
The game’s spiritual predecessor Job Simulator, the critically-acclaimed VR game from Owlchemy Labs, is a parody-sim about what human occupations were once like, as seen through the eyes of our future robot overlords. I genuinely started to feel jealous of my namesake as he flies away on Rick’s space ship, or hops through portals while I’m stuck in the Smith’s garage charging micro-verse batteries, ordering parts online to fix more “important things”, or feeding an alien laxatives. If you can get over the fact that you’ll never truly have that free-wheeling Rick and Morty adventure so tantalizingly close to your grasp, and that you will invariably be the butt of every joke, you’ll begin to see the game for what it is: a true glimpse into the Rick and Morty universe, one that’s masterfully stitched into Job Simulator’s object interaction. Google Studio Owlchemy Labs Affirms Work on New VR Game, Details Expected This Year From there you take on grander tasks, like retrieving “important parts” (for his spaceship), fixing the toilet, drinking gasoline-you know, menial Morty-tasks that need doing while the real Morty goes with Rick on actual adventures. Open the washer, pop in the suds and dirty clothes, hit a button, and you’re done. It all starts one day when Rick, in his infinite wisdom, conjures you up to do the simple task of cleaning his clothes. But all he does is mirror your movements, letting you pick up objects that go out of your teleportation range, making you basically the lowest life form in the entire multiverse. You-seeks for the purpose of the game, of which you have in infinite supply. The only thing that might be construed as a lower being on the totem pole of galactic intelligence in the game is a Mr. Not only are you a Morty, but you’re a Morty-clone who has less purpose (and respect) in life than a butter-fetching robot. In Owlchemy Lab’s new Rick and Morty VR game, you’re lower than the low. Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality Details:Īvailable On: Steam (HTC Vive, Oculus Touch), Home (Oculus Touch) Don’t know why I’m calling you Jack all of a sudden.

And you know what? Th-th-th*ugghhb*at’s just fine by me, Jack. The less good news: it’s basically Job Simulator (2016)expertly grafted to an episode of Rick and Morty. The good news: Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) is here to fill the void in your meaningless existence. You’ve got a fever that only the drunken ramblings of the genius Rick Sanchez and his level-headed, albeit hopelessly outmatched grandson Morty Smith can cure. You’re dying for season 3 of Rick and Morty (2013) to come out, and the release of episode 1 on April Fool’s Day isn’t helping.
