System: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: £10.99
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Interactive Experience
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: 15+
VR Shop Score 1/100: 20
Description: Virtually experience the playful and relentless teasing of heroine, Takagi-san, in Teasing Master Takagi-san VR – 1st Semester (Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san VR). With sales of the original comic series exceeding 8.2 million copies and two anime seasons broadcast in Japan, the romantic comedy makes its debut on VR platforms as a VR animation.
In assuming the role of the main character, Nishikata, not only will you be able to experience being the target of Takagi-san’s affection(!?!) up close, you’ll have a variety of opportunities to interact with her – more so than other VR animation titles to date. Spend time with Takagi-san after school cleaning up the classroom, play at the beach, and more!
Review: ‘からかい上手の高木さんVR 1学期’ (which translates as ‘Mr. Takagi who is good at teasing VR 1st semester’) is essentially the story of a pupil prick-teasing a teacher. There I said it and yes it is as morally wrong as you believe it is, but that really is the essence of the storyline. It looks OK I guess and the Japanese anime fans seem to love it, but it wasn’t for me as it didn’t last 20 minutes and there wasn’t much interactivity at all, it is more a slightly interactive story. But the £10.99 price tag is the final nail in this experiences coffin. There is simply no way I could ever recommend this from both a moral and a review standpoint.
