Cody Peterson
TTRPG video games at their finest.
Knockout City is in a strong place to capture the hearts of both casual and competitive gamers alike. Its cutesy graphics hide deeply rewarding dodgeball-throwing mechanics that never fail to be both entertaining and engaging. Once ranked leagues and other gameplay modes pick up steam it will be interesting to see how many gamers jump on the bandwagon. Player engagement is always difficult to predict, but as a product, Knockout City has a chance to be a truly special game based on its mechanics alone.
A deeply rewarding and brutally difficult experience.
An fun combination of odd humor and classic paintings.
Biped is fun solo, but best played with a friend.
Kosmokrats pulls off charming dark comedy, engaging puzzle gameplay, and excellent repercussions for player actions.
Dirt 5 is an excellent racing game that manages to combine impressive visuals with exhilarating racing.
Hellpoint is an excellent take on the Souls-like formula that incorporates some fresh new ideas despite a few hiccups.
In Celebration of Violence provides a deeply rewarding but incredibly difficult and obtuse roguelike experience.
Supraland is a charming and impressive action-puzzle game that pulls inspiration from Zelda, Metroid, and Portal.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a nostalgic look back at old-school beat em' up games that is improved by charming visuals and light RPG mechanics.
Banner of the Maid is an excellent strategy RPG that is hindered slightly by its sexualization of women.
Until You Fall has all the cornerstones of a great VR game. It combines excellent gameplay with smart physics systems on top of a killer video game soundtrack. There isn't really a story to Until You Fall other than "kill everything in your path," but that is perfectly fine. Without a storyline, players instead get to focus on and become engrossed in one of the strongest VR games available on any platform.
One of the most impressive VR games to date.
A must-play, totally unique puzzle game.
A surreal yet memorable experience.
Keeps feeling fresh all the way through.
Spiritfarer is a deeply personal management game that forces players to care about their passengers and come to terms with the fact that everyone dies.