Last week, E3 2014 happened, and while I left a bit cynical
about the lack of titles that have surprised me, there were at least some games
that have truly caught me off guard. Here are my top five picks for E3 2014:
THE ASSEMBLY
Though Palmer Luckey attended E3, and Sony gave a brief nod
to Project Morpheus at their press conference, games that support VR didn’t get
a whole lot of attention this year. Enter The Assembly, a new title by nDreams
that will be supporting both VR devices. The Assembly, written by the same mind
behind FTL and The Swapper, sinks players into the underground organization of
engineers and scientists of the same name who have ducked away from the public
light to conduct morally ambiguous experiments for the greater good.
The Assembly will be a structured as a puzzle adventure
game. And while the term “puzzle” is usually a deterrent for me, developers
seem to be moving away from academic structured puzzles, and skewing towards
more environmental and practical design when it comes to developing for VR to
enhance the immersion factor. I’m terribly intrigued by the plot centered on
moral ambiguity within the context of science fiction, and I’m also glad that
such a game is coming not only to the Oculus Rift, but to Project Morpheus as
well. Read more.
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