The Amusement

[i]Status: Completed (99% Achievements)[/i] The Amusement is a narrative-driven VR puzzle adventure. Although I have mixed feelings about its level design and sound design, the game hooked me enough to see it through to the end, which says a lot, especially since it’s not a particularly short experience. The game was originally designed around room-scale locomotion for a 2×2-meter playspace. It also became the game during which I accidentally smashed my TV while wearing a VR headset, yes, just like in those videos circulating online. If you don’t have a large enough room, I strongly recommend taking every possible precaution. Standard teleportation is available, but you still need to use it carefully. The game handles it poorly when it detects that you have stepped outside the play area, triggering either a black screen or a black-and-white filter accompanied by heartbeat sounds and controller vibrations. It’s definitely not a pleasant experience. It was made on a very tight budget by a small team, so instead of fully animated cutscenes with 3D characters, you get moving 2D shadows and sketches between chapters. The voice acting is fine, and the pronunciation is excellent, you …

Played on Meta 3 via Virtual Desktop. I played this game in roomscale and thoroughly enjoyed it. The story telling takes you on a deeply emotional journey with some light puzzle elements. I wish there were more VR games in roomscale of this caliber. Very well done and highly recommend.

An absolutely positive experience, good graphics and story (funded by ARTE, which is an indication for quality over here in Germany/France), without encountering any bugs as mentioned by others. The most notable fun feature of this game is that it allows you to use room scale locomotion with redirected walking (no stick movement), which ups the immersion pretty well, to use it you need a 2m x 2m playspace.

Went into this with low expectations and found that it can’t be played seated was disappointing but I gotta say it’s a fun game. A nice departure from the standard puzzle game. A lot like Eye of the Temple but a better mix of puzzles. You have to physically walk through the well designed halls and doors. You need the room but if you have it, get the game. The puzzles are not hard but they do keep you engaged. Good graphics and a fair amount of interactive objects. Good story, too.

There is so much to like about this game. I expands playfully on the 2x2m free roam game and has some wonderful largescale set pieces that wow and suprise especially given the spatial limits. There are a lot mechanics here to make this worth buying. If you are looking for a fun vr game that is a bit different give it a go. Inspite of the folliowing critisisms i still recommend The story is so-so. The 2d cut scenes are badly drawn and all the characters are unlikeable. There is a bug with the vignette setting. It says you can have it on or off but off is actually always on... and on is on when usuing moving platforms which was claustraphobic and imersion breaking. These are easy fixes so hopefully this gets fixed. There is no fixing the terrible character at the end or the half baked end moment. The guide voice is overly helpful especially later on spoiling so moments of discovery...

A very short and sweet story puzzle game. I would say the puzzles are pretty easy, few hard ones, but fun interactive ones. Theres a few annoyances where turning is slow, out bounds stuff, but not too bad. Overall fun for a sale.