Meta Quest’s big budget Christmas release lets you take on the role of Deadpool, in his mission to destroy both his enemies and the fourth wall.

Deadpool isn’t your average superhero. In fact, he isn’t even really a hero. He’s a Canadian mercenary (probably) called Wade Wilson, with the power to heal even horrifying injuries, after being part of an unpleasant medical experiment. His dark humour and nihilism are complemented by an attitude towards enemies that encourages grotesque, gore-soaked slapstick humour. Deadpool isn’t one to take life or death too seriously.

As such he makes an ideal video game character. There’s no need to come up with tenuous explanations when he comes back to life after being dismembered, and ultra-violence is his calling card. He also tends towards monologues,

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