Shane
Sonys PlayStation VR2 has released and alongside a catalogue of Triple A titles.
From Guerrilla Games comes a VR extension and standalone Horizon title specifically developed for VR, Horizon Call of the Mountain.
Played in first person (you are literally the main character) we meet Ryas, a new protagonist who was previously a Shadow Carja rebel. Sentenced for his misdeeds Ryas is forced to join a dangerous expedition to investigate a new danger. For the most part, you’re on your own.
You will come across familiar characters from the first Horizon game but they’re NPCs that help tell the engrossing narrative.
In Horizon Call of the Mountain you’ll reach dizzying heights, climb a lot and engage in combat within a vibrant immersive Horizon world.
This is Horizon as you’ve never experienced before as you’re literally thrown in to the world and must survive.
Controls make use of gesture on the Sense controllers. Climbing and navigating around edges of cliffs requires you the player to act out real climbing movements. In combat you’ll arm your bow and fire as you would in real world.
You will encounter a varied selection of enemies in game and it’s almost via trial and error you’ll get good with aiming your bow. It was for me.
Also keep a lookout for side objectives too.
While the gameplay has a linear path there is some small allowance for exploration. You’ll food to keep your health in check and components to kit yourself out with.
Almost every object is interactive with real world physics.
Horizon Call of the Mountain may give some VR players vertigo as you scale high sky mountains and rock climb around precarious cliffs.
Horizon Call of the Mountain isn’t an add on, it’s not a rehash either, this is Horizon in VR, Horizon as it should be experienced and the Horizon you really should (literally) get yourself in to.
Released: February 2023
Rating: R16
Platforms reviewed: PlayStation 5 / PlayStation VR2
Genre: Virtual Reality
Developer: Firesprite, Guerrilla Games
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment