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also interact with Quill by leaning
forward, getting a closer look your
adventuring partner who delightfully
acknowledges your presence.
For Quill players are the endearing
protector, watching her every move
while manipulating stages for Quill’s
safe travels. As the guardian players
are tasked with various level
interactions such as moving
respectively large objects, water
mills, opening passageways,
triggering levers and even
temporarily distracting enemies in
order to buy time for Quill to properly
manage her way through the highly
detailed environments.
With this degree of interaction the
player becomes exceptionally
immersed into the experience. Even
though the visual representation of
the game does not support a high
degree of graphical fidelity, what is
on display here in VR is truly
incredible.
Though this adventure of Quill
finds a conclusion, you are excited
to discover that this tale is only the
first book in what is hopefully a
series of adventures following the
exploits of Quill. There is much here
to build upon and our hopes are for
Moss becoming a raving success in
order to establish our new heroine
as an iconic PlayStation character.
From scouring the well depicted
levels looking for those tantalizing
collectibles, solving the games
thought-provoking puzzles, to
enjoying the challenging combative
set-pieces and always being
captivated by the games wondrous
showcase, Moss dazzles as one of
the best VR experiences to date.
MOSS
PSVR
Platform: PS4 Genre: Action-Adventure ESRB: Everyone Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Developer: Polyarc
Moss dazzles as one of the best
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f there was ever a platform
based game to introduce you
to the unique interactive
innovation of VR, Moss would
most certainly be near the top
of the list, as developer Polyarc has
created arguably one of the best VR
games to adorn Sony’s virtual
accessory.
Moss throws players into the
fantastical world of Quill, a warm-
hearted and courageous little female
mouse, who immediately steals your
heart. At its core Moss is an action
adventure starring our new friend
with you the player assisting as this
ever-present, all-seeing entity,
positioned to protect Quill
throughout her daunting journey.
While on the surface the gist of
the story of Moss may seem rather
on the thin side, as Quill is tasked
VR experiences to date.
with an impossible mission to rescue
her uncle, who has been taken
prisoner by the games larger than
life menacing boss, the underlining
narrative ingredient nicely
compliments the overall experience.
Told from the likes of a children’s
novel, Moss impressively presents
itself as a stratified platformer with
satisfying combat within a intimately
believable world, which exists
somewhere beneath the unseen
eye. Filled with straightforward, yet
pleasant brain teasing puzzles as
Quill navigates her way through this
highly detailed world, players will
find themselves in awe of this
wondrous reality.
The full scale of Moss can
sometimes leave you amazed at its
world within a world. One moments
you are fully immersed with the
plentiful tasks of Quill as she fights
her way through the dangerous
passageways, to next being
introduced to a fully fleshed out
creation that envelopes Quill,
revealing her overwhelming
vulnerability and seeming
insignificance within the broad
gamut of this universe.
As mentioned before Quill’s
adventure is told as a fascinating
short story as players manually turn
the pages via the dualshock
controller to unfold the sequence of
events. While you control Quill along
her journey, the player is a separate
character in the world. In fact, if
players want to get a reflection of
themselves in Quill’s world they
need only take a look at themselves
in water to see their true reflective
appearance. In addition, players can
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