The value proposition of VR games is still kinda weird. This is a very 'show your friends' basic VR experience. All the Star Wars bells and whistles are there and you can do some basic lightsaber combat, but it's only about 40 minutes of game plus a replayable training thing. So on the one hand, €7 for that seems like bad value -- grading on the scale of normal games. But VR is just weird. Everything is more expensive than you expect and an episodic game at €7 a chapter is at least a lower cost to buy in.

The story here is shockingly alright, as it attempts to bridge all three (!) eras of Star Wars. It was enough to hook me. Some of the backgrounds looked a little flat, but in general it's a good looking and sounding Star Wars experience with some novel interactions. The combat is so basic, but the turning on and swinging a lightsaber in VR is certainly a cool novelty.

Reviewed on May 22, 2020


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