ISVR – Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation

July 10, 2018

Tower Defence Title Animal Force Arrives for PlayStation VR in North America

Oasis Games is a fairly prolific Chinese videogame publisher when it comes to PlayStation VR, with the company having released titles such as comedy puzzle experience Salary Man Escape, Light Tracer, horror experience Dying: Reborn, voxel shooter Pixel Gear, and many more. One of the most recent was tower defence title Animal Force which hit the European PlayStation Store in May. Today, Oasis Games and developer ISVR have rolled the videogame out to North American players as well.

Animal Force is a tower defense VR adventure featuring lots of furred and feathered friends who must save planet Earth from mysterious aliens. To do this players will command a team of animals with superpowers stationed on a rocket before it is too late.

In the main single-player campaign players control a rocket that can scoop up animals, and then move them strategically to protect the atmosphere; or choose to manually hold on to entire chains of superpowered animals to battle against the enemy forces. There are 30 missions across seven stages, with a variety of environments to play through, each needing a unique combination of animals for the best protection.

To make sure Animal Force isn’t purely a solitary experience ISVR has added several multiplayer modes, so that up to three additional players can join in via the PlayStation VR social screen function. Using DualShock4 controllers the three non-VR players have to team up to win against their VR opponent. In the three modes available the PlayStation VR wearer needs to try to find the hidden human players in Odd One Out, while they work together to rob the VR player in Steal the Statue, or then there’s picking up hapless humans and leading them to safety in Divide & Conga.

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Developed exclusively for PlayStation VR, Animal Force is available on the PlayStation Store for $15.99 USD. For any further updates from Oasis Games, keep reading VRFocus.

June 20, 2018

Animal Force To Deploy Onto The PlayStation Store For The U.S. Next Month

PlayStation VR owners might well recall videogame publisher Oasis Games. The Chinese company, formed in 2011, is one of several of the more prolific publishers of virtual reality (VR) videogames. Including puzzle adventure title Light Tracer, escape room horror Dying: Reborn and colourful pixel-stylised shoot-em-up Pixel Gear. The latter of which was the recipient of a physical edition earlier this year thanks to the team at Limited Run.

Animal Force screenshot1 Oasis Games are back with another title, once again for the PlayStation VR. In party videogame Animal Force players take control of the last line of defence on an alternate universe Earth that has been hard pressed by an assault from a mysterious alien race. It just so happens that this line of defence happens to be “a ragtag team of animals with superpowers on a rocket”. Choosing from eleven animals, players must help defend the planet through the title’s story mode. Utilising the roster of heroes’ different character traits in minigames Tower Defense, Steal The Statue, Odd One Out, or – and yes, you are reading this one properly – Divide & Conga.

Animal Force has actually been in the news previously, initially announced back in March and announced, at least in Europe, in May. Now however the title will be making a slightly later appearance on the U.S. market with Oasis Games as publisher there.

“Many of us had a fascination with the animal kingdom as children, giving them personalities and wondering how much like us they were,” explained Daniel Lin, Oasis Games’ Senior Marketing Director. “With Animal Force we hope our players of all ages will channel their animal spirit and join their friends, humans and animals alike, in this zany VR adventure.”

You can see the ‘reveal trailer’ which is different to the previous ‘announcement trailer’ in Europe below. Animal Force is set to come out onto the American PlayStation Store at an unspecified date next month. VRFocus will bring you more news in on the title as we get it.

May 17, 2018

PlayStation VR Exclusive Animal Force Arrives Next Week

After Chinese developer ISVR made a surprise reveal in March for its PlayStation VR exclusive project Animal Force, today has seen the studio confirm the launch date, next Tuesday 22nd May.

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A tower defense videogame that been designed specifically for virtual reality (VR) and PlayStation VR’s particular features, Animal Force is a strategy title is about saving the world from alien invaders using super-powered animals.

Using these animals players have to learn each of their unique abilities to create a tactile and impenetrable defense. And if things get too intense then they can always get in on the action, grabbing a defender and going hand-to-hand thanks to PlayStation Move, whilst dodging and weaving their attacks.

And to make sure the VR immersion is held throughout ISVR has ensure are no immersion-breaking menus; Animal Force is purely real-time action throughout, so new forces and resources are all revealed through playing the experience.

Animal Force screenshot

The single-player campaign has seven stages to play through including boss fights. In addition to the main game and to make Animal Force more social the title has three local multiplayer mini-games. Supporting up to 3 additional players, all they’ll need is a DualShock4 controller. Try to find the hidden human players in Odd One Out, work together to rob the VR player in Steal the Statue, or pick up hapless humans and lead them to safety in Divide & Conga.

ISVR still has more to reveal ahead of launch next week so keep an eye out for further updates from VRFocus in the next few days.