VR Game Reviews
In-depth reviews with editorial gameplay footage and analysis.
DEMEO (Apple Vision Version)
Very solid cooperative board game adapted to VR
DEMEO (Apple Vision Version)
Editorial Rating
May 9, 2022
Pros
- + Really great look and feel, awesome mechanics and quite good variability
- + Different modes/stories and very balanced character class system
- + Brilliant made multiplayer experience with quick join to active games
- + Flawless control and camera mechanics
- + Great environments and enemies
- + Solid post-launch support from developers with new free dlcs and expanding amount of supported platforms.
Cons
- – Game sessions are quite long (few hours), you might need to take some rest (and coordinate it with other players) and start with fully-charged headset
- – Threshold might be higher for people who are not familiar with board games at all!
- – Lack of mods/custom maps/scenarios support
A greatest example of board game interpretation in virtual reality. Fully social experience for fans of board games that want to try to dive inside a board game.
Unplugged VR
It`s an outstanding example of a rhythm-game, that is using hand-tracking technology. It is created by true rock music lovers for true rock music fans...
Unplugged VR
Editorial Rating
Apr 23, 2022
Pros
- + Greatest music setlist!
- + Awesome hand-tracking and game mechanics.
- + Very atmospheric unlockable venues.
- + Re-playable and further DLCs promised by devs
- + Really highest overall tech level of the game
Cons
- – Guitar skins are quite cosmetics
- – Hard difficulty even on 'medium' level on some tracks
- – Some content (venues) is unlockable only in harder levels
- – Lack of support for mods and custom tracks
Absolutely amazing product with experimental control technology, which feels and plays extremely natural and addicting. Great music pick, constant updates and promised DLCs, really great replay value won't allow you to forgot it for more than a week :)
Against
Nice and stylish rhythm-game with a set of various mechanics of gameplay
Against
Editorial Rating
Apr 17, 2022
Pros
- + Nice soundtrack and very unique noir-stylized look
- + Some variety in mechanics variability
Cons
- – Lack of feeling of sync between sound and action
- – Quite low replay value
- – Very light story line and narration
Quite distinctive rhythm action game for a wide audience with influence of noir vibes
Traffic Jams
Very funny and addicting entertainment jester game for kids and adults with possibility to exaggerate the chaos with your own hands
Traffic Jams
Editorial Rating
Apr 11, 2022
Pros
- + Positive vibe, really funny gameplay mechanics and dialogues
- + Different types of levels
- + Requires dexterity and concentration
- + Ability to play with friends: they can connect play tricks from their phones and tablets
- + Suitable for playing with children, it has a simple gameplay
Cons
- – Inaccuracies in some game situations, but very rarely
- – A bit simple game mechanics
The game justifies the expectations for this kind of genre. You'll remind it when you'll need to get a charge of positive emotions or entertain your friends or family. It will help you to relax your mind but won't let you relax your muscles :D
Wraith: The Oblivion
Well-made and story-rich detective game with cinematic influences and without jump scares
Wraith: The Oblivion
Editorial Rating
Mar 9, 2022
Pros
- + Very strong on narrative and story from the first minutes of the game
- + Excellent script, dialogues and game characters
- + Great technical implementation of the game
- + Very comfortable controls and interaction with game items
- + Really cool environment
- + Stealth exploration instead of jump scares
Cons
- – Not suitable for players with weak nerves
- – Quite depressing atmosphere and enemies
One of the best horror genre games. Better avoid it if you don't have strong nerves :) Fans of games like "Wilson's Heart" will definitely like it, because VR technology is absolutely perfect and immersive for sharing such a stories with the player.
Maskmaker VR
Extremely cute story-rich puzzle adventure with amazing worlds, stunning choreography and philosophy, made with love and deep thoughts
Maskmaker VR
Editorial Rating
Mar 1, 2022
Pros
- + Rich, really stringing history and character
- + Perfectly made game mechanics and narration
- + Very original routines and a way of progress
- + Wide set of settings and controls including comfort set up, teleport/direct character movement
- + Exquisite puzzles and worlds
Cons
- – On some stages it might be difficult to seek and find specific ingredients
- – Few non-intuitive puzzles and lack of possibility to ask for a clue
- – Low re-playability rate
A wonderful example of story, adopted to VR game with deep philosophical thoughts. Strongly recommended for fans of Shadow Point
Star Shaman
Quite nice, but a little bit monotonous action game with chill atmosphere and music and lots of redundant dialogues
Star Shaman
Editorial Rating
Feb 14, 2022
Pros
- + Сolorful environment
- + Chilly music
- + Quite original but simple combat system
- + Requires you to move a lot
Cons
- – You lose your progress when losing a battle
- – Too much increasing complexity for beginners and mainstream players
- – If you skip dialogues, you quickly lose the essence of what is happening
This game is able to keep the attention of not very enthusiastic player with it`s mechanics and environment. But the weaknesses give the impression that the game development is still unfinished. Developers released few updates that improved the game and added new game modes, but we don't think this game hooks and is able to keep the average player for a long time.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Aftershocks
Great story-rich first person action game made with stunning mastership
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Aftershocks
Editorial Rating
Feb 4, 2022
Pros
- + Great introduction and fantastic story-telling
- + Nice dialogues and narration
- + Interesting missions and fantastic overall game look&feel
- + Great environments, mechanics, atmosphere and enemies
- + Very comfortable controls and impressive physics
- + Great post-launch support for developers
Cons
- – No teleportation movement mode
- – Lack of multiplayer/coop mode
- – Unexpected ending. but the developers announced the second part ;)
Very cinematic story-rich game with excellent gameplay mechanics (one of the best first-person action games for VR) and expressive characters
Ven VR Adventure
Indie version of Lucky's Tale with very cute main character and and a little childish enemies. Technically nice game for genre-lovers
Ven VR Adventure
Editorial Rating
Feb 1, 2022
Pros
- + Amazing game characters, animations and interaction
- + Very different worlds between the chapters
- + Feeling of the living world and the creatures in it
- + Difficulty settings
Cons
- – A little bit chunky (comparing to Moss and Lucky's Tale) enemy collision mechanics
- – Really bad camera sometimes (especially if you missed something and want to go back)
- – Checkpoint save system and need to save minimum creatures to pass through the game
Nice indie platformer able to challenge established pedestal classic games without surpassing them. Strongly recommended to the lovers of this genre and mainstream players, who are able to play such platformers.
Moss
Absolutely best story-rich platformer with the cutest character ever made
Moss
Editorial Rating
Jan 30, 2022
Pros
- + Absolutely stunning look&feel, incredible environments
- + Touching and captivating story line
- + Amazing control of protagonist
- + Incredible interactions with everything, including main hero, enemies and environments
- + Light but impressive combat system and puzzles
Cons
- – Might require some time to learn for players, who never played platformers.
- – Lack of paid dlcs :D story is so amazing that players would be happy to pay for more!
One of the best VR games ever made: not very replayable, but so impressive and cute, deep and magnificent, that even if you're not a fan of platformers, you'll be interested to play it. And we're awaiting for the MOSS: Book Two this summer! :)
Chess Club
Time-proven mechanics appears in a totally new technological realization and deserves attention of every person, who loves classical chess
Chess Club
Editorial Rating
Jan 29, 2022
Pros
- + Very good implementation of classic game
- + Excellent designed animations and environments
- + Easy-to-learn tutorial
- + Difficulty settings
- + Supports multiplayer
- + Hand tracking support added
Cons
- – Lack of players online
- – After some amount of rounds it remains interesting only for real chess-lovers
Flawless-quality chess simulator with possibility to play online with other real players, the ability to diversify the gameplay due to visual changes to get a classic game in a modern wrap and technological way to play
Project Cars 2
A real treasure for realistic simulation racing lovers and for connoisseurs of physics and realism
Project Cars 2
Editorial Rating
Jan 29, 2022
Pros
- + "Must have" for racing fans
- + Very close compliance with real cars and 60+ places presented in the game
- + Full support of wide range of controllers, including gamepads, steering wheels and other accessories
- + Flexible difficulty settings, including car behaviour, weather settings etc. Online and offline modes available to play
- + Support of different user-made modifications (mods)
Cons
- – High threshold entry: it's not an arcade game and it's niche is simulation racing game fans
- – For ordinary player the game might be not replayable because of it's monotonous mechanics.
If you love computer racing simulator games, racing in VR is a real level up for you. After all, instead of an image on a monitor (or three monitors, never mind), the player is surrounded by a realistic environment filled with details and sounds. So racing becomes much more emotional and immersive. This is one of the best racing simulators with VR support so far