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The Assembly
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
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This is a decent VR title, and it's more substantial than the majority of virtual reality experiences we've had so far. Improving its prospects further; it also stands up as a traditional adventure in its own right. This mightn't be the killer app that VR is still screaming out for, but it's certainly worth a look if you've got a headset and want something new to play.
I’m certainly eager to see where nDreams take us to next, as they hone their craft in developing for virtual reality, but The Assembly is sadly just a first step on that journey. It does some interesting things, with a nicely constructed story split between two characters and contrasting styles of gameplay, and it gets the controls right for first person exploration in VR, but without that, it would struggle to stand out from the crowd.
The PlayStation VR is the future of gaming. THERE! I said it. It has created new worlds and experiences that were never before possible in an interactive medium. That said, most of the virtual reality titles available at the launch of Sony’s new headset have possessed rather truncated runtimes. This is why it was interesting when developer nDreams decided to swim against the proverbial tide and port their summer VR release, The Assembly to PSVR. So how does a meaty four-hour campaign play out in the literal first person? Let’s just say that the phrase, “be careful what you wish for,” comes to ...
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