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Infinite > 06-01-2020, 06:59 PM
Howdy! I will be reviewing “Job Simulator”, “Superhot VR”, and “Beat Saber.” All of these I will be playing on my Oculus Quest (Metallix would be proud).
Owlchemy Labs was a very small team made up of four people. When Devin Reimer obtained the Oculus DK1, they immediately ported a base-jumping game called “AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!” and called it “Aaaaaculus!” After making the port, they set out to make “Job Simulator” with hand-tracked controls in mind. On April 5, 2016, “Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives” was released for Microsoft Windows. It was also released for the PS4 on October 13 that same year and then the Oculus Quest on May 21, 2019. The game won the “Best VR/AR game” in the 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) Awards. You play as your regular average human in a world where robots have replaced all human jobs. You relive the “glory days'' of working as an office worker, store clerk, chef, and auto mechanic. Overall, the story is very lacking if not completely absent; but the game is extremely funny. One of my favorite parts is the blender in the chef segment. You can slap literally anything in that blender and it makes a smoothie. Cheese cacti smoothie anyone? I give the story a C+. The gameplay is great. It’s very fun exploring these jobs and with infinite overtime, you can work as long as you want. As an office worker, you do regular office working stuff such as reviewing resumes, shredding not-so-important documents, and throwing stuff in a trash can. As a store clerk, you give the customers items that they want such as hot dogs, fireworks, and cheese. Working as a chef, you cook certain meals for your customers like cake. Besides the infinite over-time, it is quite short. You do get mod cartridges where you can have stuff like low gravity. I give the gameplay an A. While it doesn’t have much in music, there is a CD player in the Chef job where you can play certain music. The music it has is pretty catchy. My favorite song is “(You Are A) Model Human.” I give the soundtrack a C+. Overall, this is a game that does great on the gameplay and pretty meh with everything else (this is gonna be a trend for most VR games). I give “Job Simulator: the 2050 Archives” a 6.5/10.
“Superhot” was a very successful game on steam. From what I’ve heard, it is also one of the most innovative shooters of all time. So the team behind the game decided to make a port of the game to VR. A prototype of the port was shown in the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). After reaching the Kickstarter goal, they rebuilt the game from scratch while also reusing levels from the original “Superhot.” On December 5, 2016, “Superhot VR” was released on the Oculus Rift. It was also released for the HTC Vive on May 25, 2017. “Superhot VR” won the “Best VR Experience” in the IGN’s Best of 2017 awards as well as “Best VR/AR Game” in the 2018 GDC Awards. In Superhot, you play various First-Person-Shooter (FPS) levels within a VR Headset. The unique twist about this game is that time moves when you move. The goal of each level is to eliminate all your opponents by using guns or throwing objects at them. It won’t be that easy, no no, your enemies will have guns of their own. Never fear, you can easily dodge these bullets as time slows down. You will be able to do some sweet Matrix-like dodging tricks. The story of the game is very confusing. I have no idea why I am doing these levels or even who I am in this game. I give the story a C-. The gameplay is very fun. The main mode is very short however it has so many other modes like speedrunning, hard mode, endless, etc. I give the gameplay an A. The soundtrack is completely absent. Therefore, I give it a C. Overall, this game is fun to play but lacking with everything else. I give the game a 5.8/10.
And now we come to “Beat Saber.” One of the most popular VR titles. Czech programmers Ján Ilavský and Vladimír Hrinčár released a demo of “Beat Saber” on Facebook. This demo caught the interest of the head of Epic Music Productions, Jaroslav Beck. Beck later contacted the team and offered to compose the soundtrack of the game and even proposed making a new company named after the game if it becomes a success. The game had an early release in Nov. 2018 and quickly became one of the highest-rated games on Steam. Finally, on May 21, 2019, “Beat Saber” was released on the Windows and PS4 VR. The game has won a ton of awards. In the 2018 Gamers’ Choice Awards, it won “Fan Favorite.” In the D.I.C.E. (Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) Awards, it won “Immersive Reality Game of the Year.” In the NAVGTR Awards, it won both “Game, Music, or Performance-Based” and “Sound-Mixing in Virtual Reality.” It even won the “Best VR/AR Game” in the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards and the Game of the Year Awards. The goal of “Beat Saber” is to slash blocks with your lightsabers in the direction as indicated. Each song has a unique set of blocks to slash. You will, however, have to occasionally dodge the walls and avoid slashing mines. The colors in this game are pretty which makes slicing these blocks ever the more satisfying. You can also customize the sabers and walls to the color that appeals to you. There are a few modes you can choose from being dual blading (the standard one), one-saber, 90 degrees, and 360 degrees. There is also a campaign mode which is made up of levels with certain goals to meet such as make an (insert number here) streak. While playing Beat Saber is very fun, I face this one problem when doing levels especially in the campaign: the better you are at the game, the more boring the easier modes are. If you can beat most expert+ levels, the easy levels will see very slow and boring. The campaign starts off with easy levels which makes it very boring and didn’t motivate me to continue with the campaign. I give the gameplay an A. While there are a ton of great songs in the soundtrack that I like such as “Reason for Living,” “Burning Sands,” and “Beat Saber,” there are a few that I don’t particularly like “Legend” and “Unlimited Power.” I give the soundtrack an A. There is absolutely no story whatsoever so the game automatically gets a C in the story department. Bonus points for the pretty colors. Overall, this is one of VR’s better titles, it has great gameplay and soundtrack but lacks story. I give the game a 7.5/10.
VR has quite a long way to go when it comes to its games. It is getting there. While most VR games ace in gameplay, they will lack in soundtrack and story most of the time. -
RE: Oculus Quest Reviews
NeoMetallix > 06-01-2020, 08:58 PM
I have Beat Sabre on PSVR. I love it but I get sweaty when playing it lol. It's a great workout. It's one of my more favorite VR games. Haven't played the other two yet but I've heard great things about them and will get to them eventually. It's hard to play VR games for me lately, gotta do it at night after my toddler goes to bed. -
RE: Oculus Quest Reviews
Infinite > 06-02-2020, 08:27 AM
(06-01-2020, 08:58 PM)Metallix Wrote: I have Beat Sabre on PSVR. I love it but I get sweaty when playing it lol. It's a great workout. It's one of my more favorite VR games. Haven't played the other two yet but I've heard great things about them and will get to them eventually. It's hard to play VR games for me lately, gotta do it at night after my toddler goes to bed.
From what I have experienced, Superhot VR will require a bit more space to play on since you will be doing a lot of moving and dodging. Job Simulator, you won't need as much space. -
RE: Oculus Quest Reviews
SixtyFour > 06-03-2020, 10:32 AM
I don't have a Oculus Quest -
RE: Oculus Quest Reviews
NeoMetallix > 06-03-2020, 08:45 PM
Me either but since I already had a PS4 the PSVR was a no brainer. If I had a powerful PC, I would probably go with the Valve Index, but that requires a lot of money.
Any more games to review? -
RE: Oculus Quest Reviews
Infinite > 06-03-2020, 08:58 PM
(06-03-2020, 08:45 PM)Metallix Wrote: Me either but since I already had a PS4 the PSVR was a no brainer. If I had a powerful PC, I would probably go with the Valve Index, but that requires a lot of money.
Yeah price is the biggest problem here. Say, how much is a Valve Index? Googles the price. Oof....about $1000 with the headset, controllers, and base stations.....no thank you
Any more games to review?
But anyways, yeah. I have a ton more games I will be posting reviews on in these forums especially during the Summer. In fact, the review on working on right now is on Echo Arena which I am not sure is on PSVR. Afterwards I think I will work on Samba De Amigo for the Wii once school is over (which would be this Monday actually). I will also probably have a schedule when posting these
. Maybe on Mondays and Fridays.
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RE: Oculus Quest Reviews
NeoMetallix > 06-05-2020, 07:38 PM
Nice! I still haven't tried the quest or Vive. That index doesn't include the $1000 you'd need for a rig to take advantage of it either. Lol
