Sony London Studio haluaa puskea VR-kokemuksia entistä pidemmälle

VR-pelien valikoima ja laatu on vielä lapsenkengissä, mutta mukaan mahtuu myös Blood & Truthin (arvostelu) kaltaisia napakymppejä. Pelin menestyksestä kertoo sekin, että teos ylsi Iso-Britannian myyntilistan kärkikymmenikköön ensimmäisenä VR-pelinä.

Tapasimme Blood & Truthia tehneen Sony London Studion Stuart Whyten Barcelonassa järjestettävässä Gamelabissa. Whyte nosti haastattelussa esille erityisesti virtuaalisen todellisuuden immersiivisyyden.

"VR is so intense, it's so immersive that we can find, even with our game which is mostly about seated play - although you can play it standing up - you get physical fatigue after a while because you're moving around a lot, so we tried to design our levels to be around 30 minutes maximum, to give the opportunity for breaks there. But yeah, it's a fix- to six-hour experience, which is I guess short compared to some of the bigger games on console, but it's actually super long for a movie, right? And I think for us we wanted to have a story and a plot that was easy to follow, and something that really pulled you through the experience."

London Studio aikoo jatkaa VR-pelien kanssa työskentelemistä. Suunnitelmissa on uudenlaiset kokemukset sekä oivallukset.

"We loved what we did on PlayStation VR Worlds, and with VR Worlds we tried a lot of different experiences, but London Heist was by far the most popular when we looked at the data as to what people played what, so I think definitely we've learned a lot from Blood & Truth and I think we're gonna continue trying to... continue to really learn the medium of VR, really try and push it in new and exciting ways, because it's so new and so fresh. There's so many people out there that still haven't tried VR and I think when you see a YouTube video of a VR game, it's not really getting across half the story of the experience that you get when you're actually in a headset. It is like you are teleported into a game world, and that is something magical that I think we're definitely gonna continue to invest in."