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In this VR roundup, the medium’s remarkable range is on full display, spanning chaotic management sims, meticulously crafted leisure experiences, and tightly focused psychological horror. From the relaxed yet detail-rich rhythms of mini golf on a sun-soaked island, to the slapstick pressures of running a virtual supermarket, and finally to the suffocating dread of First World War–era trenches, these three releases showcase how varied VR design philosophies can be even within relatively contained experiences. Each title leans heavily on immersion and physical interaction, but they pursue that goal in strikingly different ways, highlighting both the strengths and growing pains of contemporary VR across Meta Quest and PlayStation VR2. Continue reading “VR roundup: Walkabout Mini Golf, Shop & Stuff and Trenches VR”

Walkabout Mini Golf’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland DLC stakes a claim to be one of the more imaginative chapters in the series yet, weaving Lewis Carroll’s iconic imagery into a playable mini golf course that at times feels more like a VR diorama than a straight sequence of holes. From the outset, Mighty Coconut’s intention is clear: rather than just dress a typical Walkabout course in a familiar theme, they aimed to transport players down the proverbial rabbit hole, shrinking and growing through environments that recall Wonderland’s topsy-turvy antics while retaining the game’s core design philosophy. Continue reading “Walkabout Mini Golf – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland review (Quest)”

From the ashes of a mixed-reception base game, Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment’s From the Ashes expansion reignites Pandora with a darker, more personal story that feels both familiar and surprisingly fresh. Shifting the focus from the sprawling, sometimes unfocused open world of Frontiers of Pandora to a more tightly woven narrative centered on the Na’vi warrior So’lek gives the DLC a purpose that the base game sometimes struggled to articulate. This grounding in vengeance and survival underlies much of the expansion’s emotional weight, and for the first time in this franchise’s videogame outings, the narrative arc truly propels forward rather than merely scaffolding open-world exploration. Continue reading “Avatar – Frontiers of Pandora: From the Ashes review (PS5)”