Blood & Truth (PSVR)
For better or worse a lot of people are comparing Astro Bot Rescue Mission to Blood & Truth. While mechanically they are quite different, both games are based on early PSVR demos that Sony recognized were popular among their players.
In the case of Blood & Truth, it is based on the PlayStation VR Worlds’ The London Heist and the same PlayStation London team is behind the new project. The original demo was known for its impressive first-person shooting mechanics and set pieces, and these aspects will likely be a primary focus of the new game as well.
Sony set a new bar for PSVR exclusive games when Astro Bot Rescue Mission came out and provided additional depth to the original Rescue Robot mini-game, so Blood & Truth has a lot to live up to. Luckily, they seem to understand this and have been talking quite a bit about the game’s story moments and the impressive level of influence the player can have on interactions.
Focusing on improving the aspects of the game around the action should make for an overall better experience as the shooting was the one aspect that The London Heist was universally praised for.
Assuming these character interactions meet the expectations set by the development team and the action matches the promise of the original demo, Blood & Truth seems like it will be not only an excellent PSVR game, but also one of the best VR games of the year when it releases on May 28.
