Pierhead Arcade

As other have said, the controls are awful. Purchased 2 copies so my friend and I could play together. Could not interact with the multiplayer button at all. The developer needs to overhaul the controls for this game. Until then, It's a no from me.

The items that you hold are not oriented properly with your controller whether it be a gun or boxing gloves. Also when bowling, you can't hold onto the controller firmly when you try to let go of the ball which feels uncomfortable while trying to actually make the ball hit the pins.

Can not recommend this game. Controls are super bad like others are mentioning also (was playing on Quest 2 with Steam Link), throwing stuff doesn't feel natural at all and for the most part minigames were for that reason really boring to play. I hope some people can enjoy this game but it just wasn't for me.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☑ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☑ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☑ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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The only thing wrong with this vr game is there isnt more of it! I really like the mini games, and its awesome to feel like i have my own mini arcade. Its as close as the real feeling as you can get at home. like all these vr games, it can be a little glitchy at times but overall it runs pretty well. I especially liked the skill cranes and the cowboy zombie game. If you like arcades, youll probably like this game.

This is a fun little game, probably way better with friends. You start on the pier and walk into the arcade room. Games on either side of the room. Play for points/tickets and use them to buy prizes. Pretty sure the prizes save in your little trophy area. If you REALLY love cheap old school arcades and hate dealing with annoying smelling children, this may be a good substitute.

Awesome game, great value for your money but consider getting the sequel too because they improved the physics and controls a lot and there's a special room featuring the old games which is available immediately (i.e. doesn't have to be unlocked) for owners of the previous game.

That said, I had a grand time playing this and I bet you will too. I love the way it rains tickets down on you like you're in a money machine. Just pure joy. I was so excited for Tower Unite VR but now I kinda... feel like I don't need it? Aside from the social component. This game will almost assuredly run 100% better than Tower ever will in VR, knowing how that game typically performs on desktop. Also, this game *does* have multiplayer either way, but the fact that it doesn't support desktop means the likelihood of finding friends to play with might be a lot lower than Tower. Still worth it, though.

Play this. And if you like it, get the sequel too. It's totally worth having both versions IMO.

Playing this is 2021, the controls are very archaic with it only supporting teleport and turning is some weird hold-a-button-and-drag-the-controller motion. But here's the thing, if you own Pierhead Arcade 1 & 2, the games from 1 can be played in 2.

Pierhead Arcade 2 is better in every way: modern controls, more games, greater variety, etc. So, my advice is to start with Pierhead Arcade 2 and then if you want to add some extra games to it, buy this game.

I honestly thought I'd reviewed this title already, then realized I'd reviewed it in the Oculus Rift store. I got it in the two game bundle and was interested to see if there were any changes here. For some reason the controls seem finicky, and the claw machine kept feeding itself coins even though I was holding the control to guide the claw.

Despite this, it's still my favorite game out of the two with the included jukebox and snack station. The games also all have music here so the overall feel is more polished and the ports of these games to the second title didn't all include the music. A fun title if you want to see where it all started, it just can be finicky at times for Rift users.

It's good, but... oof, there's a bit too much rough stuff for me to enjoy it. I really, reeeeally want to, because I'm all about some arcade fun, but... oof. For instance, the controls are rough on some of the games. I'm playing on the Steam Index. In order to play the Skeeball game, you need to grip the controller. Obviously, right? Well, to let go... you need to let go, but then grip again. It's really weird and it'll make your throw go askew a lot of the time. Also, when you pick up a gun for ons of the shooting games, the gun doesn't point forward. It points straight down. So, in order to shoot forward, you have to hold it like you're holding it straight upwards a la rooty-tooty-4th-of-July-celebratory-shoot-in-the-sky... which sounds fun, but it's really awkward.

And there's a sequel out? From my view, his one isn't finished... :/ I may need to get a refund. Sorry.

I like the game. It's really fun to play a lot of arcades in one game.
I'm puzzled by only one arcade - boxing. The boxing gloves turn invisible every time I play.
All the other arcades are good enough to play smoothly

This is worth 10 bucks, sure, but barely. There needs to be more games, honestly, if i went to an arcade this size in real life i'd be done in an hour, 5 bucks spent.

So fun!! No motion sickness and games are all fun to play - I'm especially addicted to Artic Shuffle...
Loads of nice little touches as well like things to unlock with tickets and cans to drink. Recommended for a great VR time - it's even fun to watch friends play!

A quintessential VR experience.

Pros:
- The sense of immersion is excellent
- the graphics and physics are great
- its one of the few totally kids-friendly VR games that they wont get bored of (possibly ever).

Cons:
- getting that gold bear out of the claw machine is as tricky as real life

In short: get it.

Easily one of the best games out there for introducing people to VR. Tons of content, huge number of games. It may not necessarily be a game you can spend hours at a time in (though it might be, depending on how much you like arcades), but there's always something to come back to for a quick play.

10/10, would spend 15 minutes yelling at a claw machine again.

(More detailed review coming later)

I didn't expect to enjoy this so much. It's a collection of carny games & arcade games, not video game cabinets but physical games, such as skee ball, a bowling alley, arcade hoops, and other lesser known and much more interesting games.

You teleport around freely, or you can snap in position at each booth. You have unlimited coins, and depending on your score you get tickets that you can redeem at a gift shop to buy certain toys that you get to keep.

There are local, friendlist, and global leaderboards for each minigame.

Everything is pretty polished. The games are very well made, and the general atmosphere is on point.

Also, it has multiplayer, which I haven't yet had the chance to try.

It's a fun place to hang out and relax - or really get intense if you want to be competitive about it.

This is a must play for VR guests of all ages. This arcade is soooo well done. The variety of games to play is well worth the price of admission and the prize counter for cashing in your tickets is the icing on the cake.

Fun mini games that you can play with family and friends. We usually play small games outside that we set up during summer, so it's cool that we'll be able to play the same type of games inside a virtual world as well! Definitely recommend this.

GREAT game! Only downsides for me at the moment are:

• Movement - can only teleport to specific spots. If something is out of range for teleportation, you can forget about it (Dont let your claw machine prizes roll away)!
  
[*]Multiplayer - No steam integration, so you have to connect via IP.

Review Edited!

This is a VR recreation of one of the old Boardwalk style Arcades from the 80's (or maybe earlier in the case of some of the games).

The Games include:

1. Skee-ball (called Rocket ball)
   
2. Whack a mole (I forget what it's called but they use dinosaurs and cavemen)
   
3. a game where you use boxing gloves to punch targets as they swing out in front of you
   
4. A shooting gallery
   
5. A crane game (complete with frustration as the crane drops whatever you're trying to get multiple times)
   
6. A game sorta like Beer Pong crossed with Tic Tac Toe
   
7. Another game where you hit big buttons as they turn white (avoiding the red ones)
   
8. A game (Rapidfire) where you toss balls into holes as they light up for varying points (1, 10, 50, 100 I think)
   
9. (Carob toss) A game where you throw balls trying to land in an urn for 1000 points, and failing that, it rolls into various holes for various points.
   
10. Bowling (but you only play half a game)
    
11. a game where you slide weights down a lane which scores points based on where it stops.
    
12. Some other games that aren't easy to describe quickly
    

• It reminds me of going to Chuck E Cheez and/or Dave & Busters and trying to win enough tickets for a gameboy or something.
  
• A lot of the games are really authentic in design and feel (minus feeling the weight of something in your hand and feeling friction as you roll it).
  
• It has a lot of potential to be an awesome game when more people own the Vive and can play online.
  
• There's a decent variety of games to play
  
• Benefits greatly from lots of Room space to move in (but seated or standing is OK probably)
  
• You can adjust the height of your player so that either you can feel like a giant, or a midget/child, or accurately refect your own height.
  

• Some stuff in the game is more for looks than function
  
• There's an Exit game button but it just lets you out of the arcade to the "main menu".
  
• I haven't had a chance to try multiplayer.
  
[*] Having to type your name in the local leaderboard every time. Why not let it set a name and just use that... or use your steam name?

Of all the VR products I've tried so far this is the one I feel most satisfied with the return on the money I've spent (noting I paid $9 for it in the steam summer sale). This is despite it being in early development. If it continues to be fleshed out and more activities added over time honestly I think I would have been happy paying as much as $30 for it.

As it stands, at time of writing I do recommend it at it's full current price tag. Early access or no the content is solid. I've experienced no glitches or bugs and every activity available in the game lived up to my expectations of it. To clarify, that means I got frustrated with things like claw machine, precisely when you would expect to be frustrated by a claw machine. :-P

The attention to detail is fantastic. Playing with the machines gives you tickets which you can spend on prizes, which are just mere decorative objects, but in fact whole new toys you can interact with. I'm very much looking forward to spending more time with the multiplayer so can play with more of the prizes with my friends.

All the machines themselves offer all the variety of leaderboards you would hope for. I'm also pleased to see the variety already present in the machines. The majority of them revolve around the pick up and throw ball mechanic but it's impressive how many different creative ways this mechanic is been applied to create different machines.

There are many arcade classic I hope to see added. The possibility for more content to be added as is just even more reason to buy it to support the developer and encourage further development. But even as it stands Pierhead Arcade is worth buying for it's current content. If you own a Vive this is a must purchase in my oppinion.

Edit: After writing this review when trying the multiplayer capabilities with a friend I encountered some bugs for the first time. I went on the discussion forums and outlined the bugs. Within an hour the dev has responded and before I even had time to notice they had published 2 hotfixes that fixed the issues I described. Highly commendable and worth noting.

I dropped like $5 worth of coins into the claw machine and didn't win a damn thing. Just like real life.

10/10

I am totally beguiled by VR, I've dreamed of having my own arcade for about thirty years, I've accumulated four machines in the garage waiting for me to build a space. Then, I get a vive, and now My dreams have come true. Perfectly modelled machines which play exactly how they should do, but with amazing score tables including local and worldwide charts, far better than you'd ever see in a real arcade. And how much for this dream come true? Six quid! It's absolutely mental, surely the bargain of a lifetime. I would happily pay £10 per additional machine they added to the arcade, but they're going to keep it growing for FREE! So far I've had over ten visitors to my arcade, and everyone, young and old, has enjoyed it as much as a trip to the seaside.

VR was made for experiences like this. It'll keep you fit too, I've thrown more basketballs today than I ever have in the real world. Now, should I take this opportunity to suggest they add a coin pusher/flippa winna next? Amazing work guys.

Pros:
+Already many machines to play with (and more will come)
+Multiplayer
+Leaderboards
+Cheap price
+That feel when you throw a coin into a machine
+Intuitive controls

Cons:
+I am so bad at claw machine, can I have that pink bear already please?
+You need a VIVE to play this (which isn't really a con if you owned one)
+No darts, air gun shooting, pinball machines (yet)

For what this game costs, it totally worth it.
Highly recommended this.