New Games (Direct to Rift)

Tuxracer        [DOWNLOAD]
We were happy to find the classic game Tuxracer for VR. I think everybody knows this game. It's easy to explain it: You are a penguin and have to slide downhill as fast as possible while collecting all fishes. Headtracking is used to control the penguin (left & right).
It's funny to play it for a few minutes, but afterwards it's getting boring, because there is no real VR-feeling. There is no huge difference to play it on the monitor or on the Oculus Rift.
We are a bit disappointed because Tuxracer would be a perfect VR game if it uses more VR-specials like first person.

Luge
This game doesn't support the newest Oculus Runtime (0.6 beta), so we weren't able to play it.

Abandoned school        [DOWNLOAD]
First impression was that the performance of this game is very good (no juddering). The graphics look very amazing and realistic. It is one of the best-looking VR-game and is on the same level as Affected.
You are in a horror house and you are walking around. After a few minutes of playing, you are waiting that something scaring happens - but there is nothing. It's annoying that you have to use mouse to move the torch and the keyboard for walking. A better idea would be to link the torch to the camera and support a controller (like XBox).
We think, it's a game in a beta-version, so maybe there are coming some new features, but the great horror atmosphere and the high quality graphics are a good base to build a brilliant horror-game. We are looking forward to see final version of this game.


Parkinson VR Experience
The idea of this game should be to fimiliarize the player with the feeling of someone who suffers from parkinson. We don't want to talk more about the game-content because we think that the developers didn't do a proper research. When you are developing such a game, you should include affected people to find a way to a respectful approach. This game is one of the most heartless games we've ever seen and is insulting.

We don't want to post a picture of the game and a download-link in our blog as a sign of our refusal.

Do not run        [DOWNLOAD]
You have to creep up on a polar bear to catch it. Watch the suspicion indicator in the game that the polar bear doesn't detect you.
The game principle is very simple, like a game called "Ochs am Berg" which is well known in Austria.
It's very funny to play, but it has many many bugs.

Dinosaur Land        [DOWNLOAD]
You are sitting in a duck (amphibious vehicle) and driving through a dinosaur-park. While looking around you can discover different dinosaurs and by aiming at one, details are displayed (height, weight,...). This game-concept could be a new and exciting way of learning and would perfectly fit into school-lessons. It should be a bit more interactive and it wouldn't hurt, if the graphics get improved. With the current Oculus Runtime the juddering is unbearable.

City Z        [DOWNLOAD]
In this game you really have to mention the special camera position, because you have a overview of everything but you are feeling like you are in the middle of the occurence. It's hard to describe - it's like the old topview of the game "GTA" perfectly optimized for VR.
The game itself is a survival game, where you have to kill zombies and try to stay alive.
The fun factor of the game is very high, you are not getting bored for a long time.