Jump (Steam VR)

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £6.99
Comfort Rating: Red
Genre: Action
Input: Gamepad
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

Description: JUMP, developed by Endeavor One Inc, enjoy the world’s first large scale virtual reality jumping puzzle to utilize the awesome power of SteamVR! JUMP is a world where you the player get to enjoy the power fantasy of being a superhero in large major metropolitan cities from around the globe. The goal of the game is simple – get to the top of JUMP Tower in the fewest jumps! Once completed – outwit and out-jump your friends on the worldwide leaderboards.

Review: Have you ever been playing Mirror’s Edge or any other parkour adventure and thought how amazing it would be in virtual reality!? No, me neither. But after just the first level you will soon wish it was back behind that safe 2D screen. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop gets the heart going, but reaching those higher buildings and floating platforms your heart will want to pop right out of your mouth!

While the graphics are a little simple you soon realise that is for the better. Because if it looked too realistic this game might well induce a heart attack! While not for VR beginners, Jump is a must for VR fans. This game is really affordable as well, but having played it though I would have paid full price for sure. If you really want a buzz try playing this game standing up, it will make your legs go wobbly within minutes.

It might be cheap in price, but there is nothing cheap about this small but perfectly made game. It looks amazing and more importantly, it feels very realistic. If you have a fear of heights stay well clear of this. But if you love parkour, be prepared to take your free running sports to a new level. After all, it is better to fall in this game rather than real life.