{"id":3200,"date":"2017-02-28T18:02:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T01:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/blade-soul-table-arena-makes-the-clash-royale-formula-work-in-vr\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T01:02:51","slug":"blade-soul-table-arena-makes-the-clash-royale-formula-work-in-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/blade-soul-table-arena-makes-the-clash-royale-formula-work-in-vr\/","title":{"rendered":"Blade & Soul: Table Arena makes the Clash Royale formula work in VR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Oculus Rift is getting a new (and yet familiar) competitive experience.<\/p>\n

Blade & Soul: Table Arena is a spinoff of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Blade & Soul\u00a0from South Korea developer NCsoft.\u00a0The VR title\u00a0uses the device\u2019s Touch controllers to have players throwing characters into\u00a0a battlefield, which march toward the enemy fortress and try to destroy it. It doesn\u2019t have a release date yet.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s basically Clash Royale. I mean, if you\u2019re going to ape a game, it might as well be one that\u2019s the No. 4 ranked grossing game in the U.S. iOS App Store, according to App Annie<\/a>. But the Oculus makes it a more immersive experience than its mobile counterpart. Still, it\u2019s hard to ignore the similarities. I mean, just look at a screenshot for Supercell\u2019s mobile hit.<\/p>\n

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Above: Clash Royale.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Supercell<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And now look at Table Arena.<\/p>\n

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Above: Blade & Soul: Table Arena.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Oculus<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It even has the two towers on each player\u2019s side. And I sadly don\u2019t have a pic that includes Table Arena\u2019s user interface, which is also similar to Clash Royale\u2019s. You have four characters that you can throw out at any given time and a man bar that slowly recharges.<\/p>\n

And yet one small difference makes Table Arena\u2019s interface more exciting. You can pick it up and move it.\u00a0Image if that Clash Royale window with your mana and characters was on a physical table. Using the Touch controller, you pick it up and move it to any place around you. You can even just keep holding and grab characters from it with your other hand, giving you something of a Yu-Go-Oh feeling.<\/p>\n

The virtual reality experience is just more immersive. You feel like a commander dictating a battle from his own castle. Even planning for a match is neat, since you do it from a room that lets you pick up and examine each possible unit. And if you\u2019re like me and enjoy simple amusements, you can just throw them around the room like some kind of worthless toy when\u00a0you\u2019re done with them.<\/p>\n

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Above: Blade & Soul: Table Arena\u2019s planning area.<\/p>\n

Image Credit: Oculus<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

So, yes, it\u2019s a Clash Royale clone, but it turns out that kind of game works pretty well in VR. Plus it gives the Oculus Rift another competitive experience that pits players against each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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