OfficeBots: Reality Bytes [VR] Reviews

Its a good game

This endearing VR game provides a nice memorable experience. A Zen Soundtrack and cute graphics do well to present a chilled yet slightly oppressive atmosphere. The characters are well animated; with different gestures for each emotion; syncing well with the dialogue. As you complete quests for your 🤖 colleagues; you learn more about their (sometimes tragic) back stories and the mysterious office of robots. Slightly reminiscent of Paper's Please and the Stanley Parable there's some interesting messages in the seemingly mundane. The narrative has underlying themes of depression; following dreams vs. financial security; escapism and more.

[u]I played this on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers, game works fine. [/u] However, I cannot recommend it, even at the current sale price of $4.99. I thought this was an adventure/puzzle/escape room game. It's really just floating texts that tell you which object you need to fetch. That's the whole game. The graphics, the sounds, the story, and the gameplay are all dull. As you go from one fetch quest to the next, you keep asking yourself, is this all there is? Please tell me there's more than this. Nope, just like the office, this is mind-numbing and painful work of fetch quests. Except, unlike in real life, you aren't getting paid. Rating 3/10

This game looks interesting, it looks almost like it might speak to you existentially. It isn't and it doesn't. UI Is glued to your face just like the preview images suggest. There are a few little neat experiences which can be missed if you just plow through the fifteen minute main story line but even admittedly charming the shallow hidden depths of this game don't come anywhere near justifying anymore than maybe four or five dollars of the $16.99 they're asking for. It's honestly not an awful expience but for such a brief title the price of this charming escape room game doesn't seem justified.