Boss Key gives PSVR the thumbs down, for now
[UPDATE] Cliffy B says he didn’t actually say this at all, and Gamespot has updated its article with " Bleszinski clarified his comments, explaining on Twitter that, "There’s not a lot of ‘real’ games for VR; too many ‘gimmick’ experiences [at the moment]."
[ORIGINAL]LawBreakers creator Cliff Bleszinski has said that he’s a big fan of virtual reality gaming, though still reckons the technology has a way to go before it really takes off, noting there’s an abundance of shovelware lurking about.
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Speaking during an interview with GameSpot, the Boss Key Productions big cheese highlighted PS VR as an example of this, suggesting Sony’s virtual reality headset is a solid piece of kit, albeit still ‘kind of clunky.’
“VR is very near and dear to me. I have a few ideas I’d love to play with, but again the friction point is getting VR installed. Sony’s got a great headset but still it’s kind of clunky, the price point, there’s a lot of shovelware on VR right now. A lot of crappy Unity games where it’s like, ‘Oh look I’m throwing a can.’ Yeah, big deal right? No actual real games, and part of that is this catch 22 of a lot of the proper platform-holders of VR finding funding. You can’t make a really deep, great game arguably in VR for like a million bucks. So you’ve gotta really pony it up.”
It’s a bit harsh to be fair, some of the best PlayStation VR games are definitely worth playing!
For the former Gears of War developer, a ‘real VR game’ would be something along the lines of Epic Games’ Robo Recall.
“Yeah, it’s a wave shooter but, goddamn it looks good. The controls are perfect and they really knocked it out of the park. That’s the kind of stuff that needs to happen, as opposed to more friggin’ roller coasters and things like that. There’s also jump scare games that YouTubers want to do. So there’s a lot more to it, but there’s like six things right now that are really preventing VR from really exploding in a good way.”
“I think there’s enough people in Silicon Valley and beyond that have deep enough pockets to ride this out the long haul. I think [Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg] saw the potential in Oculus in realizing like the first time I did touch demo and [Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey] was standing across from me as a VR ghost, even though he’s in the other room. That’s when it gets magical. If I could play catch with my niece in California, that’s pretty magical … but we’ve gotta start pushing through and working through it all.”
Read the PSVR review.