Need some advice. I am laid off due to coronavirus and which of these VR games should I play? I own all of them.
Borderlands 2 VR
LA Noire VR
Killing Floor
Espire 1
Raw Data
Sairento
Arizona Sunshine
Creed
Box
The Persistence
Mortal Blitz
Thumper
I expect you to die
Statik
Invisible Hours
Tetris Effect
Of those, I've only played The Persistence, Thumper, I Expect You To Die, Statik, Invisible Hours, and Tetris Effect (and the demo of Raw Data, which seemed so janky I passed on buying it despite recommendations).
If you want to escape the oppressiveness of current reality,
Invisible Hours gets my vote - it's one of the real unsung gems of VR, a murder mystery at the house of Nikola Tesla, where you can rewind time and move around, viewing everyone and what they do; it's like being a silent spectator onstage during a play, and it has surprisingly good writing and acting.
Tetris Effect will also take you out of the world, just because you'll fall into the usual Tetris flow state and forget about everything else. I wound up being underwhelmed, which puts me very much in the minority, because once I focus on the gameplay I don't see anything except the blocks, so all the visual and musical trappings are lost on me.
Thumper's a surprisingly obsession-inducing arcade game - simple and gripping, and
way more visceral in VR than on a flat screen - it's a great way to take a break between other games.
Statik is a really great puzzle game with Portal-like touches of humor, and
I Expect You To Die is a hilarious Bond-spoof puzzle game. The latter really shines with an audience, with people who aren't wearing the headset shouting out suggestions (in the PSVR system settings, you can mix in sounds outside the headset with the game audio, a feature that's often overlooked).
If, on the other hand, you want to steer into the oppressive reality curve,
The Persistence is an amazing horror roguelike with practically unlimited replayability due to the procedurally-generated levels. It would be a good game without VR, but in VR it's incredibly immersive. When I played it, it was an intense experience that I enjoyed, and I also enjoyed taking off the headset and being back in the real world where I wasn't being chased by zombies on a dying spaceship. Now, though...
Really, those are all great games, and VR is inarguably the most effective way to escape the real world for a few hours.
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