Recent reviews by Xoe (it/its)

This was my favorite VR game when I got started. It's incredibly fun to hookshot around and fire arrows at enemies. I got my VR legs playing this.

This game is very entertaining but has surprisingly dirty humor. Nothing wrong with that but the aesthetic of the game gave me the impression it would be rather wholesome. I thought it was great.

You fight GIANT monsters while jetting around on a hover board with a laser gun. Excuse me but do you really need to know more about the game?

It's been a very long time since I played this, but there was something very satisfying about the experience at the time. More content and patches have happened since then, and I would recommend it

I haven't played a lot of VR puzzle games, but this one is probably one of my favorites. It might be because I find something appealing about trains and it was quite fun to manage a little engine and shovel coal and stuff, lol. Even gave me a little spook despite nothing particularly graphic or jump scary, it's just very atmospheric.

I'm personally a fan of escape room type games and this scratched that itch. I enjoyed it.

I playtest a lot of designer's games on this, and I find it excellent. I feel like people don't capitalize on the ground mode feature for like, boards or components that let you stack components on top of it and move it separately, that's such an under rated feature.

If you're used to something like Tabletop Simulator, there is a bit of a learning curve in terms of inviting people to projects you want to keep private, but I think it's definitely worth it.

This game is such a bob. Would make sure you have a lot of space to move around as dodging requires you to move your body quite a bit. It's an excellent work out, I found my body pretty sore afterwards. Also it can really make you feel like a badass. I wish it had a bit more replayability, but if you're into leaderboards this game has got that!

I felt like there was almost a meta narrative here that I could almost feel compelling, and it is a compact enough game that I feel like it is worth exploring.

The platform works fine for playing tabletop games online.

I would absolutely not recommend it for a couple of reasons though. Firstly, it has a global chat, but it's moderated by homophobic transphobic people. Berserk Games themselves have said you can chat about stuff as long as it isn't offensive or disruptive, but sharing you're gay or trans is inappropriate because it's "not a place to discuss sexuality, fetishes, politics." I would absolutely not use a platform that's operated in such an exclusive manner.

The second biggest reason, I used to use this mostly for prototyping board game designs. However, screentop.gg is a much superior platform for this purpose. The physics 95% of the time simply get in the way of the game, and is the only reason the rewind feature is so critically important. Most importantly, you don't need playtesters to sign up or have pre-existing software, it runs from your browser. So, even if it weren't for the homophobic nonsense I would use screentop.gg over it.

UPDATE: Global chat has since been removed, but Berserk Games has yet to take meaningful action to address the harm they've caused and foster a more inclusive environment. They're still an uncommunicative business that people frequently struggle to resolve issues with, from license payments, to platform integration, to addressing the social harm they perpetuate.