Vertigo (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Silver Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £10.99
Comfort Rating: Yellow
Genre: Shooter
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: 15+

 

Description: Welcome to Planck Interdimensional Energy Solutions. Some of the most highly used power sources in the solar system are its Quantum Reactors. These massive constructions, of which there are 8 worldwide, generate energy using a small black hole. They extend miles downward into the earth and take decades to build.

Explore the sprawling underground facilities of Planck International’s Quantum Reactor, filled with dark secrets, adorable drones, and parallel universes. You find yourself in the bowels of this machine after being whisked away from your home, and, armed with only the tools you can find, you must make your way to the surface, and the truth. This machine lies mysteriously abandoned, but there may be something lurking in the darkness. Why else would those adorable security drones shoot on sight, and the turrets do their best to blast you into a small crater?

Review: Vertigo is an OK game done the right way. There is indeed a demo to test it out and the developer hasn’t gone over the top on graphics, instead opting to work on gameplay first and foremost. Even with all those good boxes ticked I still find myself not wanting to recommend it to people. For the price, it doesn’t offer nearly enough quality nor quantity. But it does indeed have to be said that for a small bedroom developer they did really well with this game and should be proud. The good news is there is a part 2, so maybe it will be easier to recommend than this one.