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There’s even a pretty hilarious parody of Beat Saber with an unusual weapon. Meanwhile, sitting out by a lake in the forest I learned to skim virtual rocks and watch them skip off into the distance. On the mountain a conveyor belt climbing wall had me addicted to its combination of fast thinking and frantic exertion. On the beach, you can get in some volleyball practice with finely-tuned physics that do away with VR’s usual awkwardness.

#VACATION SIMULATOR RESORT FULL#

Vacation Simulator is packed full of activities that consider both you and the world around you to joyus effect. You have to make the most out of your time in the sun and snow by building memories, usually gained from completing minigames and requests from bots.įor the most part, it’s a virtual dream resort. Only, as with Job Simulator before it, this is an approximation of R&R for a generation that struggles to remember.

It’s another chapter in the developer’s quest to make VR worlds that don’t compromise on authenticity and immersion.

But this feels like another step towards a greater realization. I’m not suggesting Vacation Simulator will go down in history the way Mario 64 did. I suspect, though, it’s more to do with Owlchemy Lab’s unmatched grasp on interaction. Tasks are light and intuitive, understood in moments and mastered with enthusiasm. A colorful cast of bots tends to every corner of its world. Glistening beaches, dense forests and chilly mountaintops are just begging to be combed over.

Perhaps that’s down to Vacation Island’s sheer optimism. I get that exact same vibe from Vacation Simulator. Was it possible to make it to the top of Peach’s castle? Did the Mushroom Kingdom crumble if you reached some unseen vantage point? Every visit was part playtime, part R&D experiment. You wanted to see how far the game’s laws stretched, and if they’d bend to your own. Mario 64 was a playground of possibilities, a game you returned to time and again to not only relish but to push the boundaries. Remember all that talk of Lucky’s Tale being the Mario 64 of VR? That was very on the nose, wasn’t it? Sure, it was literally a Nintendo-aping platformer but it didn’t carry the same significance that the Italian plumber’s transition into the third dimension did back in 1996.

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