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Hardware Review: PlayStation VR Aim Controller - Straight Shootin' - Push Square

Push Square: "Virtual reality is at its mind-blowing best when it’s representing physical objects in 3D space. Wield two PlayStation Move controllers in the excellent Job Simulator, for example, and you can practically juggle with digital objects such is the accuracy with which the wands are replicated within the title’s cartoon world. The newly released PlayStation VR Aim Controller, ahem, aims to take this immersion to the next level, placing a plastic firearm in your hands and leveraging it in conjunction with the PlayStation VR headset to transform you into a super soldier."

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IamTylerDurden12960d ago

The AIM is remarkable, ppl need to understand it is not a novelty, it actually makes you more accurate and improves your play.

C-H-E-F2960d ago

Dude, this is probably the best invention since the PSVR lOl, ahaha, At first I thought the red dot was "off" but then I realized you literally need to aim down the sights to properly use the sight itself, you you're aiming at an angle you'll see down the sight but not the red dot itself. It's just brilliant, now with my new gaming set up, i've been playing the VR everyday.

DigitalRaptor2960d ago

Winning piece of hardware here, by the looks of it.

I'll hopefully be getting my hands on both it and Farpoint after E3.

ApocalypseShadow2960d ago (Edited 2960d ago )

I'll tell you this digital, the first time I smacked myself in the face with the gun trying to block a spider from getting me, that's when I knew how immersed I was in the game. The feeling of holding the controller in your hands definitely puts you in the game.

Games good but not perfect. Standing there on the planet is definitely thrilling. Even on the stock PS4. If more games in the future are made with Aim like WW games, space marine games, 1930s mob games, sports games like skeet shooting, etc, I'll definitely buy them to support the controller. It's very will made.

Crazy as it sounds, if you hold the Aim a certain way, basically the curved part of Aim with the straight edge and bulb facing up close to your chest, it feels like a bow handle.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KEYZ...
Using a move controller with Aim, you could have a bow and arrow game and use the move to reach behind your back to grab arrows. Opening it up for archery too. Sports Champion's 3 anyone?
https://m.youtube.com/watch...

DigitalRaptor2959d ago (Edited 2959d ago )

I can't wait to get my own PSVR unit along with Farpoint + Aim and many other games, later this year. I can imagine there is nothing like having it in your own home and comfort to be immersed.

I've heard from some folks that seeing another player in the Farpoint world playing with you in co-op is a moment of revelation, and a one of a kind. These are the moments I hope will stand out when I finally get to play my very own unit. Yeah those are some cool ideas, and you know London Studio and Manchester Studio might have some cool games in production that make use of the Aim. Hopefully we'll see more of its potential from E3.

Fearmonkey2959d ago (Edited 2959d ago )

So I got my Farpoint and Aim controller, here is my opinion. When you pick up the aim controller for the first time, it feels good and quality, but it looks a bit silly with its glowing orb at the end of it. Any skepticism and doubt goes away once in the game as that aim controller turns into a Halo/Destiny style assault rife and now feels the part. Traversing the Halo/Destiny like planet landscape with a Halo/Destiny like Assault rifle feels and plays amazing. Bringing up the rifle to look down its laser sights is incredible. All I can say is, Gearbox, 343 industries, and other big shooter IP devs need to play Farpoint, I want a Borderlands game with this controller!

Also, we need dual pistol controllers like this, with the thumbsticks and buttons.

DigitalRaptor2959d ago

Damn your impressions have me hyped!

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One More Level — Farpoint & Aim Controller review

The story starts of astronauts that are about to come back home from outer space. They were studying radiation that is coming from some kind of source and when the astronaut (you) goes outside closer to the radiation, in a small spaceship, he and the other astronauts gets sucked in a whirlpool of radiation and what seems to be a wormhole of some sort and they end up in… other dimension?

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Why is The PS VR Aim Controller Impossible to Find?

"The concept of limited releases for technology sometimes makes sense, but I can't quite figure out why Sony's PS VR Aim Controller is in such short supply," says Matt at Gamers Sphere.

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freshslicepizza2947d ago

Same story with the PS4 camera when it came out, limited stock. The good news is Sony is finally stocking PSVR better.

freshslicepizza2947d ago

I don't care if you care about what I care about, anything else?

Goldby2946d ago

moldy you would have to care about the PlayStation camera and Vr to make your statement to Aenea legit,

don't you know, lying gets you no where on the internet

badz1492947d ago

they didn't anticipate huge sales for it considering how people are still treating VR as a niche product. on the other hand, I finally came across a PSVR + camera bundle recently but my god...it cost more than the Pro! I can't cough out that much money?! hmm...guess I have to wait a little bit longer

C-H-E-F2946d ago

Yeah I believe it was 499$ + tax when I got the bundle, and I only got the bundle because the regular version was sold out. lOl... But I mean it's kind of the sacrifice of the first gen adopters to allow users that don't have the spare coins to adopt in the second gen / price drop. I will say this, it's def. an awesome thing, however, sometimes I wonder to myself... was this worth 500+ dollars, that question only comes in when I look at Resident Evil in terror, because I made a promise to only play it in VR and that shit too damn scary or i'm too pu55y one or the other maybe both lOl.

super_cuddles2947d ago

They only made 2, one for the TV ad and that one up there ^^^

KaiPow2947d ago

Thanks to the short supply, I haven't been able to write a review on Farpoint.

opinionated2947d ago

That's why I bought it day one. I still haven't even tried it yet lol.

opinionated2946d ago

Nah I still got it, I just have a bunch of other stuff to play first.

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PlayStation VR Aim Controller Review

PlayStationing writes: "PlayStation VR has already taken the leap of immersion by putting us inside the game; paired with some 5.1 surround sound headphones you can totally escape reality. The only draw back so far are the controllers. The Move controller is better than the DualShock 4, however Sony has gone one step further and developed a two handed gun controller, but to keep it family-friendly it is referred to as the “Aim” controller."

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Neonridr2958d ago

would have been cool if they included a small plastic stand for the thing to sit on. I can live without a charging cable since I have enough of them lying around.

ApocalypseShadow2956d ago

Same thing. I stand it up next to my bedroom dresser. Maybe I'll make a stand for it. Or put a nail in the wall and hang it.

You're right about the micro USB cord. I was looking for it in the box and then I thought I have 10 or 12 lying around the house. Correction: in the same room in a donation box I'm getting rid of or plugged up to something else. Lol! Sony could have gave me another one.

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