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Title: 'Secret Oops!' impressions: A rare game that feels more fun in augmented reality Post by: HCK on February 02, 2020, 04:05:13 pm 'Secret Oops!' impressions: A rare game that feels more fun in augmented reality
<article> <section class="page"> <p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/secret-oops/id1469240309" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Secret Oops![/url] wants us to believe that Charles is the world’s dumbest spy, and yes, he kind of looks the part. He sounds a lot like Overwatch’s Reinhardt (sans armor), and you can usually find him dizzy and confused at the start of each level, sometimes even face-down in liquids of questionable origin.</p><p>But hear me out: Maybe Chuck just has a world of faith in his coworkers. In this multiplayer augmented reality game, that includes you and up to three other players. You’re “the guys in the van,” so to speak—the Simon Pegg character in Mission: Impossible or Penny in Inspector Gadget—and you’re guiding him through a 3D digital model that reminds me a lot of the tabletop holograms in The Expanse. Charles tiptoes through every facility he infiltrates, fully confident that you’ll use your “Spymatic 3000” to open the sealed doors and turn off the laser walls and security lights that threaten to thwart him from the nabbing the goods. Should he run into one of those laser walls, the screen blasts you with an accusatory OOPS! That “oops” isn’t for Charles, silly; it’s on you for failing him.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3518858/secret-oops-impressions.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: 'Secret Oops!' impressions: A rare game that feels more fun in augmented reality (https://www.macworld.com/article/3518858/secret-oops-impressions.html#tk.rss_all) |