Rinlo

Rinlo is a good looking VR adventure dragged down by tedious gameplay. It consists of very slow and boring platforming, generic puzzles and abysmal stealth sections. Steampunk environments are the best part of Rinlo: they look amazing(despite somewhat low-res textures) and help tolerate uninspired platforming and backtracking. Visuals are not on the same level with Moss, but still look pretty nice. When you interact with broken equipment or locked door the game transitions into a first person puzzle or precision minigame, kinda like you are playing from the perspective of the protagonist and fix stuff or open locks. This is an interesting idea to diversify gameplay while keeping a consistent tone, but those puzzles are just so painfully generic. You got all of the most basic and overdone VR minigames there: marble maze, following the line with a ring, mirror turning, etc. But the worst part of the gameplay is those stealth sections. Rinlo has no shadow so the only mechanic for sneaking is staying outside of vision cones and throwing grenades to distract enemies. AI just follows fixed routes or stares at diversions for several seconds while standing completely still. Those stealt…

I liked this, on balance, but there is a lot wrong with it and it is no classic by any stretch. It is beautiful, and there's about 3 hours of content. However, the crafting system is rubbish and the controls are clumsy. The story is a bit rubbish too. I recommend Moss as an alternative.

I enjoyed this game as far as chapter 5. The game has good graphics and controls were generally ok on the HP Reverb G2. Where I have now lost interest is in getting past the guardians in chapter 5. I have viewed the help video from the developers, but although i follow the same procedure i get killed every single time by the 5 robots in the second circular room with all the chairs and items that block your escape as you run! So a great game spoiled by a challenge which is not enjoyable and just breeds frustration and undoes all the pleasure gained from the previous 4 chapters. If the developers ever make this section a little easier then I will come back and hopefully finish the game. Until then I am moving on to something else. So my recommendation is based upon the 4 chapters i enjoyed.

Seems a great game, and the atmosphere is very good, but the controls are annoying. Jumping to ledges is very difficult, and when you grab the ledge and press the jump button again you fall instead of climbing up. In every other game you climb with the jump button, not fall off. Please fix it.

I wish we had more 3rd person vr games. A bit short. Wait for a sale.

Main character is moving extremely slow, graphics are subpar, puzzles are boring.