Gunjack
Gunjack
Gunjack, développé et publié par CCP, est sorti le 28 mars 2016 sur PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation VR et Oculus Rift. Ce jeu de tir arcade en réalité virtuelle, construit à partir d'Unreal Engine 4, plonge le joueur dans le rôle d'un opérateur de tourelle lourde sur un vaisseau minier situé dans la région de l'Outer Ring de l'espace connu, au sein de l'univers d'EVE. Il doit défendre la plateforme contre des vagues d'appareils ennemis, pirates et opportunistes, dans un gameplay d'arcade à pleine immersion. Le titre propose plusieurs missions, des niveaux bonus et des classements, et nécessite un casque HTC Vive ou Oculus Rift.
La presse a salué la qualité de l'expérience, VR Focus évoquant un jeu « bien conçu, varié et exceptionnellement soigné », CNET le décrivant comme « sérieusement magnifique », et TheSixthAxis comme « merveilleusement simple et intuitif ». Certains joueurs sur Metacritic ou Steam ont toutefois relevé un aspect répétitif et une durée de vie courte, tout en reconnaissant un moment agréable ou un concept classique de shoot them up en VR. L'agrégat de notes s'établit à 64,38 et le temps de completioniste est estimé à quatre heures.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Really fun to play for short stretches and then come back to repeatedly, it's a worthwhile venture. »
« The headtracking works exceptionally well, while the visuals are crisp thanks to the closeness to EVE: Valkyrie. But nonetheless this is merely more than a little action snack. »
« As far as VR turret shooters go, Gunjack sets the benchmark fairly high. Its lack of a concrete story may be a turn-off for some — it does have its roots in the mobile space — but that feeling of gunning down ships from the comfort of your cockpit is as exhilarating as it is immersive. At the risk of sounding pejorative, CCP’s spinoff can in many ways be likened to VR junk food — short, sweet, and fulfilling in the moment. Just don’t expect a VR experience for the ages. »
« Eve: Gunjack is a pretty basic game but that doesn’t detract from its charm. Sure it may be over pretty quickly and the mobile trappings may be off putting to some but it stands as a cheap and fun distraction. »
« While the turret controls are very polished and the power-ups are a lot of fun to use, the gameplay itself can become tedious after awhile in the rather short EVE: Gunjack. »
« With its roots firmly planted in the mobile space, EVE: Gunjack is proof that virtual reality often works best when the experience is built around short pick-up and play sessions. [Issue#180, p.48] »
« If Gunjack's combat had just been a little more thoughtful, this space blaster could have been a real VR delight. [Christmas 2016, p.96] »
« This gallery space shooter shares the loosest of connections with the EVE mythos, and it lacks the frantic spectacle and VR dogfighting drama of Valkyrie. [January 2016, p80] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« One of the first psvr shooting galleries, so I'll give it a 5 because the genre hadn't yet been beaten to death. But still, even in the beginning, it was only mildly entertaining for a short while. »
« Fun little game. Feels like VR Space Invaders. Just the right amount of challenge. Gets repetitive though and doesn't change much from one level to the next. »
« GunJack is really worth it for its price. At the beginning the game is a bit dull, but as the difficulty increases it becomes really interesting and addictive. I give it an 8 because the sky-boxes, they're at a very low resolution and some details had to be real instead of an image, it breaks a bit the immersion. »
« Nice game that shows what the PlayStation VR is great for. It is an arcade shoot em up game and works perfect with the normal dual shock controller. It does NOT give any motion sickness and is a fun game to play. You are sitting in front of a large Battleship in space and protecting the battleship from enemies. It is like you are the gunner at the Millennium Falcon in Star wars, but the battleship is moving slowly over the planet below instead of flying around »
