![]() Your role as a guardian is the vehicle that moves the story along. When you put the ice-bucket shaped PSVR headset on and take the PlayStation Move controllers, you become more than just the observer. When you read Alice in Wonderland, how many times did you go down the rabbit hole? In Alan Moore’s Watchmen, did you ever feel like you were doing more than looking through the glass at a city on the brink of war? It’s history’s place to tell just what the final word on Ghost Giant will be, but with games such as Moss and Batman Arkham VR before it, players are getting treated to a blend of true story with immersion. ![]() It’s a feeling that’s tailored to VR and one you can definitely do more than push X for. It’s in those moments where he breaks his happy go lucky exterior that you just want to reach through that screen and hug him. In the early parts of the game it’s all a mystery shrouded by jokes and high fives. Louis constantly lets down his best friend and lies to cover up his own mothers whereabouts, all the while wearing a sadness from all this emotional weight. The hard life of this character is eerily relatable to the real world. It’s when you pay attention to the even smaller details of this world that the tear jerking begins. Throughout a number of scenes, you’ll act as his guardian angel, helping him navigate storybook level dilemmas such as gathering seeds to plant and harvest. On its surface, Ghost Giant‘s cute paper mache exterior covers the deceptively complex emotional journey of a tiny fox named Louis. GHOST GIANTĭeveloped by: Zoink, Thunderful Published by: Sony Interactive Entertainment Available for: PlayStation VR Game developer Zoink’s living diorama, Ghost Giant, for PSVR is the latest in a VR storytelling evolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike previous flavor of the month tech, VR is proving to be a medium for telling stories uniquely catered to stepping into new worlds. In its infancy, virtual reality tech seemed as hokey as 3D televisions and movies. ![]()
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