Puzzle Island VR Reviews

I'm not really sure if Puzzle Island VR is an asset flip. Some elements of this game certainly make it seem like the developer put some effort into assembling some kind of original here. On the other hand, a lot of the game assets don't seem like they were created by the developer, but they haven't credited any asset creators for supplying assets, which might be a case of plagiarism. There's no evidence, so we need to give the benefit of the doubt... regardless, asset flip or not, the quality here is indistinguishable from many asset flip/cash grab scams, and that's a problem in itself. Puzzle Island VR is a very simple VR exclusive "puzzle" game where you're on an island with what look a lot like a bunch of uncredited stock assets (plagiarism is bad, mmkay). Use your VR controllers to move stuff around. There was a multiplayer component but the "developer" didn't know how to make it work properly, so they pulled it from the game. Which is kind of the problem with this "game" and many others like it... developers who don't know what they're doing, but they have $100 and access to Steam Direct, so there's no stopping them dumping valueless shovelware onto Steam. Valueless shovelware like "Puzzle Island VR". The game is very simplistic, small and limited in scope and ambition. This feels more like a tech demo, proof of concept or student homework assignment rather than a fully fledged product designed for PC gamers. As such it doesn't offer any real value as a serious PC game. This seems to have been made a VR exclusive to prevent any comparison with non-VR 3D games, a comparison that this game would fail very badly at. Developers must learn that while VR is great, if the only thing that makes the game great is the VR, then the game isn't great at all. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The poor quality of this game is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 4 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 100,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected. So, should you buy this game? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam? Puzzle Island VR has the far too high price of around $5 USD (I thought it was a joke at first but they seriously think this tech demo is worth $5), it's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings with the product, especially considering the sheer number of completely free, much higher quality games on Steam. For comparison, the $5 asking price for this game could get you games like "X-Com: Enemy Unknown", "Fallout: New Vegas" or "Frostpunk". Quality, professionally made games like those are frequently on sale cheaper than this.