Special Ops VR may not provide voice acting, character development, or any reason to shoot your enemies beyond “they look scary,” but at least it clearly walks you through each level and provides you with a clear objective to progress through the game.
The experience rotates you into the shoes of three Suicide Squad members: Deadshot (who is inexplicably caucasian in this game despite being depicted by Will Smith in the film), Harley Quinn, and El Diablo. Each of them has their own unique weapon and sub-weapon, but your goal as each anti-hero remains the same: eliminate a wave of enemies without being killed.
Deadshot has a custom rifle and his signature wrist blasters. Quinn boasts a revolver and a comically over-powered bat that can take out multiple enemies in a single swing, and El Diablo burns things. He burns all the things.
The core gameplay loop of shoot, swing, burn, and survive is relatively entertaining, but ultimately Special Ops VR does little to raise itself out of the mediocre waters that most movie tie-in games end up drowning in. The game does use spacial audio in interesting ways and keeps you turning and moving by placing enemies around you in 360 degrees. Ultimately, however, these positives are not enough to make Special Ops VR anything other than a novelty that never truly brings you into the world of the film.
If you’re looking for a somewhat engaging shooter to pass an hour or so, then go ahead and give this one a shot, it is free after all. But after that hour elapses, Special Ops VR will become little more than a waste of your phone’s memory.
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