The metroidvania genre has evolved so much in so many cool ways these last few years that playing a game in 2024 that doesn't even deliver on the basics, just isn't worth it.
Border Bots VR is gorgeous, quirky and its gameplay loop is intoxicatingly brilliant. Yeah, it's one of the best games I've played on my Quest 3 so far.
Rocksteady clearly cares for these characters and world, but the open-world and looter shooter conventions chosen don't serve the story or gameplay well.
Its polish makes mechanics sing in harmony, carrying you through by sheer enjoyable force alone. UNDERDOGS establishes new standards for what arena fighting games can achieve in VR.
While its sublime visuals, engrossing puzzles and memorable boss encounters show glimpses of greatness, inconsistent gameplay and an overreliance on excessive dialogue undermine this ambitious game.
Through ingenious level design and gratifying systems married to intensely satisfying moment-to-moment gameplay, The Lost Crown reinvents Metroidvania conventions while carving out its own new legacy.
Last Labyrinth is without a doubt one of the most distinctive, unforgettable, and dare I say important VR titles released in recent years that will stick with players long after they've escaped its imposing facility.
By striving only for simplicity, Micro Machines: Mini Challenge Mayhem misses a prime opportunity to deliver that nostalgic miniature racing experience fans were hoping for in virtual reality.
The end result is a beautiful nature documentary hindered by bloat, lacking the compelling story or lifelike ecosystem one would hope for in a next-gen realization of Pandora.
