Bizarre Barber

Bizarre Barber is such a singularly unique and strange combination of experience and aesthetic that the sensation I got from starting it reminded me of my first play of Katamari Damacy. At the time of that game's release, its individual vision and gameplay mechanics were both odd in combination and presentation, as well as not yet accepted as a series or institution of gaming history. With BB, those mechanics are simple enough to pick up and play, but challenging to master and physically demanding as a work out. Your hair chopping will get you moving in all directions and trying different gestures in the space. This is all while surrounded in an environment that is very immersive by way of presentation in spite of being only forward facing and on-a-rail-of-sorts. The subway, and funky, alien entities riding it receiving the haircuts creates a colorful diversity punctuated by sound design like the metro if all its sound was produced by Cardi B. All elements make this one of the most New York-feeling games that I've ever played, as strange as that may seem. If you're down with vibrant, whimsical, weird stuff, check this out.

Bizarre Barber is very weird, challenging and entertaining. After you understand the scissor mechanics, the gameplay is surprisingly tight. It's definitely worth its price, especially if you have friends over and want to show them something other than Beat Saber.

Have you ever wanted to cut hair in VR? Here's your chance! I promise you that its unlike anything youve ever seen before. I got this free to test out the LIV mixed reality. https://youtu.be/kGNuYH9dfo4

Bizarre Barber is a nice little VR game that I'm inclined to compare to Beat Saber but really isn't quite the same. Before we go on, I don't have a ton of VR games that I don't feel motion sick in. This is one of them. Usually so many moving parts wouldn't do well for me, but not for this one. Passengers and other beings drift on past you and you're tasked with cutting their hair, with short being better. Easy enough concept to grasp and having power ups to cut even more effectively really makes playing through levels satisfying. Occasionally the controls can be a bit awkward and you may feel like you didn't deserve the negative outcome in the game, it's out-weighed by other features like the boss battles. Not the best VR game out there but if looks like something you might be interested in, you probably wouldn't be wrong.

the central mechanic is fun and quite challenging in later levels. made me sweat very hard even playing at night

A delight to play, very cool and unique art style.