It’s all available to you from the start and it just gives you joy right from the beginning. There’s a lot of choices here, including shotguns, shurikens, swords, machine guns and even some wolverine-type claws that fire knives out of the fingers. You can dual wield different types of weapons or in some cases the exact same weapons. You have a combination of 4 weapons of your choice when you assemble your loadout before every mission. Everything about this game encourages fluidity and non-stop action. So how does this game feel to play? In short: Incredible. Don’t get me wrong, if you can stomach it, which I can’t because I am terrible with heights, there are amazing action-movie moments you can have, shooting down at people as you front flip over them – it’s true Japanese epic combat action in VR. This is for the more hardcore of VR players as it can make you feel very motion sick, especially if you are uncomfortable with heights. The biggie though is the ability to front flip. For example, there is the ability to glide from high places as you fall by holding your arms out by your side – which feels very batman-like. Working together and seeing other ninja badasses flying around working together to slash and spray through rooms full of enemies feels epic and like you’re part of a scene from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.īefore we get into it, it’s worth mentioning that there is an abundance of settings to look through – which I fully recommend you do – as there are some secret things that the tutorial doesn’t show you which you can activate and tweak for your own preferences. Here, you choose a map, mode and difficulty and use your arsenal to complete the various mission types available in the game. This is where I think most people will spend the most time. It’s another way of encouraging you to play more while making the progression feel like less of a grind. There are also challenges that change every day which will see you earning exp points. Variety is always good so they’re definitely worth alternating between if, for some reason, you find a specific category to be getting stale – it’s good to have some options to mix things up. There are 4 categories for you to choose from each with their own objective to complete and to offer some variety to the reasons that you chop and shoot people. Here you are given various scenarios with a specific goal to achieve. The next mode you can dive into is the missions. As a reward for your bravery and ninja skills, this difficulty increase comes at a trade-off of giving you much more experience and chances of rarer loot. There are many difficulties to replay the campaign in, each one subsequently adding more enemies that have a higher damage output. It’s not the most cinematic or interesting campaign you’ll ever play but I enjoyed it nonetheless. They consist of moving between areas, interacting with an object and then clearing out dozens of enemies. They’re very simplistic and are basically an extended introduction into the game. There are 10 chapters that are between 5 and 20 minutes long. The freedom is great because you might have a change of heart and being able to have everything open to you from the get-go allows you to experience what the game has to offer.įirstly, there is the campaign/story to sink your katanas into. Once you’ve completed the tutorial, which you can choose to do or repeat at any time you are free to play any mode you like in any order. There’s a lot of content in this game spread across a variety of modes. The voice acting is actually really good and emotive but really, the story is just a means to open a can of serious whoop-ass on various enemy types. There isn’t really much to it, there’s just the odd bit of dialogue and one little cutscene where you stand and watch something play out. There are betrayals, kidnappings and lots of people fighting ‘real’ people in simulations but what you need to know is that as a Sairento clan member, you are a cyber ninja who must rise against a terrorist-type clan that has been attacking Japanese cities and causing absolute chaos. It’s perfectly serviceable, but don’t expect this to be a PSVR game that’s going to take you on an emotional journey. The story is a little bit vague if I’m honest. The game has been out since early 2017 on Vive and Rift but has recently been ported to PSVR, allowing PS4 players to get their hands on some shurikens and engage in some slow-mo gravity-defying action. It seemed to come out of nowhere which funnily enough sums this game up perfectly, as that’s what you will be doing as a cyber ninja in this action-packed VR title. If you’re anything like me, you won’t have heard much about Sairento VR for PSVR until very recently.
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