With near 50 video games launching alongside the PSVR2, it’s straightforward to miss among 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 put in writing house about, and looks like an inexpensive cash-grab on an present IP. However for those who 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 periods.
Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded places you in a base of operations alongside the 4 characters from the sequence. Abigail Breslin returns to voice Little Rock, Woody Harrellson’s brother Brett fills in for Tallahassee, and we now have a few admirable makes an attempt to copy the performances of each Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone. There may be some narrative reasoning for all of it, nevertheless it doesn’t actually matter. We’re simply right here to shoot zombies, and if you’re too, you’ll be loads pleased with this recreation.
Missions function an on-rail construction, very like a Home of the Useless arcade shooter. You’ll face off towards a bunch of various zombie sorts, with the purpose of streamlining your runs and attaining always bettering private bests. It’s a easy system, 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 change into addictively entertaining. Exterior of maybe Pistol Whip, we’ve but to discover a VR expertise that evokes “yet another go” vitality fairly like this.
In the long run, we have 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 have been completely satisfied to sink yet one more half hour into it, which was solely aided by the satisfying gun controls. It’s definitely not out to win any awards, and it doesn’t push the medium any additional, however for those who’re in search of a straight-to-the-point zombie shooter, you may’t actually go mistaken.