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Insomniac Games is known more for polish than originality. After 11 Ratchet & Clank titles, a few first-person shooters, and Sunset Overdrive's open-world mayhem, Insomniac's got a reputation as a commendable, workmanlike studio, but not a particularly daring one. That's all changing with the Burbank-based studio jumping head-first into the realm of VR with three Oculus titles in development, and one of these in particular stands out as being completely unlike anything else on the market.The Oculus Rift-exclusive The Unspoken is a brand new type of PvP fighting game. Rather than opt for the combo-based fisticuffs of Street Fighter or the tactical turn-based nature of Hearthstone or Clash of Heroes, The Unspoken is more like baseball, laser tag and Tron blended together. Having had a few goes with it at Insomniac's Burbank office, I can say that it's one of the strongest arguments I've seen for the potential of VR multiplayer.
It may not come across well in a trailer, however, as the true pleasure of playing The Unspoken comes from the cathartic contortions you wring yourself into while playing it. Based on the following video, you get that its story has something to do with a hidden realm of duelling sorcerers in Chicago (why not?) and that you shoot your opponents with fireballs and magic spells.
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