Farpoint (PlayStation 4) Preview

The VR booths were packed and there were a few different games to try. Cubed3 was lucky enough to try out an FPS named Farpoint. The assistant on the booth, who was tasked with plugging players in, explained this as "You're on an alien planet, killing spiders." Simple enough, right? Then the headset and headphones went in and it was a case of actually being in that world. Honestly, it was unbelievable: total immersion. Looking around what moments before was the small VR booth and appreciating the depth of vision is mind blowing.

There's no strange effect like 3D, either, where it may take some people a few moments to adapt to, and worry not glasses wearers, as this fits comfortably with glasses and has no issues in the display stakes. The demo was made up of a number of stages across this rocky alien world, where at first just little spiders were popping out and charging. These eventually upgraded to bigger and stronger spiders that would take a little more ammo to take out. Luckily, a few more weapons were on hand as the game progressed. The move controllers were held in the new PSVR Aim gun controller; the headset identified it and accurately mapped it to the gun equipped in game, with the ability to examine the gun through the headset, lifting it in front of eyes giving the ability to aim through the viewfinder.