of Robo Recall with a pair of Oculus Touch controllers in their hands, but its cost of $200 won't be so easy to digest. On the other hand... Robo Recall is freeware. Something makes us suspect it will remain a Rift exclusive. Personally, I think the exclusivity trap is very bad for virtual reality, and the community shares this feeling. Will we see a modified build compatible with the Vive? We'll know next year.
Official site: Epic Games Robo Recall
