Hot off the recent news of Sony having sold 3 million PlayStation VR headsets to date, First Contact Entertainment has released Firewall Zero Hour. There are a lot of expectations for this tactical, squad-based virtual reality shooter, but does it live up to the hype" Find out in our review now.
In-Game Info
The best VR games fade into the background, presenting the player with all the information they need to know in-world. Firewall Zero Hour is a terrific example of this. There is no heads-up display to be found. Ammunition counts are found on a holographic display in front of each weapon?s sights. So to check, you need to physically hold your gun up, and glance down at the display. The same goes for looking at a map of the area?each player is equipped with a wrist tablet, which shows where friendly players are, as well as most enemy players if they are making noise at the moment. Progress towards the goal, as well as time remaining, is also shown here. This aspect of Firewall Zero Hour takes some getting used to, and also represents more risk than might be normally attributed to something as simple as checking on a map might entail, since glancing down at your wrist takes your eyes considerable further from potential enemies than a quick glance at a static map in a corner of the screen as is the case for traditional, non-VR shooters. Firewall Zero Hour launches with essentially one game mode, Contracts, wherein a group of attackers attempt to place a device to bypa...