Vertical Robotic has delivered a stellar follow-up to its 2018 puzzler, Crimson Matter. Moving into the sneakers of Sasha, it’s as much as you to chase down and find your pal — believed lifeless — earlier than uncovering an SOS message. This message leads you to a Soviet house station orbiting Saturn.
One factor that’s instantly apparent upon booting up Crimson Matter 2 is simply how good it appears to be like. Vertical Robotic has indubitably crafted some of the visually spectacular VR video games thus far. Whereas the graphical constancy is extraordinary, the artwork path actually seals the deal. Soviet structure may be very distinctive and the sport lovingly affords loads of brutalist design, with the occasional sprinkle of post-modernism, making for a title with a really sturdy visible id. Amid these environments, the sport offers many interactable gadgets, which is each a blessing and a curse.
On the constructive aspect, a lot of these things are value searching for out, as practically every little thing within the recreation will be scanned. And the sport hides a lot of its funniest jokes in these entries, so discover as a lot as you’ll be able to. Nonetheless, this merchandise density makes it more durable to search out what you want for puzzles, as there’s simply so a lot. Some higher environmental cues would work wonders right here, however fortunately the sport offers an immersive sufficient world that issues by no means get too irritating. It helps that almost all of the puzzles are intelligent and belief the participant to have the ability to determine issues out to a level that puzzle video games are sometimes reluctant to do.
A extra irritating subject is merchandise manipulation. You have got two controllers with grippers on them to select issues up on this planet, however there may be an inconsistency with the physics. Typically, grabbing an object is trivial, however different instances you’ll discover issues getting hitched on invisible obstacles or trapped beneath one thing else. It occurs sufficient to be noticeable however not fairly sufficient to be a serious downside. The identical goes for utilizing telekinesis to achieve gadgets, because the lasso-like tether to seize gadgets randomly fails to work.
In the end, the problems that come up aren’t sufficient to quash the immense stage of enjoyable or the mastery of design on show. Crimson Matter 2 is a PSVR2 must-play.
