One of Gear VR’s most polished shooters is making the leap to the Oculus Rift with full support for Touch and a graphical overhaul.
Developed by Pixel Toys, Drop Dead launched on Gear VR in late 2017 and was well received, garnering attention for its impressive mobile visuals and gameplay. As a VR FPS on Gear VR (without motion controls) however, the ‘gun attached to your face’ hindered immersion, especially considering the top notch weapon designs.
Now making the jump up to the Oculus Rift, Drop Dead will launch with full support for Touch, allowing you to inspect those cool weapons up close, toss grenades, pound slow-motion inducing beverages, and more; we’re hoping the developers may have added some intuitive weapon interactions too, like manual reloading and ‘down the scope’ aiming.
The Oculus Rift version will launch this Spring, according to the developers, and will include 41 single-player missions (some of which will be new), competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes for up to four players, and support for Oculus Avatars.
The game is also getting a graphical overhaul which, from the trailer (heading this article), looks impressively sharp and maintains the game’s well defined style. Already we see signs of polish with impressive sound design and a breadth of weapons. That gives us hope that Drop Dead on Rift can avoid being ‘just another zombie shooter’, but we’ll wait with cautious optimism.
