Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series Reviews

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is ranked in the 40th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
75 / 100
Jul 10, 2021

While it is a short experience, Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series offers up the most immersive virtual Jedi experience you can find. Authentic in every way, meeting Darth Vader face to face, and squaring off in the Lightsaber Dojo makes it worth every penny.

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75 / 100
Jul 2, 2021

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series succeeds in its goal of making you feel like a Jedi. With a high production value, intriguing plot, and excellent cinematics, the game will leave fans of the franchise in awe. However, with little gameplay and a short runtime, this is more of a VR experience than a game.

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7.4 / 10.0
Jun 29, 2021

A brief jaunt through a side story in the Star Wars universe is made better with some sky-high production values and some fun lore drops. Don't expect a ton of interactivity, though it is fun to throw Stormtroopers around with the Force. A nice side mode allows for endless lightsaber battles, but the main draw is Vader himself, delivered by the game in all of his intimidating glory.

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Unscored
Jun 28, 2021

Vader Immortal A Star Wars VR Series is a short but intense game that fans of the franchise will love. Fighting with Darth Vader and wielding a lightsaber is something that only virtual reality could achieve. The game will give us memorable moments like the one you will experience in episode III. If you like Star Wars, you must play this game.

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Jakub Kadlus
5 / 10
Nov 14, 2020

Vader Immortal could have been a good game, all it had to do was breathe some life into it, add something that would keep the player entertained, that would excite him like other VR titles. If you don't expect anything from the game, it can surprise you, but overall it's an average PS VR game

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6 / 10.0
Oct 5, 2020

Star Wars' universe is always fascinating, but Vader Immortal's gameplay feels lackluster and like a missed opportunity.

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Oct 1, 2020

The game is a must own for Star Wars fans and a great example of V.R. gaming done right.

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75 / 100
Sep 28, 2020

Vader Immortal: The Star Wars VR Series is a must-have title for every fan of the Star Wars saga who seeks a great experience related to the franchise universe. Unfortunately, as a game based on the value of your campaign, it is a very short title that makes poor use of its mechanics, lacking a challenge and better ways to work on its concepts. Fortunately, its dojo is quite entertaining and will certainly yield hours of fun for those who wish to face its challenges.

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4 / 5.0
Sep 27, 2020

If you need some escapism from COVID-19 Earth, then Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is your elixir to freedom and is truly a fun and immersive experience on the PSVR, albeit a little repetitive at times but it's the only place to feel like a Jedi Boss!

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Sep 25, 2020

Vader Immortal Episodes I-III places you in the shoes of a smuggler aboard the Windfall after evading the Hutts with a shipment of spice. While jumping through hyperspace, you’re immediately taken captive by Darth Vader and held in his prison upon Mustafar. The VR experience found in Vader Immortal is similar in scope and scale to the Batman VR experience on PSVR. While going through Vader Immortal’s three episodes you more or less play through a short 90+ minute movie, where you teleport from point A to B while engaging in various puzzles and interactive areas within your ship, the castle above ground, and the lower portions of Mustafar, as you travel deeper within the depths of caverns and mines.

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7 / 10.0
Sep 24, 2020

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is a good starting point to explore that galaxy far, far away through virtual reality. However, the main value lies in the presentation and the value of the source material, rather than the game itself.

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6.5 / 10.0
Sep 23, 2020

Vader Immortal: a Star Wars VR Series is practically a video game amusement park attraction, and I mean that in terms of lenght as well. But it's still an enjoyable experience that will delight every fan of Lucas' opera omnia for a couple of hours.

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71 / 100
Sep 21, 2020

The canon-conform story mode is a brief but stirring VR experience - especially for everyone new to VR. On top of that the dojo mode offers a fair amount of content, which gets more challenging with every round. Sadly the PS VR port suffers from some tracking issues that will pull you out of the illusion once in a while.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 20, 2020

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series was a great experience for a Star Wars fan like myself but you should know what you’re getting into beforehand. This isn’t a very long experience so whether the price right now is worth it to you will be up to you to decide. If you have the choice to play it on PlayStation VR or Oculus I’d have to recommend to go with the Oculus due to there being no smooth movement on PlayStation VR. It doesn’t ruin the experience but it doesn’t feel as immersive when you have to teleport around. With all that said, the few hours I spent with this game is the closest I’ve ever come to feeling like an actual Jedi and that to me made this whole experience worth it.

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6 / 10.0
Sep 18, 2020

A small story that serves well to introduce new users to the world of virtual reality, but the experience of Vader Immortal is unfortunately very limited and gives very little reason for a new game, after having reached the end credits.

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78 / 100
Sep 14, 2020

For a short time we feel like a true Jedi, with immersive lightsaber combat mechanics, use of the Force and great locations and characters. But Vader Immortal ends too soon, more like an experience than a complete game.

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VRSinge
Top Critic
6 / 10
Sep 10, 2020

A scripted experience that will certainly appeal to die-hard fans of the Star Wars saga, but less so to others as many PS VR games have done much better before it.

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7.5 / 10.0
Sep 5, 2020

Vader Immortal is a fun experience. The graphics are great and the story feels at home as a side narrative in the Star Wars universe. The gameplay is more restrictive than I would have liked, but using the lightsaber and the force never stops being cool. If you like the subject matter and don’t mind a short experience I recommend picking this one up.

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6 / 10
Sep 3, 2020

Being able to wield a lightsaber and deflect laser blasts, or pull a Stormtrooper up close to skewer them, carries an appropriate amount of weight, and there are many moments where the trappings of VR fade away, and you feel completely integrated into the Star Wars universe. These transcendent moments are many, and when this experience is firing on all cylinders, it’s truly special.

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8.7 / 10.0
Sep 2, 2020

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is essential for Star Wars-loving PlayStation VR owners, even if it might not necessarily be as good as the Oculus Quest version of the game. You’ll genuinely feel like you’re a part of the Star Wars universe, with the fantastically designed story sequences and epic lightsaber battling making for a gripping experience throughout. It’s worth noting that some of the restrictions of the PlayStation VR headset do see the game losing some of the immersion offered by the Oculus Quest version of the game, especially when it comes to the freedom of movement. Fortunately, it doesn’t deter from the overall experience at all, with Vader Immortal standing out as another unmissable PlayStation VR title.

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