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10.
Opening our list of the Top 10 HTC Vive Games is Project CARS 2
VR may be at a standstill right now but the HTC Vive is still trying new ways to reinvigorate
the virtual reality scene.
Opening this list would be Codemaster’s realistic racer.
As mentioned, it contains the trifecta of the genre.
It’s realistic, authentic and beautiful.
The sequel to the gorgeous-looking original, get ready to put the pedal to the metal with
graphics so gorgeous and physics so accurate.
Note that its driving tends to be pretty stiff due to its highly accurate car-handling.
For a game tested with real-life race car drivers, it’s crafted to perfection.
Experience VR racing like never before with a dynamic day and night cycle with weather
effects popping out every few minutes.
It looks really beautiful on VR.
The game has over 180 cars, 35 elite brands, fully licensed and fully approved.
It also offers the largest track roster on consoles, totalling to up to 20 fully scanned
tracks and 60 venues for a more varied racing experience.
It receives a PlayScore of 7.73
9.
Sublevel Zero Redux
Filled with tight spaces and flashy neon lights, this roguelite shooter is almost pixel perfect.
Strap your VR gear and engage in a procedurally generated world where reality is falling apart.
Take control of your gunship in zero-g fashion.
Use its six degrees of freedom to carefully move around its world.
Loot advanced weapons and take down hostile threats filling down your screen.
With HTC’s gear, feel Sublevel Zero Redux’s restructured campaign and balanced gameplay
design in full form.
It has an immersive cockpit view and weaponry exclusive only for the VR.
For experienced users who like Descent, this feels like a breeze.
But it’s randomly generated possibilities make it difficult during higher levels due
to its perma-death system.
Craft materials to power up your gunship and collect blueprints to create the perfect weapon.
It is highly recommended to play the game on VR otherwise you’d lose the game’s
reality-warping touch.
It receives a PlayScore of 7.75
8.
Star Trek: Bridge Crew
Just in time for their newly released Netflix show which garnered critical praise, this
VR game takes you to the final frontier.
Although it’s loosely related to the new TV show, this game is set in an alternate
reality between 2009’s Star Trek.
Lead the U.S.S.
Aegis in a quest to find a new homeworld for the Vulcans after their planet’s destruction.
As a captain, command your crew to maneuver different parts of the ship.
For multiplayer, each of your friends get to take control one machine at a time.
Order them to repair your engines, or maybe let them shoot using your cannons.
Communicate with your friends and they will help accompany you through thick and thin.
However, if you want the single player experience, you have to do things on your own.
It’s a chore, but it does pay off in the end.
Unfortunately, as successful the franchise is, the game has its fair share of negative
reviews due to its obvious cash-grab and Ubisoft’s suspicious game designs.
Nonetheless, it’s a worthwhile VR experience…
especially for the HTC Vive.
It receives a PlayScore of 7.76
7.
Everspace
If No Man’s Sky was perfected on launch day, then Everspace wouldn’t be a thing.
This roguelike space-exploration game from ROCKFISH takes you to a vast procedurally
generated cosmos with a fascinating story and well-developed characters with full voice-acting.
Similar to most exploration games, players fight, craft, explore and survive in the enveloping
cosmic dark.
Go on a challenging journey while scavenging blueprints, meeting new and interesting characters
and maybe, just maybe, find something unexpected.
But space isn’t always easy.
Encounter hostile threats and take them down with your powerful metallic baby.
Choose from its three distinct ship types and blast off to the great beyond.
Its insane dogfights dazzle when you’re on VR.
Nominated for Best Design, Graphics and Indie Game by the German Developer Awards, it’s
definitely gonna take your breath away with its gorgeous sights.
Despite its ambitious take-off to space, it has its fair share of flaws.
It’s strictly a single-player experience, which makes it a bummer.
But the good thing is, it’s all yours.
It receives a PlayScore of 8.12
6.
Redout: Enhanced Edition
This vertigo-inducing game is inspired by notable vertigo-inducing legends like WipeOut
and F-Zero.
Strap in your seat belts and prepare for a high-speed ride across the game’s rich variety
of neon-covered tracks, cars and power-ups.
Experience an arcade racer like never before.
Set in the near future where where humanity has advanced in technology and interstellar
travel, beat your friends in competitive multiplayer or simply progress through the game’s extensive
career mode that spans with over 100 levels and realistic handling.
Powered by the Unreal Engine 4, feel every light particle in every direction.
It’s as uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying like its inspirations.
Experience the Enhanced edition By donning your HTC Vive, feel the rush it's hyperkinetic
blaze coming at you every second.
Step into its online multiplayer and race against 12 people from around the world, or
make your own adventure in its career mode.
It’s one of VR’s fastest racing games to date and it kind of reminds us of Star
Wars’ Pod-Racing.
It receives a PlayScore of 8.14
5.
Arizona Sunshine
A culmination of two great achievements in the world of virtual reality.
Arizona Sunshine brings out the best in in-your-face-horror and satisfying first-person shooting.
Move in to the sunnier side of the Arizona deserts, and prepare to meet your lovely,
decaying neighbours.
Jump into their story mode where you wake up in the middle of the deserts to search
for the source of the hopeful distress signal.
With their movement-based weapon tracking system, mowing down zombies is as satisfying
as ever.
Fend off the rotting appendages with your arsenal of over 25 different weapons, and
show those ghoulish monsters who's boss.
Enjoy the blistering heat of the sun-soaked world and scavenge around for useful items
to aid in your escape from the looming apocalypse.
If the southwestern environments become too lonely, you're also welcome to bring along
a few of your friends to some multiplayer, zombie-killing delights.
With its realistic weapon controls and unprecedented graphics, it receives a PlayScore of 8.14.
4.
FORM
As a relatively young genre, many VR developers take to experimentation to bring its thriving
audiences a taste of something new--whether in highly replayable minigames, or in short,
but thoughtfully engaging releases.
Form is an example of the latter.
While it only has an hour of content, it offers a masterclass in polish and execution as it
takes you on a surreal science fiction experience.
Step into the shoes of Dr. Devin Eli, working alone in the isolating silence of an Alaskan
Research Facility.
With his supernatural powers of geometric visualization, traverse the psychedelic realm
of the mysterious Obelisk and solve the puzzles to unlock its many secrets.
Free of the burden of deaths and time constraints, FORM lets you meander around their strange
world at your own pace.
Dig into every corner, scavenge for clues, and embrace their absorbing atmospheres.
With talent and creativity invested into each minute of the game, FORM is easily worth the
investment.
It has a PlayScore of 8.22.
3.
The Lab
From one of the most respected studios in videogame history, Valve puts on the whimsical
Top Hat to play the Willy Wonka to their science fiction Chocolate Factory.
Trying their hand at virtual reality, they open the doors to the legendary Aperture Science
laboratory, filled not by tortured test subjects and world-dominating AIs, but with the friendlier
wonders of interactive minigames.
Unsurprisingly one of the first VR titles to take the world by storm, travel from pocket
universe to pocket universe as you discover each of their eight vastly different games
that range from the epic to the bizarre.
Take care of a bionic canine, repair robots, explore human anatomies, defend castles with
archery, become a Xortex ace, unlock secret rooms, and so much more.
All the fun and merriment of virtual reality, for absolutely free.
It's a satisfying sampler that aims to demonstrate the power of the platform.
In this world, pretty much everything is a lie--but it's all the better for it.
It has PlayScore of 8.49.
2.
Thumper
Atmosphere is what makes a VR game, and Drool's rhythm game definitely has that.
Much like the wondrous sights of Rez Infinite, this unique take on the genre also takes you
on a ride through a dangerous and eerily peaceful world.
A mix of violence and music, guide a lowly space beetle through a kaleidoscope world
of towering monsters and neon-colored space ways.
Released on other platforms, Thumper can be played without virtual reality, but it's one
of the games that seems to really benefit from the treatment.
Immerse yourself in the sensory experience as you dive into a colorful world filled with
the harmonies of heart-thumping beats, and breathtaking tranquility.
And, at the end of every gruelling stage, use your perfectly timed beats to send ripples
through their highways and into the hearts of their terrifying villains.
Thumper manages to turn something simple, into something of a spectacle.
Which is probably why it received almost universal acclaim among critics and game reviewers.
It receives a PlayScore of 8.54.
1.
And the best game on the HTC Vive is Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Virtual reality specializes in bringing us to the world of the imaginary, where damage
and death are nothing but a digital tick.
On the other hand, that doesnt stop the adrenaline from pumping in this explosive little party
game from Steel Crate Games.
When the timer starts, begin to feel the rush of blood, the dripping sweat, and the onset
of panic as you struggle to defuse a ticking time bomb.
And, all this game really asks is, "how good are you at following instructions?"
Get yourself a team of "experts" with access to a helpful manual, and let them guide you
through the bomb's intricate set of puzzles.
The only twist is, you can't see the manual, and they can't see the bomb.
With a randomized selection every time, the fun begins as each of you rely on your skills
of language, memory, and coordination to deal with the combustible trial.
What kind of wires need to be cut?
What curious-looking symbol should you press?
And...what the hell is this supposed to be?
Frantic, fun, and utterly addicting.
It has a PlayScore of 8.67.