Two bodycam shooters impressed the internet with their graphics. One of them now has a release date and will be available this week on Steam.
What kind of game is this?
- “Bodycam” is a first-person shooter developed with Unreal Engine 5 and will be released on Steam.
- Bodycam lets you, as the title suggests, experience the gameplay from the perspective of a bodycam.
- It is a multiplayer shooter where PvP is played. There are supposed to be modes like deathmatch and team deathmatch.
- Besides the unique perspective, Bodycam is primarily characterized by its graphic style. It is intended to appear as realistic as possible and offer a high level of detail.
Bodycam is one of two shooters alongside Unrecord that caused a lot of buzz on social networks due to their extremely realistic graphics and bodycam perspective. For example, a clip of Bodycam on TikTok reached over 14 million views. In the comments, many viewers are unsure whether they are actually seeing a video game or a real bodycam recording of an airsoft session due to the realistic graphics.
Bodycam Release: The realistic shooter will be released this week
When is the release? Bodycam announced the release date for the early access release in a new trailer. The shooter will be released on June 7, 2024, on Steam – so this week.
In addition to the release date, gameplay of the shooter can again be seen in the trailer. This gives us a glimpse of various maps and weapons.
Here you can take a look at the trailer yourself:
Praise for the trailer, criticism of the game
How is the trailer received? Players are expressing praise in the comments on YouTube for what the trailer shows: the gameplay and graphics.
- “The game looks like it was made by people who really know what they’re doing. Classic modes, no nonsense, just weapons and throwing objects. This is how shooters should be. The graphics are beautiful. Real physics. I’m excited.”
- “Looks like I’m playing VR, but with a mouse and a monitor lol. I’m super excited for this game.”
- “Damn, Bodycam really woke up and delivered a masterpiece.”
However, Bodycam is also receiving a lot of criticism in comments on YouTube. Some players wish for PvE modes or private lobbies, while others complain that there will probably be no progression system like a ranked mode.
In general, it is criticized that the game only has graphics and perspective as selling points. The gameplay itself promises no excitement and consists of waiting around corners for opponents.
Additionally, the shooter is accused of exploiting the hype around Unrecord and wanting to profit from it. Unrecord went viral before Bodycam with its graphics and perspective but has still not been released to this day.
Another point of criticism from commentators on YouTube is that the shooter looks too realistic and the perspective could be disadvantageous. This could potentially lead to motion sickness.
Unrecord has also had to deal with criticism for being too realistic. The streamer Trainwreck wrote for example, “this level of realism in shooting and killing” makes him uncomfortable: Steam: 18 million see the new shooter with realistic graphics – The worst guy on Twitch has moral objections to it
