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Obviously there's only so much you can say about a seven minute experience, however what I will say is that if you are a PlayStation VR owner it is well worth downloading. The graphics are pretty impressive and the action is certainly a lot of fun. I can see myself going back to try and beat my current high score of 24, that's for sure.
The VR industry has long awaited sign of true Call of Duty VR games, but will it ever happen? And does it need to happen?
I don't think it's in Activision's DNA to stick their neck out on something like this unfortunately. They've got a surefire winner with COD so why risk a winning formula.
fwiw, Firewall Zero Hour was more fun than COD for me, but obviously didn't have the same user base and budget
I wonder hypothetically if a non-VR COD style game were to integrate VR players, could you even balance such a thing out. I'm guessing no.
Highly unlikely at the moment. Executives are more concerned with being bought by Daddy Warbucks and golden parachutes than moving VR forward. They had a chance last gen but released a spaceship, combat demo instead. COD would increase VR awareness but if they were bought, the same thing that happened to other developers under Microsoft would happen to them.
Just consider, before being bought by Microsoft, Bethesda had Skyrim and Wolfenstein Cyber pilot. Ninja Theory had Hell Blade, Dexed and helped with Vader Immortal. Inxile had Mage's Tale. Double Fine had Psychonauts. ID Software had Doom VFR and Doom 3. Compulsion had We Happy Few: Uncle Jack Live.
Ever since the purchase of those developers, zero VR games announced or released. And since Microsoft continues to shun VR, Activision games like COD wouldn't have VR either under them.
Firewall, Crossfire, Pavlov, and whoever else makes an FPS game in VR, will have to do for the time being. Maybe Sony will make one like Killzone or Resistance in VR. Also surprised that Valve didn't put Counterstrike in VR.
I think the experience would be so different to traditional CoD and share so little with it that there would be no point in pinning the CoD label on it. I think Pavlov is about as close as you’ll get
The Jackal Assault VR Experience is a brief foray into the world of Infinite Warfare. Top-notch presentation but the lackadaisical content makes this more a demo than a true VR experience.
So it has potential of being great if it was developed completely. Hopefully there's a patch coming.
I could`nt even play it yesterday . Clicked through 39 pages of text but at the end it says click X . Would`nt go any further ?
Activision released a standalone Call of Duty Infinite Warfare VR experience featuring the Jackal craft from the main game where players can jump into the cockpit and shoot down invading forces. It’s a short demo which shares some similarities with Eve Valkyrie but is still worth checking out on the Playstation VR because it’s free. If you do not own a Playstation VR headset well you can now check out the VR experience in its entirety thanks to the Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Jackal Assault VR gameplay video.
I didn't know that this was free to all PSVR owners, it's a massive bonus that I'm not forced to buy the full game... downloading now :)
It's nice and all but sjeesh is it short!