Super Luckyâs Tale is a delightful take on Nintendo 64-era 3D platformers. The titular fox hero wanders through a mix of free-roaming 3D and 2D platforming levels, searching for coins, letters and other collectibles in a very pretty game with responsive controls. It could use a bit more personality, but otherwise itâsâŚ
Last month we reported on Revive, a proof-of-concept compatibility layer that allowed games exclusive to the Oculus Rift to be played using the HTC Vive headset. This weekâs Oculus app update took steps to ensure that trick doesnât work anymore.
Any game you play on the HTC Vive will work with the Oculus Rift. But the Rift has some games that are supposed to only run on Facebookâs VR headset. Or, should I say, had.
When the Oculus Rift finally ships next year, itâll come with a free copy of the impressive VR platformer, Luckyâs Tale. It remains one of the better VR demos Iâve playedâthe ability to look around the world with the headset while controlling the character was neatâbut it remains to be seen how great of a platformerâŚ
When the Oculus rep met my confused look with, âyeah, we werenât sure it was going to work either,â I didnât know what to expect. As it turns out third person works in VR.
