9.5
Effecting
Released at a perfect time, with many of us struggling with the confines and uncertainly of lockdown due to COVID-19, Tetris Effect offers up a transportive, accessible and all-consuming slice of puzzling.
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Doc has been fascinated by videogames since before they were fun. He's worked in the games industry as a writer, designer, and tester. VR is something of an obsession for him, and he believes it's the most exciting development in gaming since Pong. His favorite VR games are Superhot, Sairento Untethered, Racket Fury, Skyrim VR, I Expect You to Die, and Beat Saber. His favorite non-VR games are The Witcher 3, Super Mario Odyssey, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Resident Evil 4, and Return of the Obra Dinn.
9.5
Effecting
2
CRAP
Endless runner games are usually free-to-play, fun-free cash grabs. But B-Team is in VR and costs money.
8.5
Thrilling
From the off, it's clear that Lies Beneath has a very polished presentation. Conveyed in a distinctive cel-shaded, comic-strip fashion, it uses the tropes and framing of a graphic novel to tell its narrative and justify its graphical style.
7.5
Buoyant
Freediver: Triton Down attempts something more than the usual 'watching a shark swim past the cage' experiences, offering an exciting narrative married to unique swimming locomotion.
8.5
Stunning
There's enough in The Room VR: A Dark Matter to reward fans of the series as a whole, whilst being utterly accessible if it's your first time in The Room.
8.5
Delightful
In Ghost Giant, possibly more than any other game on the Quest to date save Shadow Point, the inquisitive revelation of the narrative is the whole experience.
9
Bullseye
Rather than trying to put you in the shoes of a guitar god, Audica goes for the kind of healthy abstraction first deployed in Amplitude.
7
GERONIMO
In Doctor Who: Edge of Time for Oculus Quest, you'll find a definite desire to provide some fitting, well-rounded fan service.
8
Satisfying
What's most surprising about Fail Factory, apart from the general air of quality that the game exudes, is the way the difficulty fairly but comprehensively increases as you progress.
8
Dead On
Arizona Sunshine is a game about shooting zombies. Not too ambitious as pitches go, perhaps, but the proof is in the pudding. We review it on Quest!
9.5
Superb
There are plenty of art and design apps for VR, of course, but Kingspray Graffiti has a refreshing clarity of purpose! We review it on Quest.
3
Inept
If Espire 1 is in this state and deemed fit for full-price release, I can't even imagine what it must have been like when they decided to delay it.
