What it’s good to know
- Townsmen VR is now accessible on the Meta Quest 3 for $29.99.
- It is a built-for-VR model of the basic medieval-themed metropolis constructing recreation that includes “god recreation” parts and fully-interactive environments.
- The sport was beforehand accessible on PC VR and PSVR 2 however just isn’t suitable with the Oculus Quest or Meta Quest 2.
Townsmen VR has the distinction of being the primary Meta Quest recreation completely accessible for the Meta Quest 3 headset and is on the market now on the Meta Quest retailer for $29.99. As you would possibly guess, the sport is not suitable with the unique Oculus Quest or the Meta Quest 2.
Townsmen VR brings medieval metropolis constructing to the Meta Quest for the primary time, placing gamers within the perspective of an omnipotent god and tasking them with creating lovely island villages.
As you would possibly count on from the god recreation style on PC, Townsmen VR gamers can decide up any unit they’d like — together with villagers, animals, assets, and extra — serving to to help within the building of buildings or completion of jobs.
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Within the above screenshots, I evaluate the PSVR 2 and Meta Quest 3 variations of the sport. You may notice that each characteristic an analogous quantity of element, however the PSVR 2 model options self-shadowing, higher shaders, and higher-resolution textures.
Whereas the PSVR 2 model sports activities higher haptics, developer Helpful Video games was capable of repair among the wonky interplay points that made that model of the sport much less nice to play. From my play expertise, the perfect enchancment is that your hand now not knocks or strikes every part you contact, making it far simpler to work together along with your townsfolk and assets within the recreation.
Regardless of which model you get, you will embark on a fully-narrated single participant expertise that gives 13 totally different islands to construct on, together with a sandbox expertise that lets gamers construct to their coronary heart’s content material.
Townsmen VR’s look as an unique Meta Quest 3 title is a little bit of a shock as a result of it occurred so quickly after the Quest 3’s launch. Again in September, Meta informed us that builders may resolve in the event that they wished a recreation to be Quest 3 unique. On the time, we figured this would not occur for some time since there are over 20 million Quest 2’s within the wild and the Quest 2 continues to promote higher than the Quest 3 due to the low value.
The primary Meta Quest 2-exclusive recreation — that is Resident Evil 4 VR — did not debut till 9 months after the headset got here out. Townsmen VR is on the market lower than three months after the Meta Quest 3 launched, for comparability.
We have requested the developer if it has plans to launch on the Quest 2 in any respect and can replace this text if we hear again.
