The sigh-inducing but mercifully short platforming sequences aside, Night in the Woods is a fantastically paced, beautifully-wrought adventure that impressively manages to be a gentle ride while still feeling substantial at its core.
Though time may have drawn greater attention to PaRappa‘s opaque win conditions and sometimes wonky sense of rhythm, it’s still a ludicrously enjoyable blast from the past and a decent remaster from an aesthetic perspective.
The base game is so intensely enjoyable in all of its self-aware stupidity and surging brutality that Full Clip Edition is an easy recommendation for both hardcore Bulletstorm fans and newbies alike.
Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy has smartly attempted to recreate the breezy feel and tone of Tales from the Borderlands in its first episode, and despite the strain of Telltale’s brand fatigue weighing heavily, they’ve basically manage to achieve this.
A well-executed novelty experience for the most part, and proof that outings such as this deserve to be taken seriously rather than reduced to kitschy relic status within a few years.
Though Alchemy clearly prides itself on delivering premium VR experiences with state-of-the-art camera technology, this one is ironically hamstrung by its wholly unremarkable visual acuity.
There’s undeniable educational merit to this VR doc, though it’s bogged down by... the low video quality and that pesky screen tear seam, which produces significant sickness effects while exploring the ship interiors later on.
An interactive safari trip which proves that non-gaming VR experiences can be detailed and satisfying, Virry VR is bolstered by impressive presentation throughout and a welcome conservationist theme.
The sepulchral What Remains of Edith Finch is a provocative, if frustratingly brief, rumination on life and death that effortlessly burrows its way under the skin.
This unassuming yet devilishly tricky puzzler represents some of the most clever – not to mention infuriating – gameplay yet available on PSVR.
With its lack of difficulty and entrancing audio-visual package, LocoRoco Remastered is a delightful treat for kids while also bringing plenty to the table for adults, too.
Injustice 2...is one of the genre’s best arguments in years that fighting games should and indeed can appeal to frantic button-bashers and technical savants alike. With a plump platter of content on offer and terrific production values, this is an ambitious step up from 2013’s acclaimed original.
With its bare bones presentation and lackluster amount of content, this is basically an overpriced Mario Kart knock-off that’s vaguely amusing for about half an hour before its limitations become abundantly clear.
Forget about the dumb name and moldy hick humour, because beyond that silliness there’s a surprisingly well-made shooter at Dick Wilde‘s core.
Is it the feature-rich, legitimately brilliant experience you’d gladly play outside of VR like Resident Evil 7? No, but it presents a convincing vision for the future of VR shooters, one its successors can both draw influence from and significantly improve upon.
Making the most of its agreeable 8-bit visuals and amusingly over-the-top voice acting, it’s a budget title that nevertheless feels sharp and tight.
It’s a shame Danger Zone doesn’t offer more in the way of location variety and overall polish, but it does a fine job serving up the basic goods, and sometimes that’s enough.
It would probably be slightly overzealous to call Star Trek: Bridge Crew PSVR’s killer app, but it’s nevertheless a magnificent, if flawed, experience that expertly melds resource management mechanics with top-notch social multiplayer.
Though its old-school sensibilities may prove more divisive with new players, the N. Sane Trilogy will meanwhile be an easy sell to long-starved fans; it’s a gleeful, often infuriatingly difficult nostalgia trip that they won’t be able to stop playing.
The PSVR version of Superhot could certainly use a patch to clean up the tracking, and introducing a difficulty setting which allows more forgiving continues wouldn’t go amiss, but when you’re in the zone and laying brutal waste to a level full of anonymous digital thugs, there’s a very special brand of wish fulfillment at work here.