Puzzle Cafe VR (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Bronze Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: £3.99
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Puzzle
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing, Room-Scale
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: Puzzle Cafe VR is a relaxing jigsaw puzzle game made for VR. Relax in a nice cafe and solve some jigsaw puzzles, complete challenges and upgrade the cafe scenery.

Review: ‘Puzzle Cafe VR’ is pretty much what its title suggests it is. This is a jigsaw puzzle game set in a small Jigsaw Puzzle Cafe (and yes, that is a real thing). So you start off with just one puzzle and I started to put the bits together. I then realised that the timer had started the moment I loaded the game, but that was not the worst thing here. Having paid the £3.99 for the full game I was then “timed out” for the demo being only able to play for 3 minutes and that was it! I couldn’t do anything and I couldn’t finish the puzzle. Until this major issue is fixed I suggest no-one else downloads it.

Update: After having sorted out the “demo” issue I was finally able to play this full game. While there are things to be enjoyed here the bugs in the game make it almost unplayable. Not only did puzzle pieces fall through the table I was playing them in, but once I had finished a large section of the puzzle it flew out of my hands and onto the floor! With only 5 puzzles and a handful of unlockable items for your cafe, there really isn’t a lot here. I think all this game needs is a little more time and effort because right now I don’t think I can recommend it.