Laid-Back Camp – Virtual – Lake Motosu (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Bronze Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £15.99
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Interactive Experience
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers, Gamepad, Keyboard & Mouse
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: Experience Laid-Back Camp in 3D! Together, Nadeshiko (you!) and Rin embark on a new camping adventure at Lake Motosu, taking pictures and trying lots of delicious food. Set near scenic Mt. Fuji, Nadeshiko, Rin & co. encounter a variety of unique situations. Join them for a short 3D adventure game (each version is about the length of an anime episode), where the fully voiced characters and vibrant scenery will make you feel like you’re really there!

Review: I think the truth about ‘Laid-Back Camp – Virtual – Lake Motosu’ is that you will only truly value it if you are a fan of “Yuru Camp” the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Afro. If not you will only see this as a pointless 30 minutes interactive scene and nothing else. Sure, it looks good and it is oddly relaxing, but it’s definitely not worth a tenth of the current £15.99 asking price. While I am not a fan of the manga series I am a fan of value for money and that is simply not here. This is not something I can recommend to anyone other than a hard-core fan, even then its a heavy cost on the wallet.