All the fun of Das Boot, now in VR form!

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Wolfgang Peterson’s 1981 epic WWII movie Das Boot, about a disenchanted German U-boat crew fighting pain and mental anguish during ಌa stormy winter, is to be adapted as a VR game.

The combination of an iconic brand like “Das Boot” with an exciting technology like VR has instantly energised and excited a lot of people,” says Remote Control Productions CEO Hendrik Lesser. “This is a long-term commitment for RCP. We’re looking forward to making Das Boot a global success in the gaming world.”

It feels odd, and a tad distasteful, to hear the sombre and upsetting Das Boot referred to as an “iconic brand” but I suppose games such as Medal of Honor and Call of Duty have been adapting real-life war events into video games for years. This isn’t even the first time for Das Boot,💝 as the original novel was adapted into an Amiga game w🎃ay back in 1990.

It would be an absolutely terrifying VR experience, assuming that the game retained the story’s strong anti-war message and depicted the suffering and claustrophobia of the crew of U-96 in a thought-provoking way. If it ends up being a Michael Bay-esque stunt-fest with shooter elements, then maybe this project needs to stay 100 fathoms below.

Either way, it’s a intriguing choice for a VR game and, done right, could be more unsettling and harrowing than any jump-scare horror game could ever imagine being.


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