System: PSVR 1
Price at Time Of Review: £7.99
Comfort Rating: Red (Extreme Movement)
Genre: Sports
Input: DualShock Controller, Move Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: Yes
Age Rating: PG
Description: Control impossibly large robots on their quest for par! With 100ft Robot Golf, you’ll never get your ball stuck behind a pesky tree or skyscraper ever again! Just swing your golf club to smash even the tallest buildings out of the way – or into the way of your robot golfing buddies.
Up to four players can hit the cities, mountains, oceans and orbiting moons that comprise the Robot Golf Tour Circuit. Either split-screen or online, budding robot golf pilots can play frantic real-time golf, classic turn based action, or even custom rules, all of which complemented by in-game commentary from ‘My Brother, My Brother, and Me’ hosts The McElroy Brothers!
Review: This game does take a bit of getting used to, but there is some laughs and the odd interesting storyline if you are willing to stick it out. The announcers certainly made me chuckle a few times as did the cartoons at the start of the game. It’s all very tongue in cheek with a hint of retro goodness thrown in for good measure. Sure, it might sound like a good game idea on paper, but in reality, it simply isn’t. You can say what you like about the game design, that is not it’s the biggest problem. Its main problem is that this is bad for VR and the PSVR as a whole. If games like this keep on getting released with the ‘PS VR Compatible” tag on it, people will soon presume that the PSVR is full of games like this and that is simply not the case.
I’m being a bit harsh here, but only to the VR aspect of this game. Playing it on a 2D screen you might get some smiles out of it and to be fair there really aren’t that many fun/good golf games around, so this fills the gap nicely. Just don’t play it in VR, your stomach will appreciate it if you stay away.
