The game proper reinvents Horizon as a self-contained first-person adventure, albeit with the main series’ open world structure replaced with more linear progression. The standard of visual fidelity and sensory stimulation will be beyond what even many VR enthusiasts will have experienced in their homes so much so that the sequence is later remixed and presented as a standalone ‘Machine Safari’ experience – partly because it’s such a joy, but mainly, you suspect, so PSVR2 owners can use it to show off their new toy. And boy does it deliver on that.Įxperienced developers Firesprite ease you in with an on-rails boat journey through a machine-infested jungle setting that quite literally has to be seen to be believed. The plot, such as it is, is fairly incidental to Call of the Mountain’s real purpose: showcasing the power and potential of PSVR2. Whether any single game can pull that off in its own is debatable, but this self-contained, fully-fledged single-player adventure set in the Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West universe is frequently extraordinary – to the point where even VR veterans will sometimes catch themselves standing mouth agape in slack-jawed wonder.Ĭall of the Mountain casts you as Ryas, a new character in the franchise’s familiar world, attempting to atone for previous misdemeanours by undertaking a perilous rescue mission which, inevitably, uncovers an apocalyptic threat to be thwarted.

If those reports of disappointing pre-sales are to be believed then Sony are going to need a miracle to persuade mainstream gamers to stump up the eye-watering asking price of a PSVR2 headset.

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