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VR isn't exactly impressing me as having much substance so far... and I suppose that's difficult to achieve for many reasons. Visual flare only carries a game so far if its underlying mechanics and content don't have the substance or consistency...

Look, the only time I'm not wrong is when I'm right, so...

That's pretty much my "goal" when I decided to get into VR gaming, to see if there's games out there with some genuine substance. From my experience so far, outside of the technical challenges of making a game in VR, I think a lot of it has more to do with the developer's creativity and how far they're willing to take it.

For example, my first VR review was basically for a compilation title, so the devs didn't really delve that deep into a particular concept. My next review was for Pixel Ripped, which has a really intriguing gimmick of "dual" gameplay, but it was squandered because the ideas weren't fleshed enough in its very, VERY brief four stages. The following review was for Statik, and of the four VR games I've reviewed so far, had the most substance to it with its thought-provoking puzzles; unfortunately, it was also another brief title... And as for VERTI-GO HOME, its biggest flaw was that the dev was just content with making a simple endless runner with odd visuals. Not really a stretch of the imagination, gameplay-wise.

I've yet to invest time in some of the more "highly-recommended" VR titles, either because I haven't bought them yet or they're costly purchases, go figure. Hopefully I'll run into a VR game that will impress me in both visuals (in a VR kinda way, if that makes sense) and gameplay.

I head spaceshit noises.