 | £10.29 ($12.99) |
| System: | Oculus Rift Only |
| Comfort Rating: | Yellow (Mild Movement) |
| Genre: | Interactive Experience |
| Input: | Tracked Motion Controllers |
| Playing Positions: | Sitting, Standing, Room-Scale |
| Multi-Player: | Yes, Online Co-op |
| Age Rating: | PG |
Description: Get away from the stress of life and fuel your soul. Spend time in a beautiful world, perhaps sitting by the water, walking in the forest … or tickle your creative impulses by building your dream house (or super-villain pad?). Be is all about exploration, building and … well, just “Be”ing. Theres no work, no time pressures. No nasty surprises. Be is a place where you can relax and do nothing (listen to the birds!) or engage in construction limited only by your imagination.
Review: On paper ‘Be’ sounds like a swell idea for a social game. It offers a small island on which you, friends and random strangers can build upon. Featuring wonderful locations and a vast amount of building elements, it would have been crossed between a relaxation game and a social chat room. Sadly what we have upon release is a mess of a game that barely works. From countless bugs and glitches to it seeming not being made for VR at all, this game isn’t relaxing, in fact, I would say it was down-right frustrating.
There is of course no-one else online so you are left to play on your own which brings back to the game’s original problems. There is NOTHING here that suggests it’s worth paying £10.29 ($12.99) as there are no challenges and no enjoyment of using the frustrating building mechanics. Sure, the game does have potential I suppose and maybe it will be worth a visit in a years time, but I wouldn’t recommend doing so now.
