

You can even take off your hat - that’s some cool attention to detail. And, if you look down, you see a virtual body powered by inverse kinematics that does a decent job of guessing where your legs should be based on where your head is. (If Rockstar was trying to make us look as absurd as possible while playing, this is a leap forward in that technology.) It’s imprecise and frustrating to move short distances, but hard not to love otherwise.

The more innovative – if slightly silly – method of movement is where you hold a button and swing your arms back and forth as though you’re walking to move smoothly. It’s a little disorienting at first to see your character walk out of where you think your body is and toward the objective you’ve chosen (for a while I thought it was my partner suddenly walking through where I was standing) but it’s a good way to get where you’re going quickly. No word yet on an Oculus Rift or Playstation VR version yet.“There are three different ways of moving, including a couple of simple point-and-click warps for those with an aversion to smooth motion. Noire: The VR Case Files for Vive will rebuild seven cases from the original game for virtual reality.

Additionally, the Switch version will also include HD rumble functionality, a new over-the-shoulder camera angle, and contextual touch screen controls for portable mode.įor the consoles with higher-end graphics, expect a visual facelift to the entire experience, with higher-resolution textures, new lighting and cloud effects, and 4K graphics for Playstation 4 Pro and Xbox One X. Along with including the original game and the subsequent downloadable content, Rockstar teases a “Joy-Con mode” that utilizes the hardware’s motion sensing feature. It’s rare to see a Rockstar game on a Nintendo home console, but the developer is going all in for the Switch version. Of course, given the differences between these platforms, expect their respective versions to take advantage of certain hardware capabilities. The title by now-shuttered Team Bondi will come to the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One and HTC Vive. Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive are bringing their 1940s detective story L.A.
