Battlezone
The Father of VR. The Mother of all tank games. Battlezone is back! Strap yourself into the cockpit of a super weapon in this explosive VR reboot of Atari’s seminal Battlezone, the first VR game ever made…
Battlezone is a shooter developed by Rebellion Developments, released 13 October 2016 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Battlezone is
Battlezone is a shooter game developed by Rebellion Developments and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Father of VR. The Mother of all tank games. Battlezone is back! Strap yourself into the cockpit of a super weapon in this explosive VR reboot of Atari’s seminal Battlezone, the first VR game ever made. Featuring intense first person tank combat, an expansive campaign and a stunning retro aesthetic, Battlezone is a bold homage to the original 1980 title and the golden age of arcade gaming.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Battlezone holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5-4590 processor equivalent or greater, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Battlezone launched on 13 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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