The first time I crawled into a vent in Star Wars Outlaws and the camera changed from third to first-person, I thought to myself, “why can’t the whole game be like this?”. The level of detail to the scenery, props and the many alien life forms that inhabit the games’ multiple planets is incredibly impressive and it makes the areas you explore feel alive and, most importantly, in-keeping with the Star Wars universe.
Even though I enjoyed looking it at all from my third-person perch above Kay Vess’ shoulder, I was dying to inspect the assets in closer detail. It’s such a well built world that I wanted to be in it, rather than observe it. While I haven’t been able to manage that officially as, sadly, it’s not an option in Ubisoft’s game, that’s exactly what I was able to do for this week’s VR Corner thanks to a new update to Luke Ross’ REAL VR mod.
As you’ll be able to see in the video, Luke’s mod for Star Wars Outlaws is a little different to others that I’ve featured because this one has a first-person camera toggle. The game can also be played in third-person VR and in fact, parts of it still are. During climbing sections, stealth takedowns and the occasional in-game cutscene, the camera will pull back to show Kay Vess doing her thing, before pushing back in again so you can view the world through her eyes once more.
