Wilson's Heart (video game)
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Wilson's Heart is a virtual reality horror adventure video game by Twisted Pixel Games, released on April 25, 2017. The game is compatible with the Oculus Rift virtual reality platform.[1][2]
Gameplay
Wilson's Heart is a virtual reality horror adventure played in the
During the game, the player obtains several abilities which allow them to manipulate objects from a distance: they can turn on lamps, draw metallic objects to them using magnetism and use a throwing weapon which automatically returns to them after usage.[4]
Several times during the game the player is attacked by enemies and must fight them. Each fight consists of the player repeating a certain pattern of action to defend from the enemy's attack and then attacking themselves, e.g. blocking punches with their arms and then punching the enemy when he is exhausted.[4]
Plot
Robert Wilson (
Shortly after, Wilson loses contact to the others by Shadow Beings and is on his own again. But he notices that he can take the device out of his chest and perform tasks with it, like turning on failing light sources. He also finds more and more missing pages from the book and notices that the more pages he finds, the more tasks his orb is able to perform.
He meets the group again later but shortly after loses contact again. When he later meets Kurt again, Kurt admits that he was a patient in the hospital and is a
After stumbling through the hospital and encountering and defeating several creatures like a
While she is preparing the procedure, Kurt sneaks into the laboratory and tries to free Wilson, but he is prevented from doing so by the full moon, which appears in the window and transforms him into his werewolf form, and he is attacked by Andy. While the two are fighting, Bela sneaks in and tries to free Wilson, just when Lucy in vampire-form flies in. Andy defeats and incapacitates Kurt in werewolf-form and then fights with Lucy, who in turn defeats and incapacitates Andy, just as Bela manages to free Wilson. Wilson manages to stake and kill Lucy before she can bite him. He then manages to reach the book and burn it, just when Andy wakes up. In the chaos, Wilson manages to give Andy an electric shock which overloads his brain, leading him to throw Elsa out of the window. Wilson then manages to stun Andy and puts his orb inside his brain, where it electrocutes Andy.
Later Wilson wakes up in the restored hospital, his heart having been implanted back into his chest. He talks to Bela, who says that the orb and Kurt are missing and that Elsa and Andy's brain have died. Wilson explains that he had been in the hospital to donate his heart to his little brother, who has a family. He makes Bela promise that his brother will never know who had donated the heart.
The game ends with Wilson breathing in the narcotic for the heart transplant operation and falling unconscious.
A post-credits scene shows Kurt meeting a mysterious figure who seems to be part of a group who fights supernatural beings. Kurt hands over the orb to the figure, and requests as a price that the person help him lose his lycanthropy.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | (PC) 79/100[5] |
Publication | Score |
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Destructoid | 9/10[3] |
Game Informer | 6.75/10[4] |
Polygon | 8.5/10[6] |
PC World | [7] |
Road to VR | 7/10[8] |
The game received generally favorable reviews. Reviewers commended the black-and-white graphics,[6][3] campy horror atmosphere[4] and voice acting,[7] but they criticized the trivial puzzles,[2] limited and arbitrary interactivity,[8] illogical story[2] and repetitive and frustrating fight sequences.[9]
The game was nominated for "Best VR Game" in Destructoid's Game of the Year Awards 2017.[10]
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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2016 | Game Critics Awards | Best VR Game | Nominated | [11] |
Gamescom 2016 | Best Virtual Reality Game | Won | [12] | |
2017 | Golden Joystick Awards | Best VR Game | Nominated | [13] |
2018 | New York Game Awards 2018 | Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best Virtual Reality Game | Nominated | [14] |
21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards | Immersive Reality Game of the Year | Nominated | [15] | |
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement | Nominated |
References
- ^ Durbin, Joe (March 27, 2017). "Wilson's Heart is Releasing on April 25 at $39.99 Exclusively for Oculus Rift with Touch". UploadVR. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Machkovech, Sam (April 30, 2017). "Wilson's Heart is Oculus' most interesting VR misfire yet". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Hancock, Patrick (April 25, 2017). "Review: Wilson's Heart". Destructoid. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Bertz, Matt (April 25, 2017). "Wilson's Heart - Campy Horror Crippled By Technical Shortcomings". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- CBS Interactive. Archivedfrom the original on June 26, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Campbell, Colin (April 25, 2017). "Wilson's Heart review". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Dingman, Hayden (April 25, 2017). "Wilson's Heart review: Not a perfect virtual reality game, but certainly the best so far". PC World. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Hayden, Scott (April 25, 2017). "'Wilson's Heart' Review". Road to VR. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ Robertson, Adi (April 25, 2017). "Wilson's Heart is a stylish pulp horror game with too many loose ends". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
- ^ Devore, Jordan (December 13, 2017). "Nominees for Destructoid's Best VR Game of 2017". Destructoid. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2016 (2016 Nominees)". Game Critics Awards. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "Best of Gamescom 2016 Winners Selected by Gamescom Committee". The Video Game Librarian. August 19, 2016. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ Gaito, Eri (November 13, 2017). "Golden Joystick Awards 2017 Nominees". Best in Slot. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Whitney, Kayla (January 25, 2018). "Complete list of winners of the New York Game Awards 2018". AXS. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
- ^ Makuch, Eddie (January 14, 2018). "Game Of The Year Nominees Announced For DICE Awards". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2018.