Farpoint Reviews
Farpoint is a must have for anyone who decided to buy Sony's virtual reality glasses for their PS4. It is a title that is enjoyed and much, because it offers an experience that until now was unthinkable. It is not perfect, of course, and it has its faults and strikes, but it can be the way to go in the action genre of virtual reality.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Sony's big budget VR game has a lot of novelty value but only manages to combine the worst elements of first person shooters and lightgun games.
We loved Farpoint since we first played it at the E3 2016. After cleaning this uncharted planet from arachnids for 5 hours, we have never been disappointed. Classical? Yes. No point without Virtual Reality? Definitely. But we are here to judge the final product as it was designed, which means for Virtual Reality. Impulse Gear's small team released a highly immersive action game and a must-play on PlayStation VR. There is still efforts needed on situations and the length of the game to further develop the characters and the story. But for a first try, the basis is really strong. Moreover, you can extend the experience thanks to the cooperative mode, which is a total success despite a limited number of maps. As for the Aim Controller, it will be hard to play without it and we hope others FPS will follow this path. Farpoint, or the new VR reference.
Review in French | Read full review
If it wasn't playable in VR, Farpoint would be an average and quite basic first person shooter... but it is in VR, and once you put the PSVR on your head and the Aim Controller in your hands, it really makes a difference. We can feel that there is so much better things to come for VR shooters in the future, but for now, even with its flaws, Farpoint is unmissable if you already own a PSVR.
Review in French | Read full review
Farpoint is a long awaited title for PSVR, and one that does as many things right as it does wrong. It's as revolutionary as it is dated, being a necessary forward step in the evolution of virtual reality, but ultimately a game that will be as forgotten as any console's launch titles. The gunplay and story are both good experiences, but decidedly separate from one another. Farpoint is best experienced with the Aim controller, ending up as a game that highlights the amazingly immersive capabilities of this new peripheral while never really making a strong mark for itself.
Developer Impulse Gear has made an earnest attempt at a VR version of Halo, but the game, and its strange PlayStation Aim Controller, fall short of the target
Farpoint is more than a proof of concept or another tech demo for virtual reality. Despite its predictable and unsatisfying story and hard-to-ignore bugs, it's a full-fledged sci-fi shooter that feels fantastic to play with Sony's high-quality PSVR Aim Controller (and slightly awkward without it). Several smart control options and design choices cater to a variety of different types of players, and the gunplay is second to none in VR. If I were to recommend one shooter to a PSVR owner, this would be it.
Farpoint is another perfect example of a VR game with solid ideas and spotty execution. There is a core of good gunplay and decent story, but the game quickly becomes one-dimensional in its approach, and finds a way to feel like a grind despite its short campaign.
Justin Clark completed Farpoint's campaign in about five and a half hours and spent another two fooling around in Challenge mode--and didn't even have to take a Dramamine this time.
Farpoint is the perfect crossover between arcade light gun shooters à la The House of the Dead and old-school First Person Shooters. The result is a jaw-dropping experience that truly becomes unparalleled thanks to the power of VR and to the quality of the Aim Controller peripheral: this might be the first full blown traditional game 100% built around VR, and despite a few shortcomings you literally won't believe your eyes. In its own ways, Farpoint truly takes the shooter genre to a whole new level: if this is not a killer application, we're pretty close to that.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Farpoint makes you truly feel like a badass space marine, like no other game before. It's a pretty short experience, the gameplay is pretty basic and the bundle with the Aim Controller it's not cheap. But it's one hell of a ride.
Review in Italian | Read full review
In the end, Farpoint is an engaging game that although doesn't push the boundaries of what VR is capable of, it still delivers a fun yet ultimately short VR experience on the PlayStation 4. Overall, it's a fun premise with some really intense battles as you use the Aim Controller to take on an almost never ending hoard of aliens with an interesting yet cliched story as its backdrop.
Awesome start for the new controller, but not without its faults. Using the Aim is wonderfully natural and it's great. I'm waiting for the next games for this piece of gear!
Review in Polish | Read full review
Farpoint is a must-have game for any PSVR owner - so long as you're willing to drop the cash on the gun bundle. The story is good enough for what it sets out to do, but it's the meaty single-player offering and the online co-op that propels Farpoint to the higher reaches of the VR stratosphere.
What would be a middle of the road shooter becomes something more thanks to PSVR and the Aim Controller. More than a tech demo, it's a big moment for VR gaming, but still not worth it for everyone.
As a first-person shooter, Farpoint is serviceable. As a true first-person virtual reality shooter it’s a very encouraging starting point. As a proof of concept for Sony’s new aim controller peripheral it’s a revelation.
If you plan to buy Sony's short, pricey, and unimaginative VR shooter, best to think of it as an investment in a pretty awesome gun peripheral
An average first-person shooter redeemed by the Aim Controller accessory.
Although Farpoint is the best VR game we've seen for a while, it's not the system seller that Sony really should have come up with by now.