Oh man. This is one of those VR games that I see in the Steam store and immediately commit to purchasing for no reason other than to give in to my sheer inevitable fate. Upon playing, I've discovered that this game is neither impressive nor is it underwhelming. What MineSweeper VR is - is it is what it says it is: Minesweeper, but in VR. Nothing more, nothing less. The game plays exactly as Minesweeper does, and there are no modes or unlockables. Instead, the developers have decided to stay truly classic and limit the game to nothing but the same little puzzle game with no form of spice to it other than the fact that you could change the map difficulty/size. Normally, I would commend the choice to stick to the original, however in this case it sadly feels rather uninspired. On the plus side, the game will certainly wow you with an unexpected warzone theme. Upon entering the game, you'll be introduced to a beautiful and totally welcome battlefield, and it feels so right. If anything...

Very fun to play. got it last night & my girlfriend and I played till about 1 am. She had played on windows before, but never actually knew what the numbers meant. I really wish there was a menu to control the audio. A slider for sound effects & one for music would be great. I'd like to listen to radio or podcasts while playing. Not sure what the difference between 'arcade' mode & -blank- mode either. Good VR experience though, really makes minesweeper fun, highly recommend

I had to pay for the vive and 4€ for the game to play this and all the kids in Africa get this for free. Life ain't fair.

It's Minesweeper in VR. It's kind of hilarious how nervewracking it is. But OMG can you please fix it so "Success" is spelled correctly when you win? Seeing "Sucess" at the end of the game is super-annoying.

I played this on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers. I eventually got used to the gameplay, although I still don't recall how to change flags indicating whether it's a mine or a question mark. Tough call on recommending yes or no on this one. I'm going to give a very tepid recommendation because the game delivers on putting minesweeper in VR. Normally, that would be good enough. But I'm just surprised by the mechanic the dev used to make this game. You basically teleport to the square and push trigger on the square with your ... shovel/spear/pole whatever that thing was. If you're correct it marks a number 1, 2, 3, etc. If you're incorrect, you blow up. If you know a mine is in the square, then you plant a flag (why is there a question mark flag? how does that help you? it is really not needed unless you're going AFK for a long time and forgot your train of thought or suffer from amnesia :/ .... ). Once you have discovered where all the mines are without blowing yours...

It says that it's Oculus compatible but there are only instructions for the vibe controllers. I really want to like and play this game but the controls are horrible and there is no way to move around the board. There might be but I can't find instructions on how to do it for the oculus controllers which this game says it is compatible with.

https://youtu.be/FBF6u2gRJUs [h1]graphic[/h1] - level very good, I love the surroundings - grid simplistic good [h1]control[/h1] - strange pointing with the back of the controller (could need a tutorial) [h1]sounds[/h1] - music nice - war noise a bit annoying but very fitting for MineSweeper [h1]result[/h1] very nice game for a nice price [h1]extra[/h1] very good the moment you hit a mine the ping sound so the explosion don't startle you much.

https://youtu.be/6mFIqlCCEmI Can't say there's much here worth while. It plays just like the original game only in 3D which adds extra complexity and in my opinion, doesn't really add any fun value. Controlls are awkward, The locomotion system is awkward, only allowing you to teleport to one of the squares. The way you have to hold the controller to select a square is awkward. Really that's the one word review of this game. Awkward.

Definitely needs polishing, but it's good and simple. I love the controller models, they're perfect and add a nice touch of immersion. The assets are nice and it runs exactly how minesweeper should, this was a perfect game to bring to VR. Things I would change about this: Despawn the debris when you start a new game, or lock the axis of the board pieces. The debris will actually move around the board pieces when starting a new round, so the player will have to keep starting over until the debris is out of the way. UI. Navigating through the barebones UI is terribly confusing and could be solved with a simple point and click menu. You shouldn't have to make use of every single button to start a game. Also, a quick restart button would be nice. Simple hovering text over buttons whilst on a menu screen would make learning the controls 10 times easier. A player shouldn't have to take of their headset in order to re-read control schemes. Also, check your GUI layers. Several textboxes a...

If you tried to beat your best times on windows minesweeper, you'll do the same with this. Controls (on vive) were unexpected, yet very serviceable. Rather than pointing like a gun, the controls are pointed up and behind the player, as if your hands are holding tops of walking sticks. Since the vive wands are stick shaped, this adds to immersion. You don't poke with the sticks however, you just click the triggers, right for dig, left for mark. This allows you to dig or mark well beyond your reaching distance, as long as your aim is true. There's no laser pointer for aim assist, so teleport closer when you have to. I'm a big fan of smooth locomotion in other games, but I don't miss its absence here... I think it would be weird with the controller pointing way up like that.