Farpoint Reviews
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.
Despite our hopes, Farpoint is boring first person shooter for PSVR, that lacks interesting combat situations and deep story.
Review in Russian | 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
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
Farpoint proves that first-person shooters very much can work on PlayStation VR, but it never feels like this even believes itself that it's the definitive one. While Farpoint is certainly a fun adventure that you'll have a lot of laughs, and frights, with, there's little of narrative or strategic originality here and the idea that this will have a long life of competitive multiplayer seems to be hopeful at best.
Farpoint leans on novelty to make up for its shortcomings elsewhere, but wielding the PlayStation VR Aim Controller is such a unique experience that it papers over some dated game design. The story is cheesy but has some nice moments, and the action really ramps up towards the tail of the campaign. With an arcade mode and co-op included, Impulse Gear's inaugural outing is a fulfilling offering, and while there are obvious improvements that could be made, there's enough here to prove that blockbuster first-person shooters could find a home on PlayStation VR yet.
Beyond its central conceit of virtual-reality shooting, Farpoint is the very definition of mediocre. But that shooting--especially in Cooperative Mode--is compelling, well-executed, and undeniably fun.
Farpoint makes the act of shooting feel exhilarating and accurate with the new Aim Controller, but just about everything else in this first-person shooter fails to live up to the billing PlayStation VR desperately need. A trite, boring shooter wrapped up with some poor decision designs and frequent bugs that's just incredibly disappointing.
Farpoint is a generic shooter with a cool aim-down-sights mechanic that's elevated by its great story and affecting cutscenes.
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
With the Aim-Controller, Farpoint is a short and intense experience, that lacks depth of gameplay.
Review in German | Read full review
I had fun with my first run through Farpoint's single player and the experience in co-op is just as great. Again the blurriness in VR when aiming isn't ideal, but the core gameplay is so satisfying when shooting stuff I tend to overlook it, plus the AIM controller needs to be the new standard controller for any VR FPS games.
Presented as the first blockbuster for PlayStation VR, Farpoint is an interesting title. The game starts brilliantly, astonishes the player thanks to an unexpectedly pleasing tale, and shows an impressive use of the PlayStation Aim. Being an peculiar combination of an FPS and on-rail shooters, the gameplay works very well, but Farpoint loses grip in the last part of its adventure. It runs too fast, renounces to present original and interesting situations, but also to narrate a strong and convincing ending.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A bit of refinement and more unique situations could have made this a real classic, but Farpoint still succeeds in bringing first person shooters into VR with some fast gameplay and smart use of controls.
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
Judged as a shooter, Farpoint is as generic as they get; thankfully, Impulse Gear's effort has other things going for it. ... If you've a PlayStation VR, this is definitely one for the library.
Farpoint is the first game that has made me believe that fully-fledged games could make use of the technology in order to provide a better experience. It's the most in-control I've felt whilst playing a game and without doubt the most I've ever felt immersed in a game world. Farpoint definitely doesn't have the most interesting story, and there's still some issues surrounding the length due to the fact that it is a full-priced game, but Farpoint is going to give gamers a world of hope, when it comes to VR.
An average first-person shooter redeemed by the Aim Controller accessory.
Farpoint is an immersive and memorable experience...only when played with the AIM controller