Bazaar (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Silver Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £3.99
Comfort Rating: Yellow
Genre: Adventure
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers, Gamepad
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: Fly on a magic carpet through the mystical land of Bazaar, collecting exotic trinkets for your journey! Beware dart traps, sea cobras, and hungry crocs that lurk around corners. Vandal monkeys have stolen relics from the guardian of the labyrinth – will you recover them in time or be trapped forever?

Steer with your eyes and consult the constellations to navigate this multi-award winning game made by developers that created indie hits Plants vs. Zombies and Cannon Brawl.

Review: Ever wanted to jump onto a flying carpet and go on a magical adventure in strange, exotic lands? Then Bazaar is your chance. Travel around an Arabian city, looking for food, money and treasure while avoiding all sorts of crazy traps along the way. There are no controls with this game. You simply look and steer with your eyes. You also collect and use items in much the same way. While this does make it fairly simple to understand and play it also makes it feel unnatural and counterintuitive. But at least everything looks nice, the sounds and music are not too bad and finding everything is quite fun, especially getting all the coin stacks and hidden goodies.

While most the time I was happily playing it, at no point did I feel immersed. There just seems to be something holding back. It looks OK and the characters are fun. But the gameplay and gameplay hours are something it falls a little short on. If you have a few quid spare and fancy a fun little game Bazaar is a good purchase. But for anyone else, I suggest you give this a wide miss.