VR gaming isn’t for everyone, and as much of a spectacle as it can seem when a player first jumps into a virtual world, this excitement can soon be overtaken by nausea, dizziness, and headache. For some, the human brain and the body’s senses cannot comprehend why the world is moving but the body is stationary, and to cope with these conflicting senses, some players starts to feel dizzy and nauseated after 15 minutes of VR gaming.
Thankfully, there are a bunch ofVR gamesthat are made up of smaller minigames that can be played in bite-sized intervals and don’t have complicated stories to follow. They’re fun for families to play together, and can ease players into using VR without suffering from the uncomfortable side effects.
Hailing from more than a decade ago,Fruit Ninjabecame extremely popular oniPhones and Androidsdue to its simple gameplay: players swipe at their screen to cut fruit while avoiding bombs.
There’s no wonder that the game works as well as it does in VR, where players use the VR controllers to swipe at fruits in a more interactive virtual world. Even middle-aged gamers who have difficulty using VR for long periods of time can easily hop in and play a couple of rounds ofFruit Ninjabefore the headache settles in.
6Job Simulator
For Workaholics - Or Players Who Just Want To Mess Around At Their Desks
It’s surprising, to say the least, that agame that simulates a playerbehind a desk at his job would get so popular. As much as people hate going to work, doing the same thing in the comfort of their home and in a VR headset with no worry of facing the consequences if they mess up, is nothing short of cathartic.
Players can, of course, be good employees and do the work that they’re supposed to do, but it’s much more fun to do anything but that. Thesandbox natureof creating havoc in a virtual office that makes players feel like they’re actually there is what makesJob Simulatorso fun and inviting for new players.
5I Expect You To Die
James Bond Simulator For Escape Room Enthusiasts
For something slightly more immersive thanBeat SaberorFruit Ninja,the escape-room puzzle-style gameI Expect You To Dieis the perfect candidate. The game is a bit more complex than slashing at fruits and boxes, and every level puts players in a different setting with a unique puzzle to solve.
The player is a top-secret agent/spy, and while the story is nowhere as interesting, what will actually attract gamers to this title are theunique puzzlesthat make perfect use of VR and all of its capabilities — not to mention that the worlds it puts players in are equally immersive as well.
The one VR game that needs no introduction has to beBeat Saber, which has become more of a cultural phenomenon at this point. Its simple,rhythm-based gameplay, combined with vibrant and colorful graphics, is easy to get into but really hard to master. Plus, it’s never a bad thing that playingBeat Saberat higher difficulties can help players really work up a sweat.
The game has different music tracks, and the player has to hold the VR controllers in their hands, which appear as basically lightsabers in the game, and they must slash in the direction that’s indicated on the blocks that appear with every beat of the music. The score is calculated based on how many correct slashes the player makes.
3Tilt Brush
Art Class Is In Session
For players who love to show their creative side,Tilt Brushby Google is the perfect title. While not exactly a game per se, it’s more of a 3D canvas that allows gamers to create models using their VR controllers, which act as brushes in-game.
It’s perfect for gamers new to VR, since there is not a lot of movement involved, and theslow-paced gameplayofTilt Brushmakes it easy for players to jump into VR gaming and get used to it.
IfValve develops a game, it’s almost guaranteed to be a hit.The Labis set in the universe ofPortalat Aperture Science, and it puts players in the shoes of various characters, each having to test something out. These tests are basically minigames — 8 to be exact — that put a VR headset and its controllers to their best use to make the game more immersive.
The best thing is thatThe Labis afree-to-play VR title, making it perfect for newcomers to VR to try it out.
Perfect for players who want a bit more fantasy to the game’s setting,Space Pirate Trainer DXadds space and pirates to the mix, adding in a shooting mechanism using the VR controllers.
The best thing about this game is probably its multiplayer mode, which adds much-needed replayability to it. Where other games with a fixed number of minigames might get boring and repetitive after a while, players can keep honing their skills inSpace Pirate Trainer DX’s multiplayer.
