It’s the Most Immersive Starfighter Experience Out There
Reasons to Play Star Wars: Squadrons
Welcome back non-VR owning readers! We were just gushing about how incredibly immersive playing Star Wars: Squadrons is in VR. But fear not, as having spent most of my time not playing in VR for the review, I can assure you the game’s just as great playing on your TV.
With almost all of your HUD instruments actually being a part of the interior detailing of your starfighter’s cockpit, you find yourself quickly flickering your eyes around the screen in a panic to check you’ve diverted power to your engines, your boost gauge to begin filling, and your health gauge on the other side as you take hits from behind.
It’s a sensory overload to the eyes when all of these dials begin flashing and the cockpit chaotically beeps and chirps as you manage all of the various ship controls.
It makes escaping death feel even more epic than you’d expect flying a starfighter through space at high-speed while getting blasted from behind by lasers to feel. Yeah, pretty epic.
If you were a fan of the old Star Wars Starfighter games back in the day, then this is essentially their spiritual successor. While Battlefront had its aerial combat game modes, it never felt quite like this.
