Arizona Sunshine Remake (VR) Review

Arizona Sunshine® Remake

Arizona Sunshine® Remake elevates the original, award-winning game, completely rebuilt with GORE-geous VR graphics and next-gen VR combat and weapons. Face the undead alone or with up to three fellow survivors in a post-apocalyptic southwestern America overrun by zombies.

Arizona Sunshine Remake, at first glance, might seem like an unnecessary regurgitation of the original, but if you’re like me and you thoroughly enjoyed your time with Arizona Sunshine 2, you may have wanted to go back and experience the first title, which thanks to the stellar sequel can be quite jarring. Vertigo Games has then taken their now nearly decade-old release and transformed it into a modern VR title that masterfully aligns the game with its sequel. Brand new assets, game mechanics, such as the gore and mutilation system, DLC content packs, and all the QoL improvements from the sequel are now present in Arizona Sunshine Remake. Playing the game on my Meta Quest 3 via Steam, Arizona Sunshine Remake now weighs around 38 GB, dwarfing the original’s roughly 12GB install. The heftier file size brings with it a complete overhaul of the graphics, including every zombie and other asset in the game, now featuring a higher polygon count. Arizona Sunshine Remake’s graphics approximate and, in some instances, outshine the visual fidelity of even the second game. “The leap in graphic fidelity in Arizona Sunshine Remake cannot be understated, making the game feel like a proper console-quality experience.” Visual... Read more