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The “best vr sailing simulator” is a game that was released on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. The game has been reviewed by many sources as being one of the best games in its genre.
One of the beauties of VR gaming, as I previously mentioned in my Lost Recipes review, is the ability to turn something that would have been beyond mundane on a traditional console into a much more enjoyable experience, all thanks to the massive level of immersion provided by squeezing a visor two inches from your eyes. I was interested when I first heard about the MarineVerse Cup, a virtual reality sailing simulator. I would have avoided this game like the plague if it had been published on the PS4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch. However, being able to sail away in virtual reality? Without having to be concerned about falling into the sea, or, more importantly, without having to spend a lot on a yacht? So, count me in!
It’s a good way to relax while sailing over the worst sea in gaming history.
When you start MarineVerse Cup, the game tries its best to educate you a little bit about sailing. A kind narrator instructs you on the pieces of a boat (don’t ask, I’m not good with names) and then forces you to sail for a bit in a peaceful, calming, yet unappealing setting. Yes, this is a VR simulator attempting to convince your brain that you are the next Ben Ainslie, but the visuals aren’t any better than the graphics in 1996’s Wave Race 64. The boats, on the other hand, seem to be rather excellent. For a little while, being within them made me feel wealthy.
Sailing, on the other hand, feels a little raw. I can’t even blame the tutorials since there were so many. Seriously, there are more lessons in this game than there is genuine competitive material. The issue is that the controls aren’t immersive enough, and the physics and lack of adrenaline supplied by the fact that you’re literally kilometers away from a rival boat makes the game seem monotonous. To make matters worse, despite having motion controls and other gimmicks to make you flip around your boat in order to properly control your sail, you don’t need to do any of that; all meaningful commands, such as turning around your yacht/dingy, can be accomplished using button prompts or the analog sticks. Poof. The immersion is over.
In MarineVerse Cup, the narrator educates you about each component of a boat as though you were a kid. I can’t say I blame them. I know as much about boats as a child…
MarineVerse Cup, on the other hand, is significantly deficient in material. For example, there is no career mode. There are just a few courses and modes available, as well as some online multiplayer features. If you want to learn more about a boat, you may go inside a showroom and look at a couple of them. The free sailing option ended up being my favorite of the lot, owing to the fact that I could simply kick back, listen to some Boz Scaggs, and believe I was sailing the waters of St. Martin or any other location where the billionaires spend their weekends. While sailing, listening to music helped me avoid listening to the standard AI computer voice that everyone employs throughout games.
MarineVerse Cup has racing features, but to say they’re undercooked is an understatement.
MarineVerse Cup, in summary, is a game with excellent aspirations but is unfortunately hampered by low production quality and a disgraceful lack of substance. It’ll keep you entertained for a few minutes since, as I previously said, virtual reality can make anything interesting for a short time, but you’ll soon realize there’s not much to do in here. Due to the terrible sights and mechanics, the immersion will rapidly fade away. It didn’t exactly inspire me to take up sailing as a pastime (thank goodness, since I’m poor), but hey, at the very least, it enabled me to cruise without feeling seasick…
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Boats seem to be fantastic. Everything else, especially the horribly stale sea, seems like it came from a Nintendo 64 game. |
The use of motion controls is interesting, but the game is much simpler to navigate because to the many button prompts and shortcuts. To make things worse, the physics aren’t up to snuff. |
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The tutorials are well-narrated by folks who know what they’re talking about. The remainder of the game is narrated by Daniel, the same artificial voice that can be heard in every YouTube video. |
For a few minutes, sailing may be enjoyable, even soothing. The lessons are very lengthy, but they are quite useful. The remainder of the game, on the other hand, is a letdown owing to its lack of substance and shoddy presentation. |
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Final Score: 5.0 |
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MarineVerse Cup is now available on PCVR and Oculus Quest 2.
Oculus Quest 2 was reviewed.
The publisher donated a copy of MarineVerse Cup.
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