Releasing on PC in April and PS4 this summer
My only real hangup withJob Simulatoris that it had to end. It’s a silly game about day-to-day tasks like office work and cooking, but through the lens of robots who don’t know the finer details of humanity’s distant past. When everything’s an approximation, “burning a CD” with literal fire makes sense.
Owlchemy Labs is continuing theJob Simulatorconcept with a new game,Vacation Simulator, and it’s one of those situations where just knowing the name and basic premise is enough to keep me excited. This week, the studio let out the release timing: April 9 on Vive and Oculus Rift, and then “summer 2019” on PlayStation VR. Just like its predecessor,Vacation Simulatorwill cost $29.99 at launch.
The sun-soaked island setting has a resort (complete with a mini-fridge), along with beach, mountain, and forest areas. Owlchemy says thatVacation Simulatoris “bigger than anything we’ve done before.”
There’s also adeep avatar customization systemto tie it all together.
I’ve putJob Simulatorin front of everyone I know who wants to try out VR for the first time, and the game hasn’t failed yet. It’s playful, funny, creative, and most importantly manageable in scope for beginners. From everything I’ve seen ofVacation Simulator, it should bring more of those good vibes.
