Although there isn’t a good reason for you to personally revisit Ocean Descent after experiencing it the first time, it’s something you can whack on whenever you have friends or family who want to try out the PSVR headset for the first time. Watching as your cage is ravaged by Jaws’ cousin is a uniquely terrifying experience, and though the Ocean Descent doesn’t feature any interactivity whatsoever, the beauty of your initial journey through shoals of tropical fish and Galapagos turtles juxtaposed by the horror of almost being eaten alive makes this as good as PSVR tech demo as any.
The former has you diving deep below the ground, wherein you’ll come face-to-fin with manta rays, glide through a smack of jellyfish (yes, a group of jellyfish is called a smack – you can’t say we don’t teach you anything) before finally encountering the Great White lurking at the end of the stage. With so few mini-games on offer, Sony’s London Studio therefore had very little margin for error if it wanted to create a launch package early PSVR adopters should invest in, but the developer unfortunately stutters in this regard. Only two of the games included in the compilation captured my imagination, with Ocean Descent and London Heist both proving to be the most compelling VR experiences of the collection by a considerable margin. Finally, Danger Ball has you essentially playing 3D Pong against AI, only you control the direction of your paddle by moving your head. Scavenger’s Odyssey places you in an alien all-terrain craft on a journey in space to find a hidden artifact. VR Luge is a fast-paced ride down a busy street with your back facing the asphalt.
Ocean Descent is an underwater experience that places you in a shark cage and sends you towards the ocean’s depths, where you’ll get to take a close look at a myriad of marine life including a particularly irritated Great White. The London Heist is an on-rails shooter that whirls you through a couple of action set-pieces, each punctuated by snippets of a plot that happily apes cockney gangster film Snatch. PSVR Worlds is a collection of five mini-games, with each intended to highlight the capabilities of the headset.
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