Havingsold over one million units, Sony’s PlayStation VR headset has been a rip-roaring success and so it only made sense for it to be at E3 2017 in a big way. What few expected though, was the announcement ofFinal Fantasy 15fishing DLC for the headset.
In a teaser trailer at the big event, Sony officially unveiledFinal Fantasy 15’s Monster of the Deep. This is no ordinary fishing game, as some of these catches have some seriously grizzly scales that would putMagikarp Jumpto shame. Noctis will be able to catch some smaller fish as well as humungous beasts, with the video teasing a writhing sea serpent and a giant leaping monster with a giant maw to match. That same sea creature can also be seen leaping towards Noctis' face too, which is set to give PlayStation VR users a real jump scare if they aren’t expecting it.
The trailer was only made up of in-development footage, but it also briefly featured some sort of scan feature. The scanner’s full capabilities are unclear, and it’s unknown if it will only show playersMonster of the Deep’s smaller fishes so that they still get a fright when the larger monsters show up.
As many fans will agree, this certainly is not theFinal Fantasy 15announcement that they were expecting. Sony used its E3 2016 press conference to announce aFinal Fantasy 15VR experience, true, but few could have predicted that the popular RPG would also get a virtual reality fishing add-on.
Most fans seem stunned by the announcement and it’s difficult to gauge whether people are on board or whether they will pass it by. There are already plenty of jokes about ‘Fishing Fantasy’ and that Noctis is taking a break to crack a cold one open with the boys, and clearlyMonster of the Deepdoes seem to offer the same shareworthy qualities asFinal Fantasy 15’s selfies.
Both the selfies and this new fishing DLC seem quite ridiculous on paper, and as theSea of Thievesbanana memeshowed, sometimes this can be enough for people to take interest in a game. But whether that will translate to downloads and even purchases of the PlayStation VR headset is unclear for now.
Final Fantasy 15 Monster of the Deepwill be released in September, 2017 for PlayStation VR.
