In VR especially, this game looks amazing but the art direction is not just for looks, it is utilitarian as well. The art style is playful and cartoonish, partially the result of animation director Nik Ranieri’s prior experience at Disney, where he worked as an animator on films like Aladdin, Hercules ( the good one), and Pocahontas. Coming from a team of Call of Duty veterans the game is not exactly what the trailer led you to believe. When I first had a chance to see the game, it was much earlier along in the build, it was very barebones and while the current pre-alpha is still far from finished it shows the promise to be the best FPS currently available in VR (non-cockpit category).
A screenshot showing the game’s first multiplayer map. Thankfully, the place wasn’t too full at the time, and I was able to play relatively undisturbed, aside from one group of festival goers who were… thoroughly enjoying their time at SXSW and decided to sit at the table behind “the guy with the funny looking mask.” Finally set up, albeit with wonky wi-fi, it was time to dive into Reload Studios new game, World War Toons, a multiplayer first person shooter set in WWII. I’m sure you can imagine the confused faces as we began standing on chairs looking for outlets as I set up my laptop and DK2. With only 45 minutes until the start of the play test the executive decision was made, we were going to try and do this in a BBQ joint because there simply wasn’t time to make it to two places in SXSW traffic. I had an online play test scheduled for 4pm, something I was more than well aware of when my stomach began to growl in the car. ‘the VRHaus’) which was nestled an ever so convenient hour away from the city proper. We had just headed into Austin from our rental house (i.e.
We were in Austin, Texas checking out all the SXSW festivities and VR news at the event and it was our last day. I’ve tried VR in some fairly unconventional places, but perhaps this was the strangest. Me at the BBQ place about to chow down on some VR.
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