The Edge of Time VR – TheSixthAxis

Have you ever wondered what the role of the doctor looks like? Well, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time will not answer this particular question. This adventure in virtual reality does not teleport you into the body of the Doctor, but rather as a new companion human friend, thrown in the line of fire as are so many of his companions, to overcome all the challenges that await you.

This is a new and original tale set in the current Doctor Who series, directed by Jodi Whittacker, who returns to her role as the thirteenth doctor, solely in the form of a video game. In fact, among the sections of the game that we were able to sample, The Doctor gets most of its small amounts of screen time on screens of the virtual reality environment. There are certainly elements of the classic modern Who Episode Blink from this approach, which is up to you, the human protagonist, to progress and overcome the obstacles that await you.

Ian Hamilton, CEO of Maze Theory, explained:[It came from] Reddit search in about the first week? We looked at what the fans really wanted and, basically, many of them do not want to be the Doctor because it would be strange to them. How can you live the form of a stranger?

"It was basically about what fans want, and they want to a) drive the TARDIS and b) be the doctor's friend. Click here and you have the basis of a very good game Doctor Who!

We find ourselves on a mysterious forest planet and we are moving forward. The Edge of Time offers both direct locomotion via analog controllers and teleportation, and can be customized to your RV comfort. As we arrive at a camp, things change suddenly, the world around us turns into a dark and infernal version of itself. It is the danger that threatens the universe, because a virus that modifies reality traces history and worsens change.

Pushing forward, ghoul-like creatures haunt the edge of the small path that you follow through the forest, guarding you with caution and scare you from time to time. What does not expect so much from the scenery is the appearance of an underground bunker, with technological enigmas that will allow you to connect electrical cables to the right places, to redirect the lasers, to turn the walls in different places. labyrinths, etc. It's Doctor Who through Myst and it can create real problems. What's more, what's going on with this whole forest and underground bunker? Everything is finally revealed.

As a new distance companion to the Doctor, you will visit the Tardis to visit a variety of different settings and times, each with its own threat. If you arrive at about four o'clock, depending on how quickly you will be able to solve the puzzles, there will inevitably be a distinctly episodic feeling of the modern who will go through this, but they will all be thematically related by this global threat. puts an end to the universe. .

There are moments with original creations, as in the sequence of the forest we played, but we will also fight against Daleks and face the more recent terror of Weeping Angels in a Victorian mansion. It looks like a compilation of big hits.

Ian told us, "I think the first step for us was Mark, the creative director of the project, took three weeks off and virtually watched almost every episode of the series. He sat there with his notebook and said, "Would that be a good mechanism for virtual reality?" There were a lot of them in the beginning, so we recommended to the BBC the workload we wanted to do and who had that kind of skeleton. of a game

"We were lucky because we asked them to have the Daleks and the Weeping Angels, and they pretty much agreed and let us do it. The weeping angels were an immediate thing that felt perfect for virtual reality; You look away, they address you, it's amazing! "

Of course, without the doctor flying for you, you will try to direct the Tardis to where you need to go. The spaceship has been recreated in all its modern splendor and you will have full access to all the pulleys, levels, switches, wheels and gewgaws that adorn its central console.

"We basically made things as precise as possible, visually and spatially," said Ian. "We use photogrammetric mapping to recreate it almost exactly. She even drew the biscuit and all the rest. […] but obviously, that's what's boring in virtual reality where it's not a real cookie! "

But how are you really going to fly this unpredictable hellfire? Well, the game will not ask you for an instruction manual for 73 years to try to understand it. "You can play with all the pieces and trigger reactions, but when you get in, the Doctor shows you how to pilot it and you follow certain game mechanics to do it."

With a selection of naughty and old Doctors of Doctor Who, a captivating adventure and a breakthrough in the world of virtual reality, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time could do more than it needed to Whovians are always enthusiastic while waiting for the television series. start again next year.