First-Person RTS
HIGH Finishing off a tank with a manually-thrown grenade.
LOW The whole desert map, really.
WTF How weirdly deadly medics are.
Tag: VR
Downward Spiral: Horus Station Preview
I’ve been the owner of a Vive for little more than a week so forgive me if I’m stating the obvious here, but I’m noticing that the games most well-suited to VR are the ones where the developers don’t need to contrive some bizarre replacement for walking. By and large, if the main character doesn’t have an excuse to be standing or seated, we’re forced to either teleport around awkwardly or risk motion sickness.
Blasters Of The Universe Review
Hitting The Target
HIGH Blasting an enemy without looking while dodging a wall of bullets unscathed.
LOW A couple of repeat blaster modifications.
WTF The decapitated heads of bosses are oddly gruesome.
Cold Iron Review
The Gun Is Hungry
HIGH Gunning down a foe before they can touch their weapon.
LOW Trying to notice which of my enemy’s eyes are twitching.
WTF The ‘victory lap’ players get to run on the final boss.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – End of Zoe and Not a Hero Review
Don’t Fear These Add-Ons
HIGH Punching zombie heads clean off never gets old.
LOW Trying to unlock the bonus spirit blade.
WTF The man-thing’s wide assortment of wrestling moves.
Paul’s Top 10 of 2017
What titles did GameCritics staffer Paul Stuart choose as his ten favorite of 2017? He’ll get right to the point and tell you!
DOOM VFR Review
I Am The Weapon
HIGH Watching a Mancubus’ spine flop around after leveling it with a particle beam.
LOW Trying to navigate levels with the Move controllers.
WTF Just ten original DOOM levels? Can you please sell me the rest?
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
I Didn’t Remember Dragons Being So Big
HIGH Watching foes flop awkwardly after headshots never gets old.
LOW The pop-in range is noticeably short.
WTF It’s dangerously easy to accidentally dragon scream with Move controllers.
Megaton Rainfall Review
This Isn’t Even My Final Form!
HIGH The epic final boss fight.
LOW Literally everything having to do with drilling through the earth.
WTF Curious about the meaning of life? The game offers a pretty definitive answer.
EVE Valkyrie: Warzone Review
Welcome To The More-Zone
HIGH Well-tuned dogfighting with or without VR.
LOW …but still mainly better in VR.
WTF A lack of singleplayer narrative content doesn’t help sell the EVE setting.
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