
It's got re-creations of classic tables, totally new ones, and now you can experience the joy of pinball from the luxury of a beachside mansion. "Pinball FX" is the gold standard in digital pinball. There are objectives and the occasional enemy to shoot, but it's all about the sense of freedom to explore that makes "Omega Agent" special. The game puts you in a jetpack and lets you loose in a large, open world. You're a pilot in a futuristic racing league, outclassing your opponents using sharp reaction time and the occasional loving bump.įew VR games offer a sense of freedom quite like "Omega Agent". If you've ever played a "Wipeout" game, "Radial G" is for you. You control a little girl who's doing her best to piece together the mystery of the house she's trapped in, room by room. "Rooms" takes the concept of a doll house and repurposes it into a quirky puzzle game. No, seriously, that's what you do in "Shufflepuck." It's lacking in depth perhaps, but it's the only way you can almost literally play air hockey with your friend across the planet. Like air hockey? "Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe VR" is sure hoping you do, as that's the name of the game. You play as one of two ladies wearing massive robot armor, smashing hordes of enemies with your massive weapons (as strategically as possible). Definitely, give this one a shot.Īnyone who's ever played a "Diablo" game will immediately know what they're getting into with "Smashing the Battle," a game from a single Korean developer. If I said too much more, it might ruin the game.

In it, you'll solve a mystery from the first-person perspective.
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That both owes to the game's developer, a studio named The Astronauts led by acclaimed game director Adrian Chmielarz, and to its origins as a console and PC game before getting moved to VR. Wherever you look, your ship goes (on a 2D plane) - it was originally created during a "game jam," which is an event where a theme or objective is given and game developers have a set amount of time to create a game, either individually or in groups, based on those constraints.įew games of the 30 announced for the Oculus Rift launch on March 28 are anything like "The Vanishing of Ethan Carter". "Vektron Revenge" is a simple arcade-style game where you control a ship using your gaze. Watch from above and control the action as tiny, kitted-out race cars go to town on each other in a winner take all race to the finish. "BlazeRush" is the video game answer to a the proposition of a mid-'90s Hot Wheels commercial.

"Windlands" is a great example of virtual reality enabling you to experience something you're unlikely to ever experience in real life: flying through the air at high speed, using your robot arms to fling yourself from place to place. Description of games are via Tech Insider: These are the 30 games that will be available at launch, followed by an additional 10 or so set to launch next month.
