System: Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go
Price at Time Of Review: £3.99
Comfort Rating: Green (No Movement)
Genre: Adventure
Input: Gamepad, Touchpad
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
Description: Captain Clark Adventures is a “look-and-tap” virtual reality adventure game (VR first-person “point-and-click” game) where you play through the main character’s eyes in VR.In this first episode, you embody Captain Clark, a ship captain in the 18005, who has been attacked at sea by pirates. The ship’s crew has been decimated. Only the captain has been spared and has been taken prisoner on the pirates’ island. The pirates have gone back out to sea and the captain is now alone in a cage on the beach awaiting the pirates’ return. To survive, he will need to try to escape the island. Come explore the pirates’ island and dive into an epic, enthralling adventure for the Gear VR!
Review: While everything in this game works well and looks amazing, this is not the easiest of point-and-click games and is more for experienced players. The further you get into this game the harder the puzzles get which is how things should be. But there are no clues, no help, no guide! If you like your puzzle games this will be a good challenge for you. But for those of us a little more puzzle challenged this is a steep learning curve but it is well worth persevering.
While many of us here in the VR shop office have happy memories of games like Myst, this is not quite up to that level. But it looks amazing and can really take you out of the moment and onto the virtual beach. But that steep learning curve might well make many people want to take the headset off and visit a real beach to calm down.
