ANCIENT SOCCER (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Bronze Award

System: Oculus Rift Only
Price at Time Of Review: £19.49
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Interactive Experience
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing, Room-Scale
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

Description: The game contains many modes and challenges, in which you control teams of players with different abilities. At the start of each challenge, huge balls fall from above. Score them into the goal as fast as you can! Your players kick the balls, attract the balls, shoot at the balls, explode the bombs near the balls and much more. There are a total of 18 player abilities in the game. Each challenge has a unique combination of them. Make smart decisions and act really fast to get the most out of your team!

Review: If you imagine the classic tabletop game of Subbuteo, only made with low-poly characters and an overly complex game you have something that is very much like ANCIENT SOCCER. Right from the off, there is no real tutorial for this game, nor is there any content whatsoever. In fact, with only one playing environment you will be left wondering where that £19.49 price tag went. There is nothing here to justify that current asking price and to be honest I would only be recommending this if it was free. I kind of see what the developer was going for when it comes to the basic gameplay, but the price tag could never be justified.