Polybius looks like a frenetic shooter that constantly has the player in a state of heightened tension, but the truly amazing thing about it is that it’s almost the complete opposite in actual play. The speed, colors and madness are just a light covering on a chilled experience that’s honestly relaxing once you sink into the zone.
POLYBIUS
Llamasoft · May 9, 2017
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POLYBIUS is a fast, trippy tunnel shooter playable on a normal screen or in VR for the best effect. It features 50 levels of blissful trance shooting action set to a blistering soundtrack. The PS4 version was EDGE Magazine's VR GOTY in 2017, and the PC version of the game was even used as the basis for a NIN music video. So put on your trance trousers, bust out the Oculus if you have one, and strap in for a euphoric ride.
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- 8.0Even though it ended on a sour note for me with a few too many elements snowballing into an avalanche of hair-pulling frustration, on the whole, Polybius had me in a trance. I'm happy just thinking about it. PlayStation VR owners, Jeff Minter fans, and arcade enthusiasts need to get in on this.
- 6.0In conclusion, although Polybius is a pretty straight forward game. The excessive psychedelic traits through the game are unlike anything played before and does make it feel reasonably addictive, because you don’t know what’s going on you’ll try to make sense of it all. Its soundtrack is upbeat and has a brilliant way of enhancing the visual effects that you’re seeing and creating a brilliant atmosphere of urgency and excitement that will make you want to,play over and over again especially as the game is so simple to understand. And now with added PlayStation VR support, it’ll make you dizzy for days.
- 9.0Polybius is an excellent trance shooter which deftly delivers just enough sensory overload to thrill but not frustrate. While the lack of clarity about just what’s happening on screen makes for a small but intended bump in the road, it’s the strong core gameplay – which steadily introduces interesting twists to its formula the longer you play – stellar soundtrack, and excellent PlayStation VR support that’ll blow your mind in all the right ways.
- 9.0It may seem off-puttingly weird to some but ignore all the florescent cows and 8-bit sound effects and you have one of the purest action experiences of the modern age. Or don’t ignore them, and revel in one of the most gloriously strange, constantly inventive, shooters available on any platform.
- 8.3Todo lleva envuelto en una experiencia audiovisual surrealista, algo que no sorprenderá a los aficionados de Jeff Minter, y que pasa a otro nivel cuando jugamos en realidad virtual. Es perfectamente disfrutable en la televisión, pero si podéis jugarlo en VR, veréis hasta qué punto se transforma. Si habéis disfrutado con los juegos de Minter o Llamasoft antes, probablemente disfrutéis con Polybius.
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