VR Platforms: PSVR, Steam, Oculus, Windows Want to read more? See our full Astro Bot Rescue Mission review and buy now from Amazon. The trick here is that the player is an acknowledged presence in the game world: you often sit in the centre of a map as the tiny robot you control scampers up and down, around you and overhead.Ī suite of power-ups, meanwhile, send grappling hooks and water jets out of your DualShock, which also opens up to collect any doodads you come across.Įnergetic, tightly-packed level design combines with spectacular bosses in a game that almost - almost! - competes on Nintendo's level. We've not been able to sample every single VR game out there, so if you think We've missed something wonderful, please do share your suggestions!Īstro Bot himself may not smack of ready character in the screenshots, but his adventures turn out to be far more than an elegant suite of platforming gauntlets: they're genuinely memorable and even rather lovable. Oh, and of course, this isn't a definitive rundown. Watch on YouTube Ian picks out some games from Oculus Connect 6, back in 2019Īll the games on this list can be enjoyed whatever your level of VR experience though, so don't discount them just because you don't think you fall into the right category.
Alongside this VR one, we've also updated our pages on the best PS4 games, the best Xbox One games, the best Nintendo Switch games, and the best Game Pass games for 2021. What do you reckon?Įditor's note: Following their debut last year, we've given our 'Best Games' features another refresh. To jump in then, here are our picks for the 25 best VR games you can play on various virtual reality sets right now.
Meanwhile, the likes of Half-Life: Alyx have brought that series' legendary craft to the medium on PC.
The good news is the games are flowing: PSVR has of course been backed by a major publisher, and is surprisingly being backed with a new PSVR set coming to the PS5, giving us some wonderful options like the disarmingly charming Cockney gunplay of Blood and Truth or the glorious platforming gauntlets of Astro Bot Rescue Mission. Oculus Quest, meanwhile, has made wireless, all-in-one VR a reality, but it's still a little underpowered compared to the competition.
The platform you choose will dictate which games are available - PlayStation VR, for instance, is relatively cheap compared to the alternatives, and while it can be a nightmare to wire up for the first few times, it tends to work well with small play-spaces - while others are more expensive but can be fancier in their various ways. Virtual Reality remains one of the most exciting things going on in games at the moment.
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