Feline role-players have extra locations to create mischief in I Am Cat with the addition of a storage, backyard, avenue and extra to discover in VR on Quest and Steam.
Creators of I Am Cat revealed a take a look at the brand new areas and interactions within the recreation in the course of the UploadVR Showcase, out there from as we speak within the Quest and Steam variations of the sport. Here is the official description on the Meta Horizon Retailer for Quest headsets:
Within the full launch of I Am Cat, your furry clawed paws can pounce round new environments, together with a cluttered storage, a bustling butcher location, a sprawling huge outdoors backyard, and vigorous streets. Every new location comes with its personal quests to finish, unlocking much more areas and deepening the sport’s narrative. Alongside the way in which, you’ll encounter a various forged, together with The Butcher, a mischievous Canine, a resourceful Mechanic, and a clever Grandpa, every including distinctive interactions and quests.
The preliminary launch of the title earlier this yr was met with chart-topping curiosity, and I tasked UploadVR’s Don Hopper with turning into a kitten for a number of hours to discover the expanded playground. He reviews again that there is a cluttered storage to discover, a bustling butcher store crammed with meaty treats, a sprawling backyard filled with hidden secrets and techniques, and a vigorous avenue scene that even has each cartoon cat’s nemesis, a very muscular bulldog to cope with.
The areas every include quests that encourage interplay with hidden objects to find and duties to finish. The sport makes use of arm-swinging locomotion, popularized by video games like Gorilla Tag and No Extra Rainbows, and right here it makes you are feeling like a digital feline that may climb, leap, and sneak across the recreation’s environments whereas additionally offering an exhilarating sense of freedom. Whereas this motion scheme is usually extra immersive, particularly in video games like this, it does include a number of drawbacks. The energetic actions can turn into tiring, and a few gamers could discover themselves wishing for conventional stick-based free locomotion. The turning is ready to snap by default and there are not any choices to alter it.
The addition of clean turning can be very welcome as there’s plenty of motion within the recreation, so for many who desire consolation, a swivel chair is very beneficial. This additionally permits gamers to pivot and switch with out additional carrying themselves out as they discover their new environment.
Character customization is one other main addition within the full launch. After accessing a secret room, gamers can personalize their digital cats, including a particular and private aptitude. Look choices embody clothes, fur kind and including equipment to your cat’s outfit.
The omission of consolation settings could restrict the enjoyment some gamers really feel, particularly those that would possibly wrestle with the present bodily energetic locomotion mechanics.
The sport to this point in early entry has a really excessive rating of 4.9 stars from over 51,261 scores and almost 9,600 opinions on the Meta Retailer. We’ll be curious how it’s obtained by Steam’s viewers as builders discover a hand-tracked model on Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional as nicely.
As gamers end the presently out there quests, they’ll discover a number of areas on the map that stay locked, hinting at potential expansions whereas additionally instilling a way of pleasure for what lies forward.
Hold a watch out for I Am Cat’s newest trailer within the UploadVR Showcase embedded under:
And you’ll want to tune into the VR Gamescast subsequent week as we talk about all of the cats being let free on the road, in addition to our Behemoth graphics comparability.
