Carnival Games VR

Critic reviews

• CCOGconnected

  Ahmed Mohamed · Nov 13, 2016

  5.8

  Carnival Games VR has a decent selection of attractions with a few standouts. Although, its ticket based reward system is broken and a good number of games have inconsistent star requirements. While Climbing Wall stands tall above the rest, there’s some fun to be had in games like Funnel Cake Stacker that tasks you to hold as many projectiles thrown at you with the two disks in your hands.

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• HPHey Poor Player

  Mike Vito · Nov 05, 2016

  8.0

  Carnival Games VR is yet another demo-like game to be released on Sony’s shiny new headset. At a $20 price point I find it hard to knock it based on what’s all included. I’ve played for several hours and will play for several more considering this is a good title to toss in when demoing the PSVR.   The lack of individual user scores is a big disappointment, but there is still a whole lot of fun to be had at this carnival.

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• PLPS Lifestyle

  Chandler Wood · Oct 28, 2016

  7.5

  Tracking isn’t perfect in all games, and the social multiplayer aspects could be built out a little more, but the core accomplishments of Carnival Games VR demonstrate at a psychological level why VR is a fundamentally different kind of experience from flatscreen 2D gaming.

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• UVUpload VR

  David Jagneaux · Oct 27, 2016

  6.0

  Carnival Games VR is exactly what you expect. After you spend an hour or so collecting tickets to unlock all of the attractions, you have little reason to return to this whimsical world unless it’s with your friends or with your kids. There is no structural multiplayer support — a huge missed opportunity — and the PS VR tracking issues hinder an otherwise silly and fun experience.

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• GIGod is a Geek

  PJ O’Reilly · Dec 06, 2016

  3.0

  A collection of minigames is something that could work really well on PSVR; with some decent graphics and a strong collection of games designed from the ground up to utilise the immersive qualities of PSVR you could be looking at an essential purchase on the platform. Carnival games falls so short of achieving any of this that it’s genuinely hard to think of a reason for anyone to buy it.

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• PSPush Square

  Sammy Barker · Oct 31, 2016

  3.0

  Carnival Games VR is about as entertaining as a funfair organised by gypsies in a community centre's car park. The tracking issues don't help, but the actual moment-to-moment gameplay is so morbidly boring that you may need medical attention to resuscitate you from this virtual reality yawn-fest. In a word: candydross.

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