The Orcs Must Die series, originally created by Robot Entertainment, is getting the VR version, by your truly, and we are building it from the ground up for VR.
For starters, putting players into a first-person VR perspective dramatically increases the immediacy and intensity of combat. Players will swing their weapons physically, block incoming attacks, and reach out to place defenses and traps around their keeps in a much more visceral experience this time around.
Fully free locomotion and hand-tracked combat ensure a much stronger sense of presence and each of the levels and scenarios have been designed entirely for Meta Quest rather than simply ported from past games.
“This game has been a blast to make,” Cesar Solis Galindo, design director for Orcs Must Die: By The Blade, said in a prepared statement. “My favorite thing to do is hitting orcs with the head of their fallen brothers (or any other limb for that matter, haha). It’s so fun to be able to get so close when chaos ensues! Building complex combinations of traps and experiencing the explosion of limbs and blood has a familiar but unique feeling, since the orcs in this game will hunt you instead of going straight to the rift. Can’t wait for everyone to play it!”
