Oculus robo recall unplugged review movie#

And each map has three runs that follow different paths with different enemies and different objectives, including hurling as many still-functional robots into a capture zone as you can within a time limit, so there’s a fair amount of variety to be had. Relative to battling through the streets, teleporting between skyscraper rooftops means you’re dealing with a lot more elevation changes and seeing opportunities like hurling robots off the edge or blasting them out of the air as they leap across the gaps. The locations of its three maps are fairly distinct from one another, and each feels different to get around. Since this is a VR-only game in 2017, it’s not exactly brimming with content, but what it has it makes excellent use of. Considering Robo Recall is an Oculus exclusive, it’s a little surprising that it didn’t try to avoid that hazard. The only workaround is to buy a third sensor to cover this angle. You’ll see an in-game warning that you need to turn around, and when you teleport it will attempt to point you back in the right direction, but it happened to me quite a bit. And because robots can attack from any angle, it’s quite easy to get turned around and find that spot. It does, however, highlight the Oculus’ main weakness: with the two-sensor configuration you get out of the box, there’s a significant blind spot behind you where your body occludes the sensors’ view of your hands. Bouncing around using the intuitive teleportation controls can be a little disorientating, but I got the hang of it before too long, especially thanks to the ability to determine which way you’ll face when you land. Though you can generally do alright by standing in place in each area and blasting away, you’re cleverly incentivized to keep on the move as you fight - not just by the prodding of your AI assistant when it sees you’ve sat in one place for too long or the shieldbearer robots who’re begging to be double-shotgunned in the back, but also by a scoring system that builds a multiplier by picking up chips left in the place where a bot was smashed to bits. Shooting for the legs can send bots tumbling. There’s just a hilarious range of options for trashing bots, and I usually work up a sweat doing it. Or, because Robo Recall dynamically adjust the speed of time as you come under attack, you can actually pluck incoming bullets or rockets out of the air and hurl them back at enemies. Hearing them lament, 'Why do I have handles?' as you tear them apart always gets a chuckle out of me. You can grab two of them and slam them together, toss them in the air and juggle them with your guns, and certain enemy types can even be used as guns for a few shots. Pretty much every robot (except the ones who are bigger than you) can be grabbed with one hand and flung around like a rag doll, or ripped apart piece by piece as you use their limbs to bludgeon their friends and their torso to absorb incoming bullets before tossing it into a large industrial fan. Or, if that’s not your style, you can just use your hands. These exploding bugs are like cicadas, but not quite as annoying. The energy rifles, for instance, start firing slowly but rev up as you hold down the trigger until they’re spitting out several ricocheting blasts per second, which are handy for blowing through shields. There are plenty of weapons and upgrades to mess around with, and each behaves differently enough to feel useful in its own way. Not content with just two magically replenishing holsters, Robo Recall gives you two more over your shoulders where you can reach to grab your pre-configured shotguns or rifles – or, as Bruce Campbell might describe them while making a similar drawing action, your boomsticks. And there’s an even more over-the-top method of reloading that I won’t spoil.

Oculus robo recall unplugged review movie#

It’s a great alternative to having to fiddle with popping in new clips, because that might cramp your dual-wielding style, and it’s a move that feels like something out of a John Woo movie that’s completely given up on any sense of realism in favor of even more flying lead.

In a decadent touch, when you’ve emptied your clip you simply release your grip on the controller to drop the gun and grab new ones that’ve appeared in your holster after a brief cooldown.