Myst developer Cyan Worlds confirmed puzzle journey Firmament will seemingly attain PSVR 2 this 12 months.
Initially launched final 12 months for PC, Firmament takes place in an deserted steampunk world that entails exploring three realms, joined by a clockwork companion and mysterious apparition. In a brand new Kickstarter replace, the studio revealed Firmament’s concentrating on a fall 2024 launch on PSVR 2, advising that switching from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 “was a required transfer for us to ship on PlayStation.”
For the unfamiliar, Firmament is the newest journey sport from Cyan, whose different VR efforts embody 2020’s Myst remake, Obduction and the upcoming Riven remake. Following its 2018 reveal and subsequent Kickstarter marketing campaign, Cyan finally delayed Firmament to broaden its scope earlier than launching final Could on each flatscreen PC and PC VR. You possibly can learn the story description beneath:
“You wake in a glacial cavern crowded with metallic pipes and adorned with curious clockwork gears. In the course of a darkish chamber you uncover is an historic desk – a tea cup on one finish and a frozen physique slumped over the opposite. The corpse’s arms maintain an beautiful clockwork machine, held out like an providing. You attain for it and it involves life; it hovers above you, watching, earlier than a mysterious apparition seems with a message. You end up with an immense and surprising journey mendacity forward…”
We had blended opinions in our Firmament assessment. Although we believed long-term Cyan followers will discover it pleasant, we thought of the sport a “missed alternative.”
Firmament is a missed alternative in some ways and I hoped for extra from Cyan’s newest sport. Whereas it boasts sturdy visuals and an intriguing most important narrative, that is undermined by uneven PC VR assist, flat voice performing and the unappealing wider lore… For those who’re in search of a brand new VR puzzle journey, Firmament can definitely match the invoice and long-term Cyan followers will seemingly discover loads to get pleasure from right here.
Firmament at present targets a fall 2024 launch window on PS4, PS5 and PSVR 2. Elsewhere, it is obtainable now on Steam with non-compulsory PC VR assist.
Firmament Assessment: Intriguing Journey With Uneven VR Help
Firmament gives a flawed however entertaining journey via the Three Realms, although PC VR assist misses the mark. Our assessment:
Discover: This text was initially printed on April 17, 2023. It was up to date on Could 23, 2024 to mirror the PSVR 2 launch window announcement.
