Vanishing Realms™

I've played through it twice now. Took about 3 hours per playthrough, so not exactly a long game.

It was the grandfather of all other VR "RPG's", and frankly it doesn't lag that far behind its competitors despite its age. Which sadly says more about its competitors than anything else.

It has some of that classic "early vr game" jank gameplay wise, but to their credit some of this has been updated overtime to be somewhat more in line with modern VR standards. It still shows in quite a few things though, but it's not unbearable like in some other old VR games. The only REALLY bad things I can think of are the short length, the horrible menu and the ending being an arena gauntlet. The combat also didn't age well, but is still good enough for the 3 hours it lasts.

Is it actually an rpg? Well there's no talents, no classes, no dialogue options, not even much choice in weapons, you can save up gold to buy weapons but you run into these shops along the way, and you'll always have enough gold to buy what they're offering if you're paying attention. So buying them is almost always a no brainer, and often even required to progress.

In short. it's a quick, simple but fun enough dungeon crawl, not a real deep rpg.

So, is it still worth it? Not for full price. Not for 3 hours. On a deep discount? Sure. There's not a lot of these to go around. So you may as well check out the OG.

As far as I was aware, this had taken the title of being the king of VR games for years. It's a little disappointing but entirely understandable (considering when it was out) how much more there was to be desired from the game. I think it really proved a strong point for VR potential, but even myself could not figure out how you could get movement to work in a VR environment that was not controller based.

There's a lot to be said, but I think it's an excellent experience.

Great immersion. It was fun getting to watch others do over the top combat moves in my living room.

A good RPG using various weapons.

The base game is a basic dungeon crawl, but with some nice mechanics. Melee combat allows blocking/parrying, you can climb ropes or chains, and there are traps and puzzles as well as monsters.
But it is in the DLC (The Sundered Rift) that the game really finds its stride, with a wider variety of monster types, more mechanics and more story.
The graphics are a bit cartoony, but that is ok. The only flaws are sometimes it is impossible to drop items (especially planks for crossing pits and chasms). I once found myself in a battle holding two feathers that I could not drop or put in my inventory). Suffice to say, that did not end well, as the developer had not implemented the "tickle your opponent to death" attack.
Highly recommended.