Impressed by Star Fox and Ikaruga, The Phoenix Gene is a brand new third-person narrative on-rails shooter coming to Quest this Spring.
Developed by HEROmation, The Phoenix Gene is the studio’s debut VR challenge that is been in growth for over three years. You play as Firestorm, a phoenix aiming to guard a younger janitor known as Jackie after she turns into focused by her employer’s Life Ceremony following an accident involving an immortality serum. Here is the current teaser trailer.
Set throughout alternate timelines and eight multiverse realms, Firestorm should cease this company from unraveling the secrets and techniques to immortality as Jackie grapples together with her newfound powers. It is described by HEROmation as mixing “intense motion with strategic gameplay impressed by classics like Pistol Whip, Star Fox, and Ikaruga.”
Gameplay includes steering the phoenix throughout varied worlds, utilizing the Contact Controllers to steer away from enemy traps and shoot down these foes. Very like Ikaruga, toggling between these worlds can help you take up enemy fireplace, and the studio guarantees that this additionally reveals hidden collectibles. The sport does not use a HUD, whereas skills like sensible bombs, flamethrowers, and well being boosts might be upgraded by accumulating floating gold flames throughout ranges.
HEROmation goals to broaden the story additional with an unique ‘VR Guide Expertise,’ which supplies entry to the primary novel in an upcoming six-book collection throughout the sport. The studio additionally confirmed in a press launch that the soundtrack is being composed by Grant Kirkhope, greatest recognized for his work on Mario + Rabbids, GoldenEye 007, and Banjo-Kazooie.
The Phoenix Gene arrives on the Meta Quest platform this spring.
