System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £15.00
Comfort Rating: Red
Genre: Adventure
Input: Gamepad, Keyboard & Mouse
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
VR Shop Score 1/100: 70
Description: In this surreal non-violent exploration adventure you are in a world you don’t remember seeing before at a place forgotten by time and space. Wake up and explore this miraculous world that has been waiting for your return so long.
Review: Please note that I have listed the price of the original game as it is needed, but the VR DLC is free (which is a bonus if you own the game anyway.) Getting on with the review its hard to know what to say about ‘ESSENCE’. On the one hand, it is full of beautiful environments all powered along by a soundtrack that is nothing short of an absolute masterpiece. The transition to VR isn’t terrible either and dare I say in VR some of the graphics look even better as you get a good scale of the sizes of things. But then again there is a real lack of content and overall gameplay as a whole as there really isn’t a whole lot to do. If you like the slower pace of life maybe you will enjoy this, but waiting for the best sale possible is highly advised.
