Ever wanted to feel like a Sith Lord with a gun? Because thanks to Synapse, the upcoming PSVR2 action shooter from nDreams, you soon will! Or at least that’s how I felt playing through a short demo of Synapse for this week’s episode of VR Corner (above or on YouTube).
In that video, you’ll be able to watch 12 minutes worth of Synapse gameplay as I use telekiniesis to crush enemies and explode red barrels with one hand and shoot them to smithereens with a gun held in the other. This delicious dual-wielding combo works really well and, if you’ve ever played nDreams’ previous VR shooter, Fracked, you’ll have a good idea of how fluid the shooting mechanics are here.
The smooth simplicity of Synapses’ gunplay means that you’re able to effortlessly utilise its other big gameplay mechanic, telekinesis. Thanks to the PSVR2’s eye-tracking functionality, you merely need to look at an object that you want to hurl and then, with a squeeze of the trigger and a flick of your wrist, off it goes – into the sky or into an enemies face. It’s up to you.
