With near 50 video games launching alongside the PSVR2, it’s simple to miss a few of the smaller VR ports like Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded. It is a VR zombie shooter that drops you within the comedically violent world of the 2009 cult traditional Zombieland. On first impressions, this isn’t going to be something to jot down residence about, and looks like an affordable cash-grab on an present IP. However should you give it a little bit of time, you’ll end up entrenched in a enjoyable and snappy arcade expertise that’s excellent for drop-in, drop-out classes.
Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded places you in a base of operations alongside the 4 characters from the collection. Abigail Breslin returns to voice Little Rock, Woody Harrellson’s brother Brett fills in for Tallahassee, and we’ve a few admirable makes an attempt to duplicate the performances of each Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone. There’s some narrative reasoning for all of it, however it doesn’t actually matter. We’re simply right here to shoot zombies, and if you’re too, you’ll be lots proud of this recreation.
Missions function an on-rail construction, very like a Home of the Useless arcade shooter. You’ll face off in opposition to a bunch of various zombie sorts, with the goal of streamlining your runs and attaining continuously enhancing private bests. It’s a easy method, and ranges are by no means longer than a couple of minutes so that they make for brief and candy VR experiences — particularly for newbies to Sony’s spectacular headset.
There’s a good uptick in problem as you progress by means of the sport, and attempting to tick off every of the extent’s challenges can turn out to be addictively entertaining. Outdoors of maybe Pistol Whip, we’ve but to discover a VR expertise that evokes “yet one more go” vitality fairly like this.
Ultimately, we had been pleasantly stunned with Zombieland, even when it would not actually lean on any type of movie-based nostalgia. Its easy but efficient construction meant that we had been blissful to sink one more half hour into it, which was solely aided by the fulfilling gun controls. It’s actually not out to win any awards, and it doesn’t push the medium any additional, however should you’re on the lookout for a straight-to-the-point zombie shooter, you possibly can’t actually go unsuitable.