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Synapse Played: Innovative PSVR 2 action with eye tracking

Synapse takes PSVR 2’s eye-tracking to the next level, letting you use motion controllers to fling your target to its doom.

The exclusive Roguelite action Synapse for Playstation VR 2 makes fantasies of power come true. I raised opponents at the preview event of the English developer Ndreams like a Sith Lord from afar into the air to smash them onto the deadly asphalt.

Even more amazing is the intuitive one Use of eye tracking in PSVR 2. I used my gaze to mark moving objects in my field of vision, then yanked them up with the left controller and steered them into my opponents. Flowing hand movements worked best. After all, the objects have a certain mass.

Eye-tracking action on PSVR 2

So it’s no wonder that the players waved their arms wildly through the air in front of the demo stations – almost like a group of old-school ravers or cyber-goths. By the way, joint movements were purely coincidental: After all, it is a single-player title. But where do the unusual powers in the VR game come from? Background is a special mission in the Mindset of a super villain.

The main character, specially trained for the mission, combines her brain waves with those of Colonel Peter Conrad. In his mind it is important to decipher the plans for a devastating attack. The biological attack planned by his “consortium” could endanger the entire world.

Of course, Conrad does not let the “operator” attack his thoughts without resistance. As a former black ops leader of covert operations, he knows how to defend himself in his dream world with fantasized mercenaries who rattle out orders to attack in a deep voice.

Gradually, players fight their way into deeper and deeper areas of the subconscious. The levels became designed by hand, so that the end of the game can memorize the layout. However, spawn points, enemies, quests, and locked areas change from playthrough to playthrough.

Despite the surreal scenery, the fights seemed familiar at first. While the opponents took cover behind various covers, we engaged in firefights with pistols. With the laser sight available from the start, quick shots from the hip were also rewarded.

Telekinesis tricks in VR game

When telekinesis was added, the feel of the game changed drastically. At some point it was me Aim with your eyes to “tangible” objects so become second nature that I no longer noticed the unusual controls.

This “Behemoth” brings heavier guns than its petite counterparts. | Image: Ndreams

At first, only movable objects such as boxes could be lifted and thrown at the opponent with sweeping arm movements. After a failed run, however, I invested the points I had collected in the branched talent trees in such a way that I was then able to heave the enemies out of cover myself. Some I just threw over the cliff or into each other.

Grabbing foes and smashing them against the wall felt a bit too easy. For the playable demo, however, the team cheated a bit to show us powerful upgrades faster.

In the finished game some Skills for weapons, telekinesis & Co. will only be available when significantly stronger and faster opponents are scurrying through the rugged cliffs, explained Game Director Dan Taylor. In this way, shotguns, grenade launchers or MPs can later be pimped with target-seeking projectiles.

For telekinesis, for example, there is the ability to grab and throw thrown grenades in the air as an upgrade. A cool idea to avoid running out of cover in panic or having to use your hands. Later, telekinetically held objects can also be picked up or pushed away. Hopefully they can then be thrown forward like a missile like in Outlier.

Fluid and comfortable

By the way, left-handers can flip the dual-wield system if they wish, so that they shoot with their left and rip things up in the air with their right. Climbing ladders and some rocks works with both hands anyway.

After selecting with the eyes, movable telekinesis objects imitate the arm movements. | Image: Ndreams, Photo: MIXED

This also applies to the cover, which is based on the system of the PSVR shooter Fracked. This time, too, I grab any stone blocks with one of my hands to quickly take cover behind them or peek over for a short shot. The implementation of the cover system felt a whole lot more intuitive than in the already successful Fracked.

I especially enjoyed bouncing off cover so quickly that I threw my character up a bit. Similar to Stormland or Outlier, the sudden physical jerk also helped with comfort, so I didn’t feel any kind of nausea.

Again, the key is presumably outwitting body awareness, particularly the “cochlea” in the inner ear. As soon as the fluid in the vestibular system starts to boil, the brain seems to be able to cope much better with sudden movements in virtual reality. At least that’s what my previous VR experiences have shown me.

Here I make much smaller jumps than in the similarly designed arcade game Outlier. On the other hand, the result in Synapse looks much smoother and more polished than in Joy Way’s early access game, which unfortunately was discontinued incomplete.

Synapse Played: An artistic PS VR2 shooter that gives you the power of telekinesis.

The unveiling of synapses State of Play features a powerful combination of handgun and telekinetic combat. At PlayStation’s Showcase last month, developer nDreams used the release date announcement to unfold the story of a lonely agent who descends into another’s mind to avert a global catastrophe, as well as a reunion of two high-profile voice actors who once again team up on a… Find Secret Mission again, but this time on opposite pages. And now, thanks to a preview complete with a specially curated game demo, we have a better understanding of how Synapse’s gameplay unfolds.

Let’s take a closer look at the heart of the Gamepay loop. It’s all based around tactical combat, where you’ll use your basic abilities – harnessing bullets, telekinesis, and interactive items – to dodge multi-tiered arenas full of enemies. These action-packed encounters become increasingly complex and intense. You’re outnumbered, you’re constantly being left behind, and attackers can teleport to cover for short distances. Continuously unlocked abilities and random boosts can turn the tide in your favor again. All of these tools are designed to give you a nudge to use your skills creatively in the most fun and efficient way possible. Synapse has the DNA of a rogue-like.

Let’s take a closer look. In one playthrough, you will have to fight an ever-growing mix of different enemies across multiple levels, with the sequence of these levels being randomly selected from a large collection of possible locations. Completing one of these opens a door to the next, offering two possible abilities on the threshold. These then give you entertaining modifiers for the rest of the run. Hold an object with telekinesis to counter it in slo-mo. Make your balls fly in a curve. Temporarily transforms enemies affected by telekinesis into allies or targets, deflecting the fire of other attackers away from you.

Synapse’s mini-map is carefully designed. Flip your TK hand palm up to have a radial device materialize on it. A 3D space hovers above, locating enemy locations and collectibles. It’s an interaction with the same simple gratification – and muscle memory – as checking your watch for notifications.

Synapse uses the term “Revelations” to refer to permanent upgrades found in all three talent trees – Telekinesis, Weapons, and Resilience. Available between playthroughs, these trees give you the ability to grab enemies (and fling them around like rag dolls), catch their grenades (while they’re about to throw them), and upgrade your weapon stock, among other things. You can activate shrines that appear within the levels and get a health boost or new weapons.

All of this was unlocked and usable during my early access as I was given a decent amount of XP for the demo. But before I jump into the different levels and try out my skills, I need to learn how the basic mechanics work first. Time for the tutorial and the basic mechanics.

The movements are true to a first-person shooter – character and camera are controlled by the sticks on the Sense controller, with optional comfort settings. You can also choose which hand is responsible for what. gun hand is

self-explanatory, but it’s not quite enough: to load weapons, you have to partially eject the magazine and then stuff it back in with force. You can use your other hand for that. Or any hard surface (this can be anything from something to hide behind to an enemy’s skull). It’s a satisfying feeling.

With your others The multitasking then starts by hand. It can be used to interact with the environment where you have taken cover: the movement of your Sense controller will carry over into the game, allowing you to sidestep or pull out of cover. As long as your finger keeps the trigger on the Sense controller depressed, you’re anchored. This theme comes from nDream’s previous PS VR title, Fracked. A nice feature that goes hand-in-hand with your body’s movements, giving you freedom of movement while you’re in place.

The game’s music was composed by Paul Weir, who also worked on No Man’s Sky. He was commissioned to take inspiration from the direction of Chrisopher Nolan’s sophisticated bluckbuster films, giving Synapse a soundtrack reminiscent of Hans Zimmer.

Along with PS VR2’s gaze tracking, it’s this hand that controls telekinesis. You quickly get a feel for everything that is interactive in Synapse: boxes, platforms (and later also enemies and their grenades). In a completely monochromatic world, things that can be influenced are suddenly framed in bright colors. Grab hold of the Sense controller and you’ll be able to move items as telekinesis dictates.

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