Pixel Arcade Legacy

(Oculus Rift) Neat idea, worth it for $5, but it was a little buggy and awkward. The game takes a very large space to play. Even with an area large enough to be deemed "Optimal" by Steam and Oculus (2m x 1.5m I think) I ran into problems. Ideally you can reach across your entire space without triggering the chaperone. The game feels like a weightless jungle gym. You grab a spot, pull yourself past it, and grab the next spot. Sometimes you have to throw yourself to the next spot, which takes some practice. Biggest problem was, at the very start of the game, I was completely stuck because all cubes were too far away to be grabbed. By dumb luck, I found a key combination of (Right hand trigger) + (Right hand thumbstick press) that moved me to a better place where I could actually get the game started. The controller hints must be for another system, because the diagram looked nothing like my touch controllers. In another spot, I was standing on a block, but to reach down and gr...

This game really is a ton of fun and easily worth it for the price. The courses are fun, the climbing controls feel great and the game had me working up a bit of a sweat in about 45 mins of playtime. I would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a fun climbing, platformy-type game.

[h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers[/h1] This is a very fun, parkour game (not climbing!). However, it has some flaws which keeps it from being in the upper echelon of VR climbing / parkour games / obstacle course games. There's several genre of games that have really benefited from VR, from escape rooms, to wave shooters, to music rhythm games, but parkour brings that mix of challenge and physicality that is almost akin to the boxing VR games. It's not just about figuring out the challenge, but physically executing it. So you feel part of the game, like you're actually in the obstacle course, whereas an outside viewer would just see some fool swinging his arms around like a madman. When this game works, you are bouncing from object to object like you're part Spider-man and part the Flash. The obstacles courses are very well-done and once you get into level 9 and beyond, they start looking impossible (it took me several tries to finally get the 9th course done)...

Looks fun couldn't use it because I don't have a vr headset gonna get one soon anyways

A solid 8/10. The platforming has an effective combination of freedom and challenge. It follows the golden game design rule of allowing you to take more risks to go faster. It has problems, but when it works, it feels like being inside Celeste or Super Meat Boy. The core gameplay is enjoyable, but there are some flaws.

6/10

5/10 DEVS: This is a fun concept, but loads of stuff need changing here before it is in a saleable condition. 2 examples: 1) when you press to hold a ledge with both controllers together, sometimes one of the inputs fail, leaving you plummeting o your doom in an utterly unfair way. 2) a certain press of buttons in a certain way when reaching for a cube will trigger the game to restart, all progress lost.