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Lone Echo II is nearing its October 12 launch date, when it will make its mark as the last exclusive game for the Oculus Rift Computer-based virtual reality headset.
The game will also be playable on a wireless Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2, so extended as you use Oculus Link or Air Link to connect to a VR-capable Computer. Still, it is an finish of an era of sorts, as Facebook’s Oculus has placed its bets on the standalone Oculus Quest 2 platform, exactly where the processing requires location inside the headset (unless it is connect through Oculus Link to a Computer), alternatively of the Oculus Rift, which relied upon the Computer for its processing energy.
The game comes from Ready at Dawn Studios, which Facebook acquired in June 2020. The most recent trailer out today suggests the game remains on schedule for the launch soon after it was delayed in August.
The original Lone Echo was a massive achievement in VR storytelling when it debuted in 2017. It told the story of astronaut Liv and her AI assistant Jack on a journey in space at a mining station close to Saturn. And now the single-player game has a sequel in Lone Echo II. It will price $40.
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Ready at Dawn Studios, which had a history creating triple-A games like Sony’s The Order: 1888, also made Echo Arena, a cool multiplayer combat game exactly where one group requires on a further in zero gravity in VR. It was pioneering mainly because it didn’t make sensitive players like myself as sick as other games did, thanks to cautious design and style. The enterprise also produced a sequel, Echo Combat as a further multiplayer title.
In Lone Echo II, players will when once more play as Jack in a further dramatic adventure alongside Liv. The sequel brings back all of the features that made the original common which includes its zero-gravity controls, sharp visuals, and emotional story. You’ll have to use a new assortment of tools to overcome complicated challenges in a 360-degree atmosphere.
The original Lone Echo is out there for $10 on the Rift platform. Troy Baker is the voice actor for Jack, when Alice Coulthard is the voice for Liv.
