Arizona Sunshine

Before you head out, find out all you need to know about zombie hunting in the Arizona Sunshine with GameSpew's PSVR review.

When it originally came out Arizona Sunshine was more interesting due to the lack of fully fledged VR games. However, we’ve seen several successful VR games that have accomplished way more than Arizona Sunshine. Even ignoring that, this is a poor port that suffers from both graphical and control issues. I don’t particularly think this is a game worth playing, but you should especially make an effort to avoid the PSVR version. Just stay in the shade where it’s cool.

Arizona Sunshine is a good game, but doesn’t hit the great status it could have had by being an earlier PSVR release. I have to commend the developers for putting a lot of hard work into making every control scheme feel good. It’s nice to not feel like you have to own an extra peripheral to play, but to be rewarded if you do.

Arizona Sunshine has an intriguing premise and enough customizations with the control scheme to warrant a play through if you have a PS VR. Just be aware, this has not been optimized very well from the PC versions, being held back by the restrictions from the inferior tech of PS VR.

While we wouldn't say that Arizona Sunshine is just a VR demo or a tech experiment, it's not far from it, and as it stands now it's a far cry from being the full-blown high-quality virtual reality game we're hoping to see more of on the platform.

If you’re serious about PlayStation VR and love first person shooters, Arizona Sunshine is a no-brainer. Mowing down mobs of the undead is immensely satisfying with a great spread of weapons and plenty of opportunities to have some fun. The campaign is well-paced, supplying small but welcome diversions to break up the action with little morsels of story here and there.

An interesting technical experiment, but serious control issues and a lack of variety result in an only intermittingly enjoyable VR shooter.A spirited attempt to evolve the first person shooter in VR, with a great sense of physicality to the action and enemies. Lots of co-op options. All of the control systems have serious drawbacks. Simplistic and repetitive gameplay. Far too expensive.

It’s not hard to see why Arizona Sunshine comes so highly acclaimed: its undead slaughtering story mode is undoubtedly dated, but the novelty of virtual reality keeps it alive. Unfortunately, this PlayStation VR version toys with Sony’s full roster of input options, and never really settles upon one that feels right. It’s a shame because there is a lot to like here, from the vibrant visuals to the generous helping of solo and multiplayer content – but without a comfortable means of controlling any of it, your enthusiasm will very quickly cool.

Arizona Sunshine is a frenetic, VR powered, zombie blasting romp that stands as the next must-have title for the PSVR Aim Controller.

Arizona Sunshine es un título recomendable para los poseedores de unas PlayStation VR gracias a su divertido planteamiento jugable, su estable y funcional sistema de desplazamiento, y la gran adaptación de las mecánicas de juego a los distintos sistemas de control. Sin embargo, aunque la campaña es interesante y puede ser disfrutada en cooperativo online, su duración (aproximadamente cuatro horas) se antoja demasiado escasa, sin olvidarnos de que se hace repetitiva debido a la poca variedad de enemigos y situaciones.

Arizona Sunshine es un juego de disparos para Realidad virtual que bebe mucho de títulos de zombies de la generación pasada y que nos propone una campaña para disfrutar en solitario o en cooperativo en línea con nuestros amigos. Además nos ofrece un modo horda para eliminar zombies a diestro y siniestro con hasta cuatro amigos en el mismo nivel.

Una nueva aventura con muertos vivientes de por medio se estrena en PSVR de manera bastante correcta. Sin ser un título excelente, por lo menos Arizona Sunshine es una aventura completa y jugable que no da la sensación de ser una "experiencia", sino un juego compacto y que además nos ofrece modalidades multijugador, algo que no suele ocurrir con demasiados títulos de la misma naturaleza.

Wie sich herausstellte, können Neuerungen wie zweihändige Waffen oder eine klassische Fortbewegung die fade Zombie-Action aber kaum aufwerten: Es mangelt dem Shooter einfach an Schockmomenten, Überraschungen oder ganz allgemein einem Gefühl der Bedrohung. Stattdessen graste ich meist relativ unmotiviert den Pfad ab, räumte hier und da gemütlich eine Welle von Zombies aus dem Weg oder ärgerte mich über die schwach umgesetzte Fortbewegung.

La versione PlayStation 4 di Arizona Sunshine porta con sé una serie di adattamenti che permettono di apprezzare questo titolo anche nell'ecosistema di PlayStation VR, quale che sia la propria dotazione in termini di dispositivi di controllo. La scarsa originalità del gioco fa sì che esso soffra un po' dei sei mesi passati dall'uscita della versione PC, avvenuta in un momento in cui la realtà virtuale era ancora agli esordi e per questo di maggiore impatto. Il livello di divertimento resta tuttavia immutato, per cui se siete amanti del genere ne potrete certamente godere.

Onderaan de streep laat Arizona Sunshine een gemixte indruk achter. De game biedt een paar toffe ervaringen met digitale schietijzers die zeker de moeite waard zijn en het geheel is zowel solo als in co-op te spelen. Maar tegelijkertijd ga je wel last krijgen van de technische mankementen die de motion controllers van Sony rijk zijn. Daarbij is de game zelf op technisch vlak ook niet perfect.

Wat een vermakelijke VR shooter had kunnen worden, wordt tegengewerkt door een wisselvallige registratie van de gedateerde Move Controllers. Mijn advies is dan ook om de game te spelen met de DualShock of met de PlayStation Aim, want Arizona Sunshine is een erg vermakelijke shooter voor de PlayStation VR. Het is jammer dat de campaign aan de korte kant is, want de ontwikkelaar toont aan in staat te zijn gave set pieces neer te zetten.