Vacation Simulator is limited to the things that work in VR and it’s not ready to cut corners. Owlchemy isn’t interested in anything too complex or, more damningly, unrealistic. Vacation Simulator’s best bits offer a virtual smorgasbord of everything that’s fun about putting on a headset.Ĭrucially, each of these minigames feels seamless and natural. Bots, meanwhile, are instinctively alerted with a wave of the hand and your favorite moments can be immortalized with a virtual camera. I was a particular fan of a more theatrical task set in a darkened campfire that played on atmosphere. Other objectives play on VR’s creative side, like paintings to dot around the world. You can also scour each area for insects that need slow, precise movement to capture, or targets that demand skill with a slingshot to hit. There’s even a pretty hilarious parody of Beat Saber with an unusual weapon. Meanwhile, sitting out by a lake in the forest I learned to skim virtual rocks and watch them skip off into the distance. On the mountain a conveyor belt climbing wall had me addicted to its combination of fast thinking and frantic exertion. On the beach, you can get in some volleyball practice with finely-tuned physics that do away with VR’s usual awkwardness. Vacation Simulator is packed full of activities that consider both you and the world around you to joyus effect. You have to make the most out of your time in the sun and snow by building memories, usually gained from completing minigames and requests from bots.įor the most part, it’s a virtual dream resort. Only, as with Job Simulator before it, this is an approximation of R&R for a generation that struggles to remember. It’s another chapter in the developer’s quest to make VR worlds that don’t compromise on authenticity and immersion. But this feels like another step towards a greater realization. I’m not suggesting Vacation Simulator will go down in history the way Mario 64 did. I suspect, though, it’s more to do with Owlchemy Lab’s unmatched grasp on interaction. Tasks are light and intuitive, understood in moments and mastered with enthusiasm. A colorful cast of bots tends to every corner of its world. Glistening beaches, dense forests and chilly mountaintops are just begging to be combed over. Perhaps that’s down to Vacation Island’s sheer optimism.
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