Zenith: The Final Metropolis is the closest factor we’ve obtained to a fully-fledged MMO in digital actuality up to now. It checks plenty of the RPG packing containers with dungeons to run, raids to finish, gear to grind, and sizable expanses to discover. Whereas it’s undeniably spectacular as a proof-of-concept, Zenith is an in any other case painfully common MMO.
That’s to not say there’s something egregiously unhealthy about Zenith. Its first-person fight works effectively sufficient, cooking and crafting are amusing diversions, and its locales exhibit some stable aesthetic range. What’s onerous to miss are the issues it doesn’t have: charming customisation choices, a compelling plot, any attention-grabbing characters, partaking construct selection, and the listing goes on.
If there’s something the sport will get very proper, it’s the traversal. Navigating its landscapes is surprisingly liberating due to distinctive gliding and climbing mechanics that can help you go wherever and scale something offered you’ve obtained sufficient stamina to take action. We want there have been extra excuses to push these modern concepts to their limits, because the bulk of the journey consists of bog-standard battles towards enemies.
There’s various enemy battling on this PSVR2 launch of Zenith, which advantages from over a yr of updates and content material drops since its 1.0 launch on different platforms. That content material is sufficient to hold you mildly amused for dozens of hours so long as there are nonetheless individuals to do all of it with.
Taking part in fully alone is just not an choice right here, as there’s the occasional story dungeon that requires two gamers to begin, and the end-game raids demand a full get together of 4. That’s not exterior of the norm for MMOs, however it can turn out to be a priority if the participant base begins to dwindle between updates. Cross-platform play helps, nevertheless it’s no assure that you just gained’t face queue occasions upwards of half an hour simply to get your subsequent story dungeon performed.
Nonetheless, because it stands in the present day, PSVR2 has breathed new life into Zenith’s servers with a salvo of recent faces prepared to provide the sport a shot. The extent 40 veterans we’ve come throughout have all been pleased to assist newcomers with recommendation, and there’s the promise of extra content material to return with none subscription payment to talk of. We are able to hope that future help will flip Zenith into one thing extra thrilling or repair its crashes which we encountered a number of occasions. However proper now, even after a yr of regular help, Zenith: The Final Metropolis is an unexceptional affair.