Baskhead (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Gold Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £3.99
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Sports
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Standing
Multi-Player: Yes
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: This time you aren’t the player, or even the ball – you’re the hoop. Balls will be flying at your head (literally). Your goal is to catch them all, in rhythm and with skill! BASKHEAD is fun to play… and even funnier to watch! Build crazy combos, unlock future achievements, and watch the cheerleaders dance as you climb your way atop the International Baskhead leaderboard.

Review: This is not some all-out NBA basketball game, this is a fun, arcade/action style game in which you play the hoop! The idea of the game is you are the hoop (well your head is anyway) and you have to move into position to get the balls being constantly thrown at you into the hoop! With golden balls and several modes of gameplay, there is something here to keep most people busy for a few hours or so.

For a cheap PCVR game, this is a blast and the leaderboard scores offer a good opportunity to keep coming back to it. But this is a game best played with friends, as you pass it around trying to beat each other’s score. For just a couple of quid, this is well worth a download, even if you are the only one who is going to play it. It looks great and above all its loads of fun to play and even a joy just to watch someone else play it.