System: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go
Price at Time Of Review: £2.29 ($3)
Comfort Rating: Green (No Movement)
Genre: Arcade
Input: Gamepad
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
Description: In the game, you control a shield with your vision. Collect coloured resources to charge your abilities and to attack, but beware the enemy can bounce your attacks back at you. You win when the enemy has no more health. You can collect various abilities by defeating enemies. Some abilities shoot special balls, speed up or split the balls, while others change the gameplay dramatically. BouncerVR is a tribute to the arcade games of the past and present. Simple to play, yet engaging and challenging.
Review: In the game, you control a shield with your vision. Collect coloured resources to charge your abilities and to attack, but beware the enemy can bounce your attacks back at you. You win when the enemy has no more health. You can collect various abilities by defeating enemies. Some abilities shoot special balls, speed up or split the balls, while others change the gameplay dramatically. BouncerVR is a tribute to the arcade games of the past and present. Simple to play, yet engaging and challenging.
Review: Bouncer VR reminds me very much of Pong (one the very first video games ever made, and sadly I am old enough to remember it). The idea is pretty simple, just bat the balls back towards the opponent or you loose. But things have come a long way since Pong and you now have to collect resources even before you can launch your own ball. Then there are power-ups and charge attacks to contend with, and let’s not forget the multi-ball options.
Bouncer VR is a wonderful nod to the past that keeps the same easy to play, hard to master style of gameplay. Only this time it all looks amazing and you steer the bat with your head. While some people might find it a too complicated update over the original arcade game, just letting yourself get into it a bit will soon have you addicted to its odd style of gameplay.
