Format: PSVR2
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Developer: Vertigo Games
Publisher: Vertigo Games

Arizona Sunshine opens with bright blue skies and equally bright orange sandstone bluffs. Implemented in Unity, the graphics immediately give off a modern impression, with detailed models, a butter smooth framerate, and good textures. The overall resolution is a little low-- something they improved with their later Unreal Engine game, "Metro Awakening"-- but in a way that just adds to the campy themes which the game presents. Later areas, especially those in the DLC packs, let the player explore a hydroelectric dam, office spaces, and other indoor areas. The PSVR2's HDR really pops, with huge contrast between the darker indoor areas and the sunny outdoors.

Like the later "Metro Awakening", the various gunshot, reloading, and explosion sounds pop right out of the headphones, and sound great. The game also has plenty of voice acting, and the different protagonists between the main campaign and the two included DLC packs all do a good job of drawing the player in the world. The music isn't too remarkable: some acoustic guitar with a faint whiff of nostalgic 80s synth.

In this title guns are stored in three areas: the left hip, the right hip, and the right shoulder. Two items can also be stashed in the player's wrists-- and there are few things funnier than seeing the animation involving stuffing a slice of pizza into a shirt sleeve. Gunplay is startlingly realistic, as the player must grab ammo from his torso, load the firearm, then perform the action to chamber the round, depending on the gun. The levels are fun to explore, and their linear nature reminds this reviewer of classic first-person shooters from the late 90s and early 00s, such as "Half-Life" or "Fear".

Arizona Sunshine is a fun first-person shooter with an interesting setting, very immersive audio, some nice technology, and fantastic gunplay. It's not some kind of instant classic or genre-defining moment or anything like that-- but it gets the basics correct, and had this reviewer coming back for the DLC even after the main campaign was completed.