VR Duck Hunt (Mobile VR)

VR Shop Score – Bronze Award

Genre: Action
Price at Time Of Review: Free
Comfort Rating: Green (No Movement)
File Size: 100 MB
Input: Other
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

Description: Get ready to shoot and hunt ducks and geese in 3D virtual reality, as a duck, geese, and bird FPS hunter on a boat. Experience the real sensation of hunting and shooting ducks and other birds such as geese in the wild with your mobile virtual reality headset. This game boasts a 360 VR FPS field of view, addicting and endless gameplay. Press the Cardboard Trigger or any button on your gamepad to start the game, and shoot as many birds as you can within 3 minutes. Try to get a personal high score or compete against friends, to see who is the best virtual reality FPS duck hunter!

Review: Those of us old enough to expect this to be an updated version of the classic light gun shooter on the NES are going to be a little disappointed. But if you don’t know that old game (it was released over 30 years ago) you might find some fun here, if only for a short while. Set in a marshland the goal is to shoot as many ducks as you can in 3 minutes. There is no cartoon style shooting here, this is the serious sport of duck hunting and some people will find it offensive.

The app as a whole works well and you can shoot with either the NFC button or a gamepad. While aiming is a little difficult you soon get the hang of it and start bagging wildlife like there is no tomorrow. While not amazing graphics it does look OK and it has a good frame rate. If you’re into shooting this might well be a little bit of fun back at the game club house. For the rest of us, it’s a good distraction if not an overly competitive game. More of a serious duck shooting simulator than a fun arcade classic game.