With the planned DLC for Battlefront including the Death Star, the potential for this mode in VR is massive.Īnother thing that would be interesting would be full control of the ground vehicles. It would give you a longer time in the cockpit and a much more enjoyable immersive experience. The ability to change targets, balance your ship’s power requirements, have big space battles against huge Star Destroyers or Corellian Transports with super close fly-bys. Instead imagine playing something like TIE Fighter or X-Wing Alliance with this kind of support and graphical upgrade. It’s not a stretch to assume that Battlefront VR will support the Fighter Squadron mode.įull VR views of the inside of a TIE Fighter, an X-Wing, or the Millennium Falcon would be awesome, but the problem with that mode is that you can die very quickly and not really get a lot of cockpit time. A VR POD Racer game would certainly get my money.Ĭockpit views are of course the bread and butter of immersive VR experiences, as many space games can already attest to. You could even look at Sebulba’s ugly face as he tries to kill you. Super fast, with 270 degree views from the cockpit of your craft, and a glowing dashboard to tweak your engine levels and frantically mash if you take some damage. The Wipeout-esque title, with an excellent feel for speed, would work brilliantly in VR. A particular stand out would be the best thing to come out of the dirge that was The Phantom Menace - 1999’s POD Racer game for the N64. There's a vast array of gaming we'd like to see converted to VR.

The possibilities with VR and Star Wars are massive, verging on endless. Right now that's all fantasy, but with Star Wars: Battlefront heading to the PSVR, those big gold letters will be scrolling directly past our VR-headset covered eyes. The outline of a colossal spacecraft begins to appear as laser beams screech by you.Ī small Corellian Corvette rushes over above you, and you realise you are about to be utterly eclipsed by the immense size of the incoming Star Destroyer. The VR headset allows you to look down and see Tatooine below you, and you turn around to see small flashes of light getting ever closer. The overture of John William’s iconic score begins blaring into your ear holes, the words “Star Wars” appear in front of your eyes, flying away into deep space.

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