Small artifacts-like pots, tools, and dolls-to pick up and inspect (or, let’s be honest… throw and smash into pieces). There’s barrels and boxes strew about which you can look inside of to find loot. I was happy to find on multiple occasions that my instinct to reach out and touch hanging vines and large plants was rewarded with them actually responding to my touch.Īnd beyond just vegetation, the studio seems intent on filling the world with interactive objects for the player to discover. As I progressed through the start of the game I was happily surprised to find a world convincingly full of interactive objects and a solid physics-based interaction system. The game’s locomotion method is far from the only thoughtful thing it’s doing as far as VR is concerned. That’s made quite easy thanks to PSVR 2’s new motion controllers which handled the task deftly, as well as the subtle and engaging visual affordances the studio is using to make your climbing path clear without being too obvious. Photo by Road to VRīeyond swinging your arms to walk about, it’s clear that climbing will be a big part of the game (and, hey… if a mountain is indeed calling you, you’d better expect to do some climbing). The studios say the game supports typical thumbstick movement too, but I didn’t feel compelled to enable it during my time with the game. By default (at least at this stage) players are immediately introduced to an ‘arm swinger’ locomotion method (where you hold a button and swing your arms to move forward) which quickly came to feel quite natural and immersive. It became soon apparent the developers have really sat down and thought carefully about how they wanted Call of the Mountain to play as a VR game. Image courtesy Guerrilla Gamesīut beauty in a Horizon game never guarantees safety… it wasn’t long before I was tipped out of the boat by one of the machines and had to swim and climb my way to safety. While it was suggested previously this might be a separate little demo experience that’s attached to the game, it turns out this is essentially the very start of the campaign-and visually it looks every bit as good as the trailer suggests, right down to the lens flares coming off of the robotic beasts. My time with Horizon Call of the Mountain started with the ‘river ride’ that was revealed in the announcement trailer. We’ve seen it before and I’m sure we’ll see it again-a big name studio tries their hand at creating a VR game and the end result makes it seem like they never really ‘got’ VR in the first place.Īfter nearly an hour of hands-on with the game on PSVR 2, I’m satisfied this will not be the case with Horizon Call of the Mountain.Ĭheck out our detailed hands-on with PSVR 2 hardwareĭeveloped in conjunction with Sony’s first-party Guerrilla Games and Firesprite Studios-it’s clear that not only do the people building the game ‘get’ VR, but they get it well enough to think outside the box and introduce novel VR mechanics that are quite promising. After going hands-on with the title I’m happy to report that it not only aims to deliver a full campaign, but it’s also brimming with insightful VR design. In other words, the game better suits slow-paced gamers with a thing for novel experiences, not the ones wanting the same action-packed gameplay as the main Horizon installments.One of the big questions on my mind ever since the announcement of Horizon Call of the Mountain for PSVR 2 is whether it would be a short ‘experience’ designed as a simple demo for the headset, or a full blown game. As with most VR games, Call of the Mountain does not come with an extensive storyline and is quite speedrun-friendly, thanks to its linear missions.Ĭontrarily, the slowest players can beat Call of the Mountain is 14–15 hours. But rushing through the main quests can be done as quickly as 1 to 2 hours-1 hour and 50 minutes, to be precise. What’s the Fastest Players Can Beat Call of the Mountain?Ĭurrently, there’s no speedrun record set for Horizon’s PSVR installment. The process includes unlocking 36 trophies and revisiting some areas in search of new missions. Since Call of the Mountain has optional side quests, it takes about 9 to 10 hours to complete. How Long Does It Take To Complete the Game? A completionist should spend 10–14 hours to 100% the game, while speedrunners could do the same in 1–2 hours. Of course, that’s how long it takes to beat only the ten main quests. Based on the updated stats, Horizon Call of the Mountain is 8 hours long.
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