Six and a half years ago Arizona sunshine debuts on PlayStation VR with an action-horror adventure that will unfortunately be remembered by many for its infamous Spanish dub. Behind this questionable decision, which was most likely due to a limited budget, was a game that offered a very entertaining adventure with good ideas, although it was far from perfect. Now with With a more experienced team and more advanced technology, we are getting a second part that fixes many of these bugs.
When he moves, shoot
Arizona sunshine 2 it, like its predecessor, an action-adventure game for virtual reality with a noticeable horror component, in which we will once again have to survive the zombie apocalypse. The story continues where the first part left off, and now we are looking for a cure for this epidemic. You can expect the same tone as the original, irreverent, full of bad jokes and solely in the service of gameplay. Speaking of gameplay, the mechanics are exactly what you’d expect: explore the environment to find resources, shoot anything that moves, and try not to get eaten. Of course, now we have a small exception that we don’t need to film: Buddy, our companion dog who becomes a partner in our amazing journey.
Our skills in shooting, using knives and throwing weapons such as grenades and Molotov cocktails are complemented by Buddy’s skills, who warns us of nearby dangers, shows us the way and, if necessary, decapitates any creature that tries to stand in our way. The dog in question works as a completely independent companion, but we can give him orders whenever we want to attack any zombie around us, collect items or perform contextual actions necessary to advance. This, in our opinion, is a complete success..
Virtual reality as it should be
We have always advocated that a VR game should be interactive Arizona sunshine 2 this. For example, to throw a Molotov cocktail, you need to hold it in your hands, take a lighter, light the lighter and ignite the incendiary mixture with it. It’s nonsense that immerses you in the world and makes it more exciting and fun than if you set it on fire.. The inclusion of Buddy only enhances this interaction, making us feel more a part of the universe and also accompanying us in such a hostile environment.
It’s a game that isn’t as polished as the biggies in the genre, and we’ll see small issues esp cutting, or with certain motion detection, but it’s a lot of fun, and these little bugs don’t matter much. Anyone who has played a VR shooter knows that the gameplay is incredibly simple, but also incredibly satisfying. In addition, Arizona sunshine 2 It also plays its part, with heads that explode with accurate shots, or blades that get stuck in the bodies of enemies and that we have to forcefully remove. This is a title that knows how to play its cards to entertain the player.
In this second part, the developers They’ve tried to offer more variety of situations, and while they don’t always succeed, we think that overall the adventure has better pacing and more balanced moments.. In fact, there are quite a few sequences that keep us in suspense for a long time, forcing us to be serious and focused, making the most of our arsenal, combined with simpler ones designed to be just fun or spectacular. I know it’s true that after a couple of hours we start to see repetitive situations, like a small group of zombies, a large group and a race, causing the variety they’re trying to find to disappear.
To all this we must add the ability to play the story together something we haven’t been able to test, but like the first part should double the fun, and a four-player horde mode that will get new maps over the next year. The story lasted between six and seven hours, which is not bad at all and depends on the skill of the player and the chosen difficulty, and obviously the horde mode offers entertainment to many others.
Outcome and effectiveness
In audiovisual, Arizona sunshine 2 That’s pretty good. Obviously, it can’t compare to titles with much more resources, but we think it serves its purpose very well. Its artwork is pretty good, and thus compensates for the limitations in textures, polygon count, shadows… When we’re inside we hear moans everywhere, Buddy barks to warn us of danger, tries to recharge on the edgeWe forget everything else. In addition, it is quite physical, allowing us, for example, to open a half-open door with the weapon we are holding in our hand, without having to let go and grab the handle. We lack some variety in the scripts, but we think it’s acceptable to have a lot of them Arizona and a lot the sun.
Moving on to audio, we have good news and bad news. The sound design is quite good, manages to keep us in suspense and occasionally scare us, and also increases our adrenaline during the most intense battles with the sound of zombies, weapons and Buddy. Of course, we lose the Spanish dub in this sequel. As you know, the original could be improved a lot, but at least it allowed us to play without having to read subtitles. here the texts on the screen are in Latin American Spanish (and not very well translated) – the only option if we do not understand English, so we leave it up to you to choose which option you prefer. Finally, highlight several options to customize our experience, allowing us to use different configurations to avoid dizziness.
Back to Arizona, this time with a companion
We think you can more or less get an idea of what to expect Arizona sunshine 2. It’s a title that shows exactly what it has to offer: an action-adventure with an important touch of virtual reality horror that aims not to reinvent the wheel, but to make it rounder. We had a great time and we think it’s a good example of how to make a game for this format. While it’s memorable, it has some really good moments and knows how to leave a taste in your mouth, so if you just like a fun title for your PlayStation VR2 (or PC), we think this is the title which should be taken into account..
We ran this analysis on PlayStation VR2 using code provided by Plaion.
