Bodycam: This FR studio has developed the most realistic video game in the world! Who are you?

Game News Bodycam: This FR studio has developed the most realistic video game in the world! Who are you?

Bodycam, the new internet sensation

For a few days now there is a new bodycam FPS, which is soberly called “Bodycam” and is described as “the first ultra-realistic multiplayer FPS game with body camera“ is available in Early Access on the Steam platform. A title so similar to another Internet phenomenon called Unrecord that it caused confusion among Internet users. And if the project has perhaps been dormant in the minds of its creators for some time, it seems clear that the enthusiasm generated by Unrecord has largely encouraged the two young Frenchmen from the studio Reissad Studio – founded in 2017 according to their Linkedin page – to speed up the development process and release. Bodycam is a full multiplayer game (unlike Unrecord, a single-player game), proposed by Luca and Leo: “two passionate French developers aged 17 and 20” as shown on the Steam page. The first of them was also the subject of numerous tweets last year praising his dedication for his young age. Otherwise, the members of the studio are relatively discreet, since most of the content of their page X consists of reposts from other accounts.

The proposal is an ultra-realistic experience that uses the latest features of Unreal Engine 5 to push the boundaries of photorealism.”Our mission is to deliver an intense, immersive, team-based experience that stands out from other games in the genre, and we are very proud of the result !” chants the studio. Promotion began at the end of last year and the confusion sown by Unrecord seems to have worked: The production’s Discord server has reached a peak of almost 160,000 members. On the Steam platform, the game has even exceeded the one million wishes mark. And now that it’s out, it’s time for some first reviews.

Halftone welcome

For thirty dollars, Bodycam currently offers a handful of game modes: Deathmatch for up to 10 players, Team Deathmatch (5 vs. 5) and competitive Body Bomb mode (5 vs. 5)More modes will follow within a few years of the t itle’s release. A pretty decent early access program, but its reception was lukewarm. The game had a low 66% positive rating on Steam a few hours earlier before starting to climb again 72% at the time of writing

Don saluste: We have to highlight the work… Just two people, it’s amazing! Now that we’ve gotten past the “wow” effect of the graphics, the sound and the rather unusual handling, which didn’t bother me, on the contrary, after these few minutes we quickly realize that there isn’t much to hold on to.
I got my money back, but if the game improves significantly in terms of content in 6 months, 1 year, I would be willing to pay double.

A few scrolls later, the opinion of a certain AK, who mainly keeps short-term effective parts, was put into perspective, but still points out a few errors:

I’m not one of those people who want everything at once. People are never enough.
The game is super efficient, the modes are consistent and effective in the short term.
Other modes will definitely be welcome later.
At the moment there are errors when starting the game and in the match search, but I don’t count that because it was just released.
As an FPS player, you lose your bearings at the beginning. But it comes pretty quickly.

At JV, our journalist Charlanmhg also tried this experience and also pointed out the lack of a tutorial, which makes the game difficult, and difficult handling: “In war as in war, players’ weapons are thrown onto the battlefield without any explanation. Likewise, no customization seems possible at this time.”. And to add:

This hyperrealism is also noticeable in the games. In addition to the difficulty of sometimes spotting your opponents, it takes a certain amount of time to aim at them with the scope, because it is very difficult to know where our weapon is pointing if you are not aiming. A single bullet is enough to incapacitate a person and it is sometimes impossible to know where it came from. There is no replay or live monitoring of what is happening on the field.

The same goes for pcgamer, which believes that the efforts to create a realistic game make playing particularly unpleasant: “Your arms slowly follow your mouse movements instead of mirroring them, and aiming is super unstable.”. And for many, this is another problem that plagues them; an older but equally popular post on the bodycam discussion page laments: “Sorry to say this, but did anyone really expect this rushed multiplayer copy of an upcoming single player game to be any good? This game was doomed by the rushed schedule, the studio only having one unfinished game under its belt, and unoriginal graphics. I doubt this game will get a major update, as it was a cash grab from the start.“

The controversial phenomenon

So-called “bodycam” gaming is a type of video game that uses a particularly immersive first-person perspective and simulates the experience of wearing a body camera. The technology creates a more realistic and, above all, sometimes more chaotic movement effect. From the player’s perspective, we therefore see shaking and rocking movements, but also photorealistic graphics, natural lighting effects and very often high-intensity scenarios such as police operations, military operations or rescue operations. When the first images of Unrecord were released, this approach also sparked debates about ethics and developer responsibility ; On Twitter, for example, Trainwreck, co-owner of the livestream channel Kick, commented:

I’m going to get a lot of hate for this – but this level of realism in video games should be greatly toned down in *shooters* for anyone *under a certain age*. I hope parents do their job. This level of realism in shooting and killing makes me feel uncomfortable, like I’m watching a real escape from a military or police operation. The clear distinction between true and false is necessary, but this level of realism, in my opinion, lends real credence to the nonsense politicians have been spouting for years about video games making young people lose their sympathy for trends or violent situations.