VR Shop Score – Silver Award
System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £14.99
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Party / Mini Games
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Standing
Multi-Player: Yes
Age Rating: PG
Description: Bringing the virtual pub experience to your living room, SportsBar VR has a major social experience update cross-play now available in version 2.0. Featuring an awesome set of bar games and an incredible pool simulation including 8 Ball, 9 Ball, 3 Ball, & Killer. SportsBar VR is the best place to digitally play and practice billiards, darts, or ramp ball anywhere!
Join up with 8 of your friends to hangout and play some air hockey, throw a few rounds of darts or build an insane dominoes setup using books, chairs and bottles. Play with friends online or offline against the AI, earn and spend tickets to unlock a wide array of collectible hats, pool cues, table skin decals and fun objects!
Controls in this game are all done with the move controllers and once you have worked out the UI you will have no problem doing pretty much all you want in this game. Sadly that does go for the other players as well, so if you want a serious game of pool or darts, do pick your playing friends wisely. The more you play this game, the more fun it gets as you unlock more and more daft things to play with.
While there isn’t a whole lot to do on your own here, this is a game that is all about the multi-player. Against the computer, I did find the AI level was set a little bit too high and it took me a while to win a game against it, but I suppose practice makes perfect. I can’t imagine this replacing visiting a pub or sports bar in the real world anytime soon, but when it comes to party games, this can be a real laugh(provided you are with the right friends).
