For those of you
that have played No Man’s Sky before or have read about it, most of
what I’ve detailed so far is nothing new. However, just to begin
with, playing this in VR is so much more engrossing, especially when
using the two Move controllers. I enjoyed hopping into the cockpit of
my tiny spacecraft and seeing all the controls in front of me while
shutting the harsh planet outside, watching the acid rain fall around
me with a heavy pattering sound. When the rains ended, I literally
reached over to the handle of the canopy and lifted it up. I could
get my multitool out by reaching back behind my right shoulder to
grab it. Once upgraded a little more, I could even use the terrain
laser of my multitool to carve out a spherical chunk of earth in mere
seconds. This actually became quite fun, because I could tunnel my
way through the ground and go anywhere I wanted, popping up like a
gopher from my tunnel when it was safe to emerge again after the
rains had stopped. I finally gathered the materials and constructed
the components necessary to fix my ship’s engines, so I hopped in
and reached my left hand over to grip the throttle. I pulled
and….woah! My stomach dropped as the planet fell away beneath me. I
grabbed the right hand stick with my other hand and rotated the ship
around, failing at first to adjust to the extreme sensitivity, though
I thankfully got the hang of it quickly enough to avoid crashing. If
you've played other space-flight simulators in VR, this isn't much
different, but that's a good thing, because it's a truly amazing
experience!
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