Alice In Bummerland
HIGH Assembling paper butterflies.
LOW Too many dialogue-matching puzzles.
WTF Magic fire-controlling abilities?
Author: Corey Motley
The Town of Light Review
Mental Patience
HIGH The immaculately-recreated Volterra asylum
LOW It feels like a VR tech demo with no console VR support.
WTF Icky sexual assault scenes.
Narcosis Review
Ghosts In The Shellfish
HIGH Top-notch tension in its opening hour.
LOW Dying ten times while trying to navigate one section.
WTF Should it really take this many stabs to kill a squid!?
Prey Review
When Coffee Mugs Attack
HIGH Thoroughly exploring Talos I for hours at a time.
LOW Regular minute-long loading screens.
WTF Harder than it should be, even on Easy Mode.
What Remains Of Edith Finch Review
A Wilting Family Tree
HIGH Swinging as high as I could with Calvin.
LOW Hunting those poor rabbits.
WTF Flopping through a forest as a shark out of water.
Kona Review
Stone Cold Thriller
HIGH Building a homemade UFO!
LOW Gameplay pausing sporadically to load.
WTF That obtuse generator wire puzzle.
Here They Lie (Non-VR) Review
High Atmospheric Pressure
HIGH It’s weird in the right ways.
LOW The story didn’t quite come together.
WTF Those oddly satisfying respawn sequences.
Uncanny Valley Review
Recurring Nightmare
HIGH Top-notch creepy sound design.
LOW Resorting to online guides for obtuse item-puzzle clues.
WTF That police station dream.
Divide Review
Sigh-Fi
HIGH Sophisticated, moody sci-fi music.
LOW Enemies shooting me from offscreen.
WTF A bad map, no waypoints and no objective markers?
Candleman Review
Trial By Fire
HIGH Exploring the bioluminescent garden.
LOW A few badly-placed checkpoints.
WTF The existential “bad” ending.
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