2019-05-01+Official+PlayStation+Magazine+-+UK+Edition

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The Big 10

STORIESEVERYONE’STALKINGABOUT

much like a diorama. In some ways
it’s an evolution of the cardboard-like
aesthetic of Zoink’s 2D games Stick
It To The Man and Flipping Death into
the third dimension.
“I thought that in VR it was kind of
cool how, like, a little bit of movement
with your head is interesting if
objects are small. If you’re in a giant
setting and there’s like a huge
dragon... okay, it’s kind of cool. It’s
cool, in a different way,” says
Lyngeled on the relationship between
the game’s style and you being a big
ol’ ghost giant. “If you have a tiny
object in front of you, moving your
head, you can sort of look into a
window and look in through the
other windows. So it’s kind of cool to
have something small. And then it
kind of comes naturally thinking like
could it be like a puppet set? Yes,
that kind of fits into how you feel. You
kind of have that relationship that

youhadwithtoys.AndI justthinkit’s

nicewhensomethinglookslikeit’s

notbuiltperfectly.It’sjustmore

relaxingin a way,youknow?”

MAGICTOUCH

Sowhatwasit aboutPSVRthatled

theteamtomakeGhostGiant?“I

thinkoneofthecoolestthingsabout

VRis notactuallyjusttheVR

headset,it is reallythehands– that

youcangrabthings,youcanpull

thingsup.It’svery,verynatural,”

saysLyngeled.“Butin a VRgameI

seea lotofpeoplewhodon’tusually

playgamesgoingintoa VRgame,

andit justfeelsverynaturalfor

themtoactuallygrabsomething,

picksomethingup.”

Beingthetitularghostgiantallows

youtohavea broadperspectiveon

everythinghappeningin frontofyou,

andreachingoutandtouchingthings

feelsincrediblynatural.“Whenyou

talktoa lotofpeople,theyhaven’t

hadthefullexperience.I thinka lotof

peoplehaven’treallyactuallytried

thegoodVRtitlesyet,”says

Lyngeled.Thelaid-backcharmand

calmpaceofGhostGiantlookslike

beingwhatvirtualrealitynewcomers

needtogetthemhooked.

GhostGiantlaunchesonPSVRon 16

April,justa littleafterthisissueis out!

QSancourtis madetofeelhandcrafted,

in theveinofthingslikepuppettheatres.

QYourownenormoushandsareyour

greatestpuzzle-solvingtool.

info patches

updateyourbrain

KONAMIHITS 50

Tocelebrate 50 yearsofhitgamesKonamiis

releasingthreeretrocollectionsthismonth,

titledArcadeClassicsAnniversaryCollection,

CastlevaniaAnniversaryCollection,and

ContraAnniversaryCollection.Themust-play

anthologiesspanclassicseriesincluding

Gradius,Contra,andCastlevania.

COPA LOADOFTHIS...

IndiedevFallenTreeGamesis bringingcops-

and-robberschaseathonAmericanFugitiveto

PS4.Thesandboxgamehasa simplepremise:

escapethepoliceandproveyourinnocence

in anadventurethatresemblesclassicGTA

funnelledthrougha loveof’80sTVmovies.

Preparetoescapethelawlaterthisyear.

DEATH STRANDED

Talking with Japanese website J-Wave

recently, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima

commented that “many studios lag behind

the planned release date. Death Stranding

is slightly out of the initial plan, but not much

delayed.” But as we never had a firm date we

can’t get mad. Take all the time you need, Koj.

VR-MY

What are the three games

the self-confessed “VR nerd”

recommends for new PS VR

owners? “I’d say Astro Bot,

Beat Saber, and Superhot.”

(Turn to p112 for our picks.)