Farpoint is a first-person shooter adventure game for the Playstation 4. The game is meant to be played using the Playstation VR, and the Playstation VR Aim Controller. The game has you using a variety of different weapons as you attempt to survive being stranded on a hostile alien world.
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Pros
Pro Combined with the Aim Controller, Farpoint is one of the most immersive FPS games on the market
Farpoint is a FPS in a league of its own, due in large part to it's optional peripheral, the PS Aim Controller. The PS Aim Controller is a gun-type controller, only vaguely shaped
like any actual type of firearm.
Within the game, holding the controller makes you feel as though you are actually holding an alien-killing firearm. Shooting your weapon in game provides accurate feedback in game, and in reality -- you FEEL your weapon firing in your hands. Hold your PS Aim Controller up in reality, and your virtual counterpart will do the same -- the game even provides visual cues when your weapon is endanger of overheating.
The game's focus on truly utilizing the PS Aim Controller to its fullest potential is what sets this game apart from other FPS games on the market.
Pro An interactive approach to the narrative
Throughout the game you will encounter holographic fragments -- using your PS Aim controller, you must scan these fragments from top to bottom. After fully scanning the fragments, a recreation of the events, pertaining to the subject of each hologram fragment, plays out before your eyes.
Pro Amazing Virtual Reality FPS
Using the PS VR Aim Controller to shoot and kill the tiny space spiders flying at your head just feels cool.
Cons
Con The PS Aim tracking can be frustrating
The tracking on the PS Aim Controller is often difficult to get situated properly. Poor tracking on the gun can break the feeling of immersion that makes this game so appealing.
That being said, when it is set up correctly, it feels excellent.
Con Shortage of boss fights
The game has an extremely limited amount of boss-battles.