A few of the first hands-ons with Survios’ upcoming Alien: Rogue Incursion have emerged, revealing a promising take a look at one of many largest entries in VR this yr.
In case you haven’t been following alongside, Alien: Rogue Incursion is coming to all main VR headsets this December, letting you tackle the position of Zula Hendricks, a resilient former Colonial Marine with an advanced previous on a harmful mission to rescue good friend and former squad mate.
Tackling the ship’s Xenomorph infestation, you combat alongside your artificial companion Davis 01, tasking you to combat your solution to the center of the Gemini Exoplanet Options analysis facility and confront the secrets and techniques ready inside. There, we’re promised “lethal horrors” which may spell the tip for humankind.
Now, a couple of retailers have printed the primary hands-on reviews with Rogue Incursion.
In Leanne Butkovic’s preview for IGN, she mentioned it “definitely had traditional moments of Alien horror.” There’s no “however” there both. Butkovic goes on to reward the Rogue Incursion’s immersive setting, good narrative beats, and intuitive weapons and instruments.
It’s doesn’t seem to go too arduous on wave shooter mechanics both, as Butkovic says the sport “wasn’t endlessly frenetic.”
“If something, it intentionally strikes slowly in elements to spatially acclimate, to provide folks like me who can’t assist however contact issues which might be laying round, an opportunity to discover and uncover the story of this Alien property for myself,” Butkovic mentioned.
Rogue Incursion additionally doesn’t look like the type of expertise that throws a ton of traditional ancillary ‘gamer engagement’ mechanics at you. Butkovic calls it a “cinematic expertise that isn’t obsessive about leveling up or unlocking map areas.”
Notably, we additionally discovered the Xenomorphs’ pack-style searching conduct was primarily based on the “intelligent lady” Velociraptors in Jurassic Park, making for what looks as if a extra lively sport of cat and mouse, the place roles are continuously switched given the mission at hand.
UploadVR’s Ian Hamilton additionally went hands-on with Rogue Incursion, which guarantees to supply an eight-hour story.
You’ll find video of Hamilton’s gameplay beneath, which features a brief interview with Survios Chief Product Officer TQ Jefferson and Author Alex White, who discuss how Rogue Incursion suits into the franchise’s lineage, and the way Xenomorphs work on this “thriller-paced” shooter.
So, whereas it’s clearly not Alien: Isolation (2014) replicated for the fashionable age of VR video games, which was extra about hiding from a near-invisible Xenomorph, gameplay suggests it’s undoubtedly able to providing up thrills.
White says Rogue Incursion was designed to “hype up the motion, hype up sense of empowerment of being a soldier,” which is alleged to continuously “flip that energy dynamic” between you and the Xenomorphs forward.
Alien: Rogue Incursion comes out December nineteenth, 2024, launching concurrently on PSVR 2, PC VR, and Quest 3 and Quest 3S (solely). You may pre-order now on Steam, the PlayStation Retailer and Horizon Retailer.
