Babel: Tower to the Gods (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Silver Award

System: HTC Vive
Price at Time Of Review: £6.99
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Puzzle
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: It’s a charming physics based puzzle game designed around room-scale VR for the HTC Vive, which will test your coordination and wits, as you battle physics while working out how to de-construct part of a tower (to the gods).

You’ll have to approach the towers from every angle walk, crouch, and even possibly jump, using a range of divine tools & weaponry to carefully disassemble & thoroughly check the stability of each unique and bizarre monument built before you, all while protecting the sacred totem, to ensure it’s safety for its worshippers!

Review: For a short while at least I was enjoying playing Babel: Tower to the Gods. Its a sort of VR Jenga game only with temples rather than wooden blocks, but it feels pretty good to play. The physics are good, the little scenery pieces are also OK (if a little basic) and there are enough levels to keep you going for a while. But I just feel it doesn’t have enough to fully justify its full asking price. So do keep an eye out in a sale as you won’t mind paying just a few quid for this game. The main problem is that you do get bored quickly due to the repetitiveness of the gameplay. But like I said, grab in a sale and you might find yourself enjoying this more than I did.