Stormland is a new open world Oculus Rift game that will let you explore freely in VR

Stormland is a new open world Oculus Rift game that will let you explore freely in VR

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/7/17434956/oculus-rift-stormland-announced-insomniac-games-vr

Oculus Studios and Insomniac Games are teaming up to deliver what may prove to be the biggest, most expansive virtual reality game yet. The new title, announced today and called Stormland, is an open-world game that puts players physically in the body of an android whose day-to-day existence involves gardening on a remote alien planet. After the arrival of a hostile threat, you set out to repair and augment your body, find fellow androids, and fight militaristic enemy droids.

Unlike previous VR games, which typically put players on a controlled path, this game is more akin to open-world games like Fallout, Assassin’s Creed, and so on. Insomniac says one of its largest gameplay influences was in fact The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which incentivized exploration and rewarded players for exploring the world without a distinct goal in mind. Aesthetically, Stormland looks to be taking cues from classic animated films like Pixar’s WALL-E and Neill Blomkamp sci-fi works District 9 and Elysium, as well as more recent games with strong art direction like No Man’s Sky.