Battlewake combines Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's ship-to-ship combat with Sea of Thieves' fantasy aesthetics

If you've ever played Sea of Thieves or Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, you'll feel right at home with Battlewake, the newest nautical number from VR developer, Survios.

As I discovered when I played the PSVR build for this week's episode of Ian's VR Corner, Battlewake feels like someone has plundered the ship-to-ship combat sections from Ubisoft's swashbuckler simulator and skinned them with Rare's colourful, cartoony corsairs.

You'd think that mixing VR induced motion sickness with potential sea sickness would be a recipe for naval nausea, but thankfully, Battlewake is a surprisingly comfortable experience. The game can be played with the DualShock, but I opted for twin Move controllers, which had me gripping the ship's wheel to fire my guns and cannons with one hand, whilst grabbing the anchor with the other to perform evasive manoeuvres on the high seas.

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