Category: Reviews

Image via imissmyfriends.studio Fishbowl is an unusual experience that, on the surface, looks like a life sim, but is more of a brief visual novel where your day-to-day choices for Alo determines what happens next for her. And boy, does she need it. She’s not just dealing with one major life change and type of potential trauma, but three. It’s an examination of a life and how someone moves forward when dealing with different types of stress, as well as an examination of how small actions and interactions can change your life. Aside from a little tedium, it can feel…

Image: Meta Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. The Meta Quest 3S will be officially released on October 15, 2024, and the first reviews show how good the VR headset really is. We summarize. In this article, we summarize the reviews from tech magazines that have already tested Meta’s new Quest 3S VR headset. You can find the corresponding links in the references below the article. UploadVR: Better head and hand tracking than Quest 3 UploadVR was only able to test the Meta Quest 3S for…

Retrocade on Apple Vision Pro is the nostalgic virtual 1980s arcade experience VR gamers have been waiting for, and arguably the best visionOS title yet, but multiplayer is sorely missing.One of the first ideas anyone with any interest in retro gaming has when they first try VR is a faithful recreation of a 1980s video game arcade. Earlier this month, Resolution Games released the best version of this idea we’ve seen yet, exclusively on Apple Vision Pro’s $7/month aptly-named Apple Arcade game subscription service.The FactsWhat is it?: A virtual 1980s arcade with 10 iconic gamesPlatforms: Apple Vision ProDeveloper: Resolution GamesPrice:…

One month and a major update later, Orcs Must Die! By the Blade has gone from a shaky VR debut to a fun and frantic melee brawler.When Orcs Must Die! By the Blade launched in mid-February, combat felt unsatisfying, the user interface could be annoying, and limited movement options disrupted the game’s flow. With a recent patch that addresses most (if not all) of those early issues, the game deserves a second look.Developed by Teravision Games, the VR-exclusive entry in the long-running Orcs Must Die! franchise attempts to translate the series’ chaotic trap-based strategizing into a more tactile, immersive experience.It…

I’ve loved puzzle games for decades. Myst showed me the immersive storytelling potential of video games. Intelligent Qube on the original PlayStation taught me new ways to think under pressure. Lumines opened my mind to the emotional impact of music, and Echochrome proved the healing power of games when it helped me process unmanageable grief. But those are stories for another time. The point is, that at this stage of my life it’s almost impossible for a puzzle game to really surprise me. But Interlocked has been just this: a pleasant surprise.The object of Interlocked: Puzzle Islands is ostensibly simple:…

There are few franchises that balance tone as well as Like a Dragon. Every game in the series is a delicate balancing act between melodramatic cutscenes and playful minigames, a mixture that’s very easy to get wrong. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the eighth mainline game in the series, is the poster child of that balancing act. Everything about it, from its themes to its mechanics, is about balance. Infinite Wealth is a direct sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon in every sense of the word. While previous Yakuza/Like a Dragon games have been fairly standalone outside of a few…

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus specs: Cores / Threads: 24 (8 P-cores, 16 E-cores) / 24 Base clock speed: 3.7GHz (P-cores), 3.2GHz (E-cores) Max Turbo Boost speed: 5.5GHz (P-cores), 4.7GHz (E-cores) Motherboard socket: LGA 1851 Motherboard chipset: Intel 800 series Unlocked for overclocking: Yes Max Turbo power: 250W Price: £TBA / $300 Regardless of whether Intel would say it out loud, the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus both represent an attempt to right the wrongs of the original Arrow Lake/Core Ultra 200S family. That bundle of chips was, necessarily, more power-efficient and cooler-running…

Image: Razer Der Artikel kann nur mit aktiviertem JavaScript dargestellt werden. Bitte aktiviere JavaScript in deinem Browser und lade die Seite neu. Can the Razer Kraken Pro 4 score particularly well with haptic feedback in VR? Find out in our test. As a tech-savvy journalist and VR fan, I’m always on the lookout for new technologies that intensify the gaming experience. Today I’m taking a look at the Razer Kraken 4 Pro gaming headset. In particular, I’m looking at its interaction with Quest 3. Haptic feedback is a fascinating technology that takes virtual reality to a new level by combining…

Unseen Diplomacy 2 makes excellent use of roomscale play that’s let down by a finicky inventory system and a few unpolished details.Unseen Diplomacy 2’s big party trick is “Environmental Redirection,” a roomscale design system that has players physically walking around their real-world space while the game subtly changes the environment around them. The result is that the player feels as if they’re moving through a massive continuous level without requiring a massive real-world play space. And it (mostly) works. After setting up a roomscale boundary in-game, and once the game confirmed this boundary to be large enough to suit, I…

Image via Clear River Games Us getting a localized version of WiZmans World about 16 years after its 2010 Japanese debut on the DS is wild. A part of me wants to suggest people grab it and try it to help show there’s a demand for these sorts of releases and see what this snapshot of past JRPGs is like. Fortunately, WiZmans World Re;Try is mechanically interesting due to the Anima Fusion system, though it does get incredibly repetitive due to grinding to conquer dungeons.  In WiZmans World Re;Try, a whole town is kept captive. Everyone in Wizarest is dealing…