Stack Defense (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Bronze Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: £7.19
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Puzzle
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: Yes
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: Play this VR game with friends and others. Protect your stack and destroy the blocks of your opponents. Win the game by having the biggest stack at the end of the round. Search for games or host your own. Full Crossplay support! Play on PCVR against Quest 1/2 Players.

Review: While on the surface ‘Stack Defense’ might seems like yet another Tetris style clone, there is a lot more to this battle style puzzle game. In fact, there is no Tetris style to this game at all other than the shapes and colours of the bricks, what you have to do is to build the biggest pile of bricks on your little table in front of you without it being shot down by your opponents. You can play on your own against the AI or with friends via online play. You can even cross-play once it is released on the Oculus Go. I have to say the single-player mode is pretty much pointless, with only the multiplayer mode being worth your while.

I imagine that with the right friends you could get value for money with this game, but definitely not just playing the single player mode. The quality and content amount simply aren’t here. Sure, it will be a blast playing with friends, but other than that I don’t see a reason to recommend this game, not even if it was in a sale.