You will regularly find yourself digging through menus to access items, weapons, spells, quests, and plenty more, even in the midst of combat. I started off with teleportation but eventually found the game more engaging, and thankfully tolerable, with free locomotion more about this in the Comfort section of this review. Two-handed weapons will give you the reach you need to catch up to a fleeing bad guy and strike them down with a war hammer to the back of the head. However, it turns out that melee attacks from horseback are really fun. You basically have to come to a stop before shooting your arrow. For example, you might think that shooting your bow from horseback would be natural and super cool. Skyrim VR combat in not particularly visceral-hitting enemies with melee weapons largely feels like a hit-check rather than a blade slicing into flesh, while casting offensive magic feels like a point-and-hold affair. A shield in one hand and a sword in the other is a classic combo, and feels good to actually hold your shield up to block attacks and bash enemies.Īs for magic, you equip a spell in each hand-like fire or electricity-and hold up your hands at enemies to aim. For melee, you actually swing the weapons to make contact and damage enemies. You also get to pick what kind of person you want to be in the world-the smooth talking hero who does every good deed the evil doer whose only goal is acquiring power and wealth or something in between? This level of depth is not seen anywhere else in VR gaming to date. There are many different ways you can play the game: when it comes to combat, you can specialize in melee, ranged, magic, stealth, etc. We spend a lot of time talking in detail about the intersection of game design and immersion when it comes to VR, one aspect of which is agency: your ability as a player to have choice and impact in the world. The dated character models are rather ugly no matter what you pick, but avatar customization is a well-liked feature in the VR space, so this is a natural fit for Skyrim VR. At the start of the game, you find yourself being transported by carriage as a prisoner alongside some other supposed scoundrels.Īt the start of the game you get to pick your race, gender, and customize a wide range of physical features.
For all intents and purposes my review of the game comes with the perspective of a brand new player, not a preexisting fan of the game or franchise. The title is effectively a port of the now six year-old open-world RPG Skyrim. Keep your finger on the pulse of the XR industry with the Daily Roundup, the most important news in one daily email. 40 must-have mods for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
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