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Check out this VR game about being a useless spy, which turns one of the weaknesses of virtual reality games into something really cool

I Expect You To Die is clever on a couple of different levels.

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I Expect You To Die is a virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle adventure for Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, launching December 6.

Check out the trailer above, which really made me laugh. The way the player flails around in a panic is so true to life; VR game footage really communicates human gestures in a way all the motion captured but ultimately artificial animations in other games can't manage.

What I really like about this game premise is that it turns a weakness of VR games on its head. Right now VR has a control problem - motion controllers just don't adapt well to precision gaming, and because you've got no tactile feedback, you often find yourself fumbling around with disembodied hands.

In I Expect You To Die, that's part and parcel of the experience - when you open the glove box and it's full of bombs, you're supposed to flail. Flailing is the immersed, in-character response.

That's pretty cute. I like it. I also like the way the narration at the end of the trailer plays on the old "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die" thing in a way that divorces it from its original context.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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