One of the problems with the PS VR is that precisely because not many people bought it, there aren’t many games, especially not many good ones. Of those that do exist, there are a few that look like they have potential but then turn out to be boring, unimaginative, or even just plain bad.
However, this might not be obvious on the first glance, and with Sony’s refunding policy being absolutely archaic for a digital games service, not letting you refund as soon as you have even started downloading the game. Therefore, you need to be informed before making such a purchase, which can be avoided on a service like Steam, which lets you play for two hours before your right to a refund is void. To help you inform yourselves, here are 4 PS VR games to avoid.
Theseus
Despite the original idea looking very interesting, a slightly darker retelling of the original greek Theseus myth, the game falls flat in many ways, as well as being visually very bleak, which can be uncomfortable at times while playing. The third-person gameplay is the opposite of ideal conditions for a VR game, and the gameplay isn’t very exciting. It’s not suited to being a VR game, and would be much better if it weren’t one, but it’s an exclusive, which makes the fact all the worse. The visual and audio design is fairly solid, but the overall execution is severely lacking, which makes this one of the games you should avoid for PS VR unless you can get it very cheap.
Theseus is exclusively available for PS VR.
The Solus Project
“Move over No Man’s Sky, there’s a new space survival game in town!” That’s what they’d like to say with this game, and absolutely failed at. Being a snooze-fest of a survival game that wants you to read the lore but makes it a chore to do so, The Solus Project is a game that forces trite survival tropes on you with no real rhythm or rhyme, forcing you to occasionally start looking for food, drink, warmth and shelter in what would otherwise already be a herculean task if you try to play through the game without falling asleep. This combination of boring, forced and annoying gameplay makes a game with a premise that had potential into a laborious experience that will have you asking yourself if it’s even worth spending your time getting frustrated over its generally finicky controls.
The Solus Project is available on PS VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. It is also available without VR, which is not much of an improvement.
Hustle Kings VR
No list on VR mishaps would be complete without the absolute train wreck that is Hustle Kings VR. Not only are the controls absolutely shamelessly directly ported from normal controller to the move controller, not using the motion controls that would fit the game so perfectly, but the tracking is probably the most inaccurate on any game for the PS VR. The music is repetitive and also low-quality, the whole game has the bland, lifeless aesthetic of a high school student trying to write a highly formal essay, pressing out every last bit of humor individuality until all that’s left is an empty, frankly almost unplayable shell that will have you slapping yourself for spending money on a game that is so utterly full of bad game design choices. It’s a wonder that this port made it past the drawing board, and most of the team is probably regretting it. If not, they should be.
Hustle Kings VR is exclusive to PS VR.
Eve: Valkyrie
Being one of the demos on the disk that comes with the PS VR, Eve: Valkyrie
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