Enhance your immersion by using PlayStation’s motion controller with Skyrim VR, Batman: Arkham VR, Tumble VR and more
While you can enjoy a huge range of PS VR games with just the Dualshock 4, did you know you can make your virtual reality experience even better with PS Move?
PlayStation’s motion controller can bring you closer to the action. Be it recreating the movements of an iconic superhero, clashing swords with undead warriors atop a snowy mountain or just trying to precariously balance objects atop one another, PS Move can deepen your immersion of your favourite PS VR game.
Sounds good, right? And even if you’re already using PS Move controllers to make PS VR even better, you may be missing out on some of the most immersive experiences available now. So here are 13 of the best games to get the most out of your PS Move.
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
What is it?
Immerse yourself like never before in the open world of Bethesda’s critically acclaimed fantasy RPG.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
Prove your warrior’s prowess by physically swinging your sword in every battle, or showcase your archery skills by downing a distant threat with just a steady hand and amazing aim.
2. Batman: Arkham VR
What is it?
Pull on the cowl to solve crimes and explore Gotham as the iconic Dark Knight.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
Your smile will be wider than the Joker’s as you snap off a batarang strike after physically grabbing one from your utility belt, or fired off the caped crusader’s grappling hook to swing around the Batcave.
3. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
What is it?
Belt up as Supermassive takes you on a horror-filled rollercoaster. Guns at the ready – the ride’s attractions can kill!
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
With a PS Move in each hand you can aim your weapons independently, letting you tackle multiple threats simultaneously.
4. Tumble VR
What is it?
Defy gravity by balancing a multitude of shapes or stacking them as high as possible to beat your last high score.
Uses:
1 PS Move controller
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
Add to the tension – and test your hand’s steadiness – by setting objects in place with the motion controller. (Just remember to unclench after a successful drop.)
5. Rez Infinite
What is it?
A rescue mission into a digital network imagined as an electronic-charged action rhythm shooter.
Uses:
1 PS Move controller
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
Your motion controller now controls your targeting system, leaving you to – rightly – indulge in gazing around Rez’s spectacular landscapes with your PS VR headset.
6. Star Trek: Bridge Crew
What is it?
Explore – and survive – deep space at the helm of a Star Fleet ship in this cooperative sim of the legendary sci-fi series.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
You can now fully embody your favourite Captain issuing orders by pointing directly at the view screen while uttering the iconic line: “engage”. (You’ll have to supply your own Star Fleet uniform though.)
7. Tethered
What is it?
Play protective god over a world of cutesy creatures and help them build by day, survive at night in this real time strategy game.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
There’s an endless tactile thrill to interacting the world – and your wards – with your ‘hands’, making you feel more connected to everything you do.
8. Archangel
What is it?
Pilot a skyscraper-sized, weaponised mech battling robotic foes across a futuristic America.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
The mech’s arms will mirror your movements with the motion controllers, adding a layer of physical complexity to survive the battlefield. Aim weapons, raise your shield to deflect bullets…and punch your way out of trouble.
9. Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality
What is it?
Perform a succession of increasingly bizarre operations in this darkly humorous take on ER.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
Splitting your hand controls across two different controllers means you’d dazzle your patient (if they weren’t unconscious) with the multitasking coordination of a surgical master.
10. The Assembly
What is it?
Witness a series of human experiments from dual perspectives, test subject and researcher, in this story-driven morality tale.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
Escape – or observation – is built upon environmental interaction. Make the experience feel more life-like as you dig around for secrets or explore the bunker’s labyrinth of rooms.
11. Rangi
What is it?
Restore order to the universe as a shaman in this African folklore-inspired puzzle adventure.
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
You’ll be wielding a magical staff to move objects in order to solve puzzles. Use the PS Move controller and the assumption of the role of an all-powerful mystic will be seamless.
12. The Inpatient
What is it?
Supermassive’s superlative horror thriller. Solve the mysteries of a supernatural hospital… while locked up as one of its patients!
Uses:
2 PS Move controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
You’ll feel more immersed in the world. Supermassive sunk time into fine-tuning the motion controller’s feedback to environmental interactions. You’ll notice the subtle differences; touching objects, running your hand over surfaces…. or punching them.
13. Chess Ultra VR
What is it?
An ultra realistic chess sim with a fantastical VR-exclusive mode: outwitting Death in the pits of Gomorrah!
Uses:
2 PS Move Controllers
Why it’s even better with PS Move:
Prove you’ve nerves of steel. Move your pieces with a steady hand while moving pieces while eyeballing the Grim Reaper in a battle for your soul?
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