System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £4.79
Comfort Rating: Red
Genre: Adventure
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG
VR Shop Score 1/100: 80
Description: Gem Hunter is a story-driven action-adventure platformer for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Fly your Hovercraft on a quest to help recover the Fox King’s stolen Diamonds and defeat the three Witch Sisters. Mine gems, battle creatures, uncover secrets, solve mysteries, customize your ship, and claim the high score on the online speedrunning leaderboards for monthly prizes!
Review: I have to admit, it is kind of hard not to like ‘Gem Hunter’. While graphically it looks as if it was made on the N64 it has an odd sense of adventure and freedom rarely seen in many other games. While some will find the free moving hover-cart a little too much I liked the freedom it offered. The only real pain I can find with this game is that it is WAY too short. With a max of 15 minutes of gameplay there just isn’t enough here to justify the £4.79 asking price. But I really do want to recommend it for the concept of the game, not to much the game itself. So do grab it in a sale as this is one game I would have loved to have grown much bigger.
