The Best PS4 FPS Is One You'll Probably Never Play

3. It Feels Amazing

Firewall Zero Hour
Sony

It's not only sheer immersion that makes the game so enjoyable though, but the level design and actual shooting mechanics themselves which define these short, punchy exchanges of gunfire. The objective can spawn in multiple points of a map, while plenty of tight hallways, doors to potentially dangerous rooms and vertical levels which demand you make full use of the 360-degree movement make even walking around an area terrifying.

Likewise, while similar VR titles like Bravo Team have attempted to mimic the fluidity of the modern-military shooter, none so far have achieved it quite like Firewall. Responsive controls were essential to ensure high-stakes matches didn't feel cheap, as fighting dodgy motion detection would have thrown the balance off entirely.

Hell, even weak-firing weapons or poor animations would have sucked the tension out the game, no matter how immersive VR inherently is, but the developers ensure that you feel the kick of every single weapon. Everything is intuitive, even down to how the developers have adapted the regular HUD, with your ammo counter appearing on back of your gun, while the map can be accessed with a swift glance at a tablet on your left wrist.

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